Sheds In Solidworks

Heritage Portable Buidlings hired me on to create models of their full line of sheds. These models are used for zoning approvals and thus need to account for all building plans. The sheds are built in house and trucked out to location. Flexibility is key as the same base model is used for many different buildings. In this project I learned to how build a modular CAD system and incorporate options for different sizes and configurations around a base model.

Why make buildings in solidworks?

The decision to make sheds in Solidworks was influenced by several factors. The team and I identified several key factors which made Solidworks, and unconventional choice for buildings, the right choice. Solidworks allows for easily variable dimensioning. This fits the needs of a smaller operation as it is helpful to be flexible and make building plans quickly.

Variable Size

The sheds can be varied in size by need through the manipulation of the length and width measurements. After changing these global variables, the sheds internals automatically propagate to fill in the new space.

Variable Door and Window Placement

Using the Solidworks Part library I made it easy to drag and drop doors and windows in accordance to the individual need of the shed.

First a cut out is places where the door is going to be located, this ensures that the building plans don't have two beams in one location and the model itself looks good.

The fully complete door, trim and all, is dropped in the space created. This flexibility is invaluable as it would take a far longer amount of time to do this by hand on a case by case basis.

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