How To Model Starcks Bubu Stool In SolidWorks?

It is like a swiss knife of the furniture world, it is a stool, a side table, a bedside table, a storage
box, multi-use piece of furniture and not too expensive. The famous Bubu stool of Philippe
Starck embodies all the fashion trends of the last fifteen years.

It has successively been available in classical colours, teracotta, taupe, anthacite, steel grey, etc,
it has been in playful colours: orange, blue, lillac, etc, and available in translucent colours, violet,
green, red, etc, it is finished today in a luxurious silver, gold or pink metallic lacquer, evolving
from polypropylene to ABS.

Never out of fashion, included in the biggest modern art and decorative arts museums of the
world, the Bubu stool is still selling at a fast pace, because it has never been replaced. So I
believe that this is the ideal stool to write a new SolidWorks tutorial for. In this tutorial I will
show you exactly how to model this stool in SolidWorks. The layout of the tutorial is identical to
my more advanced tutorials like the SolidWorks Chopper tutorial.

Good luck!
Create a new sketch on the Front Plane

Select the Front Plane in the Feature Manager

Click at the 2D Sketch icon to make a new sketch

Click at the Normal To option to rotate and zoom the model normal to the selected Plane.

Draw the lines as shown in the picture

Add the dimensions as shown in the picture

Go to: Insert > Boss/Base > Revolve or click at the revolve icon

Axis of revolution : Select the vertical blue line as shown in the picture

Click OK
Select the blue surface and click at the 2D Sketch icon to make a new sketch
Draw the circle as shown in the picture

Change the dimension of the circle into 200 mm as shown in the picture by clicking at the
dimension button
Create a Split Line

Go to: Insert > Curve > Split Line or click at the Split Line icon

Select Sketch2 as Sketch to Project

Select the cyan face as Faces to Split

Click OK
Create a Dome

Go to: Insert > Features > Dome or click at the dome icon

Select the blue surface as Dome Surface

Set the Dome Distance to 2 mm

Click at the Reverse Direction button to direct the Dome inwards

Click OK
Create a Fillet

Go to: Insert > Features > Fillet/Round or click at the Fillet icon

Click at the blue edge as shown in the picture

Change the Radius into 500 mm

Click OK
Create a new sketch on the Front Plane

Select the Front Plane in the Feature Manager

Click at the 2D Sketch icon to make a new sketch

Click at the Normal To option to rotate and zoom the model normal to the selected Plane.

Draw the line as shown in the picture

Make the line Collinear to the outer edge

Select the outer edge of the revolve, hold down the Control key and select the new line

Click at the Collinear icon to make the line Collinear

Add the dimensions as shown in the picture

Create a new plane

Go to: Insert > Reference Geometry > Plane or click at the New Plane icon

First Reference : Select the lower point of the new line as First Reference

Second Reference : Select the Top Plane as Second Reference

Click OK
Create a new sketch on the new Plane1

Select the Plane1 in the Feature Manager

Click at the 2D Sketch icon to make a new sketch

Draw the centerline as shown in the picture

Change the dimension clicking at the dimension button

Close the sketch

Draw the vertical centerline as shown in the picture

Change the dimension clicking at the dimension button

Go to: Tools > Sketch Tools > Trim or click at the Trim icon

Select the Power Trim option

Zoom in at the left side of the circle

Click and drag the cursor over the circle to remove it

Click at the Spline, hold down the Control key and select the half circle

Click at the Tangency icon to make a tangent relation between the spline and the half circle

Do the same thing for the other side of the spline as shown in the picture.
Close the sketch

Create a Solid Loft

Go to: Insert > Boss/Base > Loft or click at the Loft icon

Select Sketch4 and Sketch5 as Profiles

Create a Fillet

Go to: Insert > Features > Fillet/Round or click at the Fillet icon

Click at the blue edge as shown in the picture

Change the Radius into 20 mm

Create a Circular Pattern

Go to: Insert > Pattern/Mirror > Circular Pattern or click at the Circular Pattern icon

Pattern Axis : Select the blue surface as shown in the picture

Total Angle : 360 deg

Number of instances :3

Select the Equal Spacing option.

Features to Pattern : Loft1 and Fillet2

Create a Fillet

Go to: Insert > Features > Fillet/Round or click at the Fillet icon

Click at the two blue surfaces as shown in the picture

Change the Radius into 4 mm

Click OK
Select the blue surface and click at the 2D Sketch icon to make a new sketch

Draw the circle as shown in the picture

Create an Extruded Cut

Go to: Insert > Cut > Extrude or click at the extrude icon

Direction 1 : Blind

Change into 4 mm

Click OK
Create a Shell

Go to Insert > Features > Shell or click at the Shell icon

Select the blue surface as shown in the picture

Change D1 into 3 mm

Click OK
Create a Fillet

Go to: Insert > Features > Fillet/Round or click at the Fillet icon

Click at the blue edge as shown in the picture

Change the Radius into 0,5 mm

Click OK
Create a new sketch on the Right Plane

Select the Right Plane in the Feature Manager

Click at the 2D Sketch icon to make a new sketch

Click at the Normal To option to rotate and zoom the model normal to the selected Plane.
Draw the line as shown in the picture

Add the dimension as shown in the picture

Create an Extruded Cut

Go to: Insert > Cut > Extrude or click at the extrude icon

Direction 1 : Trough All

Enable the Thin Feature option

Change into 3 mm

Click OK
Select All bodies in the Bodies to Keep menu Youre done!
Youve just created your own Bubu stool in SolidWorks! Leave a comment below to tell me
what you think about this tutorial. I am looking forward to hearm from you! Suggestions
for new SolidWorks tutorial are also very appreciated.