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Keith Pedersen
Principal Engineer
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‘Organic’ Surfaces
‘Organic’ Surfaces
• Solidworks Surfaces have always been
‘native’
– Fully parametric
– Not a separate application
– No separate file types
• Steady mathematical improvements
since 2000
– Dassault acquisition
– Unisurf, Strim, and Catia functions
– Remain featurebased & interact w/Solids
Roll Call
• Fill – for “RipnStitch” edits
– Split & Delete Face
• Loft
– Edit / Add Loft Sections
– Replace Face
– Dynamic 3D Sketch
• Sweep
– Guide Curves – Tangency & Influence
– Selection Manager
• Boundary Surf
• FreeForm – Direct manipulation
2007
Surface Fill
Surface Fill
• Good for “RipnStitch” edits
– Split to create new edges
– Delete Face converts to Surfaces
– Fill to close the wound
– Knit
– Thicken
• Look for ‘Macro’ buttons
– But manual Fill allows interior control
Surface Fill
Surface Fill
• FILL for designing forward
– Fills any Nsided closed region !!
– Matchup boundaries with care…
– Ruled Surface for tangency anchors
• Fill now more tolerant
– Can jump across gaps
– Works now if edge is oversized
Surface LOFT
Surface LOFT
• Adding / Editing Loft Sections
– RMB over a face resulting from a loft…
– Drag/rotate a new plane, or;
– Select a previously created plane
– Extracted lines can be edited or replaced
• Replace Face
Surface LOFT
Surface LOFT
• Elastic Lofts
– Construct all inputs in a 3D Sketch
– Planes can now be children of a Sketch !
– Drag lines while in LOFT dialog
• Selection Manager
LOFT & SWEEP
LOFT & SWEEP
Improved Guide Curves
– Limit Influence
– Tangency & Curvature Matching
– Can coexist with Centerline (2 sect Loft)
Surface SWEEP
Surface SWEEP
More automatic twist control
– Minimum twist
– Enforced twist
– Surfacefollowing twist
Boundary Surface
Boundary Surface
• Serves as “Mesh of Curves”
– Give 1 or 2 sets of ‘section’ curves
– Curves need not ‘frame’ the corners
– Can trim the result by, or along, the curves
Boundary Surface
Boundary Surface
LOFT BOUNDARY FILL
Accuracy Blend Smoothness
2, 3 or 4 sided 2, 4 sided any # sides
2 Tngt, 2 Curv 4 Curvatures 4 Tangents
Iso Flow Iso Flow No Flow Control
Free Form Surface
Free Form Surface
• Direct Manipulation
– MUST be a single, 4sided face
– Can be a trimmed face
– Can lock edges, tangency
Scanned Data
Scanned Data
• ScanTo3D** NEW!
– Import of mesh or point cloud data
– Curve or surface fitting to data
– Noise removal and smoothing
– Creation of solid model
In Summary…
In Summary…
• Fill
– For “RipnStitch” edits
– Emphasizes Smoothness
• Loft
– The most (manual) control
• Sweep
– The most analytic control
• Boundary Surf
– Balances Flow and Smoothness
• FreeForm
– Direct sculpting
Thank You !
Tight Curves and
Slick Surfaces
Keith Pedersen
Principal Engineer
ComputerAided Products