SOLIDWORKS Surface Modeling Course
Surface Modeling teaches you how to build freeform shapes using SOLIDWORKS mechanical design automation software.
Prerequisites: SOLIDWORKS Essentials, Advanced Part Modeling
Length: 2 days
Lesson 1: Understanding Surfaces
- Solids and Surfaces
- Working with Surface Bodies
- Why Use Surfaces?
- Continuity Explained
- Workflow with Surfaces
Lesson 2: Introduction to Surfacing
- Similarities Between Solid and Surface
- Modelling
- Basic Surfacing
- Flattening Surfaces
Lesson 3: Solid-Surface Hybrid Modeling
- Hybrid Modeling
- Using Surfaces to Modify Solids
- Interchanging Between Solids and
- Surfaces
- Performance Implications
- Surfaces as Construction Geometry
- Alternative to Trim
- Making Copies of Faces
Lesson 4: Repairing and Editing
- Importing Data
- Repairing and Editing Imported Geometry
Lesson 5: Advanced Surface Modeling
- Ruled Surfaces
- Lofting Surfaces
- Modeling the Lower Half
- Design Changes
Lesson 6: Blends and Patches
- Complex Blends
- Smoothing Patches
- Boundary Surface
- Freeform Feature
- Corner Blends
Lesson 7: Master Model Techniques
- Introduction to Master Models
- Surface Master Model Technique
- Working with a Solid Master Model
- Specialized Features for Plastic Parts
- SOLIDWORKS Explorer
