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Crafting a Connecting Rod from Scratch in SolidWorks: A Step-by-Step Guide To fabricate a precision-engineered connecting rod within SolidWorks, initiate by launching your CAD software and setting the workspace to millimeter mode. Subsequent to this setup phase, activate the 'New Part' wizard by clicking on its corresponding icon or navigating through the 'File' menu. On entering the part designer environment, define the origin of your model, ideally locating it at a critical juncture, in this case, the central axis connecting rod and cylinder block interface. Set the part orientation so that the Z-axis is aligned with the vertical plane containing these elements. As you progress through creating the model, establish reference points for pivotal regions where the rod articulates within its assembly; in most cases, a cylindrical surface suffices at both ends. Insert an elliptical hole representing the rod's bolt interface on the opposing face of your base feature - typically a cylindrical one. Employ the necessary operations (Cut-Extrude) to eliminate redundant features not required for final shape integrity. At this stage, switch focus to adding essential components including counter-bolt grooves on each face. Design and add additional detail elements as desired; these are merely visual considerations for manufacturing representation clarity in most cases. For more intricate models or customized engine applications, the choice to include a specific part such as bushing (using Extrude feature) might also arise. Now navigate back to assembly phase of your design by opening a new window with SolidWorks and launching it into this particular view type through file management menu selection if needed, in which a sub-part representing bolt is inserted. Define this component using 2D sketches followed by extrusion operations for a more precise form-fitting requirement. At the subsequent stages you'll continue on finalizing part design of engine piston connecting rod incorporating key aspects: pinions at each end (using Sweep feature). You should see results that include additional custom shapes for both ends depending upon chosen options during manufacturing.