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How to model a Bubu Stool in SolidWorks?

It’s 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 colors, terracotta, taupe, anthracite, steel grey,

etc; it has been in playful colors: orange, blue, lilac, etc, and available in translucent colors,

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.

Reasons enough to write a tutorial about this piece of art! 😉

Disclaimer: The intellectual property depicted in this 3D model, is not affiliated with or endorsed by

Philippe Starck. This 3D model may not be used for any commercial, promotional, advertising or

merchandising use.



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



Create a Revolve

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



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

Close the sketch



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


Draw the centerline as shown in the picture

Change the dimension clicking at the dimension button



Draw the circle as shown in the picture and detail

Close the sketch




Draw the vertical centerline as shown in the picture

Change the dimension clicking at the dimension button



Trim the left side of the circle

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



Draw a spline with one midpoint as shown in the picture

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

Click OK



Create a Fillet




Click OK



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

Click OK



Create a Fillet


Click at the two blue surfaces as shown in the picture


Click OK




Change the dimension of the circle into 25 mm as shown in the picture by clicking at

the dimension button



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



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



Plane.



Draw the line as shown in the picture

Add the dimension as shown in the picture

Close the sketch



Create an Extruded Cut

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

Direction 1 : Trough All

Direction 2 : Trough All

Enable the Thin Feature option

Change into 3 mm

Click OK



Select All bodies in the Bodies to Keep menu

Congratulations, you’ve just created your own Bubu stool in SolidWorks! :) Did you like this tutorial and are you eager to learn more? Then you should really check my SolidWorks Boeing 747 course. In this video training course, I will show you how to model an incredible Boeing 747-8 in SolidWorks from scratch.

Click here for a free video to start modeling your own Boeing 747-8 in SolidWorks.

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