Geodesic Sphere in Solidworks

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Hi all

 

I'm a beginner in SolidWorks and I'd like to make a geodesic sphere that looks like this:

 

 

How would you go about making such a piece?
I was thinking of making a unitary piece (spherical triangle) in order to assemble them into hexagons/pentagons, then re-assemble the whole, I tried to do this by making an embossing on a cylinder, then cutting my unitary part in this same embossing using a sphere. However, during assembly, I have trouble constraining the parts together one time out of 2. Do you know of a simpler technique or functions that help to make this piece?

 

Thank you for your help

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Good evening

Have you tried to make a skeleton in 3D sketch?

The intersection points of the 3D sketch could serve as hooks for coincidences during assembly.

By performing circular repetitions, you should also simplify assembly.

 

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Hello

In the same style there is a tutorial on how to make a golf ball, do a search on the net. 

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I made the piece using this youtube video:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oWIBA_R2U0&t=218s

 

Here is the result: 

 

 

Thank you all for answering me

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