Real examples

Vega on video, area by area

Real tasks done with Vega in SOLIDWORKS, area by area, with how long they took and what they cost. Click a video to watch it or open its example to see the full request.

Parts

Describe the part and Vega models it with real SOLIDWORKS features: sketches, extrusions, holes, fillets and patterns, ready to keep editing.

Open the page · 3 videos
  • Base plate with holes

    Task time
    1 min 6 s
    Approx. cost
    €0.01
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  • Gearmotor output shaft

    Task time
    55 s
    Approx. cost
    €0.01
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  • Flange with a design table

    Task time
    2 min 38 s
    Approx. cost
    €0.02
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Drawings

Vega makes the drawing with your template, places the views without overlaps and dimensions it. Assembly drawings, revisions and one drawing for every part of an assembly too.

Open the page · 1 video
  • Dimensioned part drawing

    Task time
    1 min 10 s
    Approx. cost
    €0.01
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Sheet metal

Base, flanges, hems, holes and cut-outs in one go, or a solid converted to sheet metal. With its flat pattern and the drawing for the workshop.

Open the page · 3 videos
  • L-shaped sheet metal bracket

    Task time
    2 min 15 s
    Approx. cost
    €0.02
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  • Sheet metal tray with its drawing

    Task time
    1 min 53 s
    Approx. cost
    €0.14
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  • Lid with hems and a slot grid

    Task time
    1 min 36 s
    Approx. cost
    €0.19
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Weldments

From layout to structure: profiles from your libraries, automatic joints and trims, gussets and base plates. And a first list to cut it from stock bars.

Open the page · 3 videos
  • Tube frame with its cut list

    Task time
    2 min 7 s
    Approx. cost
    €0.23
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  • 12 m Pratt gable truss

    Task time
    1 min 46 s
    Approx. cost
    €0.20
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  • Tank stand with cross bracing

    Task time
    2 min 52 s
    Approx. cost
    €0.27
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Cutting optimisation

Vega gathers the cut lists of your weldments and prepares a basic cutting list in stock bars: a first proposal to estimate how many bars you need and organise the shop, which you review and complete with your own judgement.

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  • Cutting list of a building in 6 m bars

    Task time
    26 s
    Approx. cost
    €0.01
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Assemblies & variants

Bills of materials to Excel, assembly variants with their mass, coding of every file and what a change affects. Without breaking a single reference.

Open the page · 6 videos
  • Assembly bill of materials to Excel

    Task time
    14 s
    Approx. cost
    €0.01
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  • Conveyor variants by width

    Task time
    3 min 32 s
    Approx. cost
    €0.58
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  • Where a part is used and what a change affects

    Task time
    1 min 21 s
    Approx. cost
    €0.01
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  • Complete workbench: frame, sheet metal and fasteners

    Task time
    5 min 50 s
    Approx. cost
    €0.73
    See the request
  • Duo-pitch truss building

    Task time
    4 min 15 s
    Approx. cost
    €0.43
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  • Bolted plates with Toolbox fasteners

    Task time
    4 min 38 s
    Approx. cost
    €0.54
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Design from an image

Attach a photo, a hand sketch or a DWG or DXF drawing and Vega turns it into a SOLIDWORKS part. First it shows you a conceptual 3D sketch in the browser for you to check.

Open the page · 3 videos
  • Sheet metal part from a hand sketch

    Task time
    2 min 56 s
    Approx. cost
    €0.15
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  • 3D concept sketch before modelling

    Task time
    3 min 23 s
    Approx. cost
    €0.24
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  • 3D vase from a photo, with its render

    Task time
    1 min 33 s
    Approx. cost
    €0.19 + €0.48 render
    See the request

Times and costs of the tasks in the videos are indicative: they depend on the size of the model and on what you ask for.

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