SOLIDWORKS_Viking Helmet

In this post I’ll show you how to design a Viking Helmet made of 2 main componets :The Helmet Body and the Horn Body, which will make the final assembly in a Viking Helmet Product. Let’s start with The Helmet!!

THE HELMET

STEP 1

STEP 2

Create 2 reference planes, each at the same offset of 52.5mm as shown:

STEP 3

Create a half-sphere by drawing its profile on Top Plane and apply the Revolve feature as shown:

STEP 4

Apply a Shell feature with a wall thinkness of 4mm:

STEP 5

Create a thick base on the shell edge outwards as shown:

STEP 6.

Create a Swept boss, on the middle of the outer shell, first by drawing the 2 necesssary sketches as shown:

… then sweep the Sketch 4 along the Sketch 5 as shown:

STEP 7.

Apply a circular cut-out on the front side (diameter Ø = 6mm+depth=1.5mm):

STEP 8.

On the bottom surface of the cut-out, create a, eliptical dome of 2.5mm height:

STEP 9.

Create a circular pattern of 10 instances including the Circular cut-out and the Dome, along the edge of the middle swept boss:

STEP 10.

STEP 11.

Create a circular cut-out through all on both sides in the middle of the shell as shown:

STEP 12.

On one of the side edges of the circular cut-out apply an Extruded boss as a 4mm offset from outer surface as shown:

STEP 13.

Remove the inside material generated by the previous extruded boss by a Split feature consuming the cut bodies as shown:

STEP 14.

Similar with STEP 12, apply the extruded boss on the other side as shown:

STEP 15.

Item with STEP 13:

STEP 16.

Create one body from the combination of both previous Splits features and the rest of the helmet body with a Combine feature as shown:

STEP 17.

Create the Face Shield with a profile sketched on the helmet edge as shown:

STEP 18.

Sketch the following profile on the Front Plane:

STEP 19.

STEP 20.

On Plane 2 sketch a circle of Ø = 8mm and do an extruded cut of 0.5mm depth as shown:

STEP 21.

Create a 3mm Dome feature on bottom surface of the previous cut as shown:

STEP 22.

Do a circular pattern along the bottom outer edge for 14 instances as shown:

STEP 23.

On Plane 1 sketch the folowing profile…

… then do an extruded cut as shown:

STEP 24.

On Plane 1 sketch the folowing text:

… then do an extruded boss as shown:

STEP 25.

Start adding fillets as follows:

STEP 26.

STEP 27.

Add appearances as follows:

THE HORN

STEP 1.

STEP 2.

STEP 3.

Prepare the reference sketches for a Lofted Boss by drawing the following 3 profiles:

…and now click on the Lofted Boss icon and enter the parameters as follows:

STEP 4.

In the sharped side create a small Dome of 0.5mm

STEP 5.

To improve the esthetics a little bit, apply a 30mm Fillet as shown:

STEP 6.

Extrude the Horn base with 25mm thinkness:

STEP 7.

Generate a half-sphere on the Extruded base with a sketch on the Right plane as revolved surface:

STEP 8.

Cut the excess material with a Split feature as shown:

STEP 9.

Improve the esthetics with a 12mm Fillet as shown:

STEP 10.

Add appearance:

THE VIKING HELMET ASSEMBLY

STEP 1.

STEP 2.

When the assembly is created, SolidWorks asks you to upload the 1st component. Insert the component Helmet as shown:

STEP 3.

Add the 2nd component, the Horn:

STEP 4.

Define the constrains between the components by clicking on the icon “Mate” and enter the parameters as shown:

STEP 5.

Continue adding constraints until the components are fully constaint:

STEP 6.

Mirror the horn as shown:

The final Viking Helmet product is ready.

With Keyshot rendereing, the Helmet design can have a better appearance as shown:

This design work is also available as video version on my YouTube channel as embedded below: