Introduction to Surface Modelling in SolidWorks [Webcast]
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
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Surface modelling is a technique in SolidWorks that allows you to manipulate the surface of a model. In this webcast, we learn how to do this by using lofts, sweeps and splines. The applications of this technique are countless - from consumer product design through to aerospace, surface modelling is a very powerful tool.
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only 18.5 minutes in and this has already filled in SOOOO many blanks.. thanks for posting this (over 5 years ago)
tried and couldn't complete this video tutorial last year. I'm back to give it another shot! #letsdothis
One good tip when you are doing the 3d sketch is to have a four view display! That way you don't have to change planes manually ! They are all there for you to see! Much easier
superb ! I've learnt so much, the single most informative video on solidworks I've ever watched. I'm sure I'll need to watch it multiple times though : it feels a long time till I can work my way through this stuff without help, yet you make it so clear and explain the "why" of each stage which is half the battle. thank you.
The communication is beyond perfect. Thoughts conveyed effectively on how to model with in depth look at the commands. Overall, very good for beginners. Thanks
Is the sixth time I'm watching this tutorial and still learning a lot. Thank you very much!
You can now find links to the images used in the description.
Thank You! I am experienced in PTC Creo and now I need to translate my skills into Solidworks. This helps a lot.
I know it's a few years old, but thank you for this excellent tutorial. Especially for making the reference images available, as this makes it possible to follow along and repeat your steps, pausing the video as-needed. An excellent way to learn and much appreciated.
This was great! could you please make one for SW 2021? I wonder if there are any new features and changes or if all this is still the same stuff.
I'm trying this tutorial for the third time but i cannot seem to get the splines the same. I am having trouble with the first surface loft. It doesnt loft as in the video
2021. still super useful and relevant.
Thank you so much! Finally a good SolidWorks tutorial
Thaaaanks!!!! even in 2k19 you're helping people out. big thumbs up
Thanks a lot, very clean and nice demonstration.
Not wasting time. I learnt a lot.
How exactly did you create a midpoint relationship with the right surface plane and and the second line plane 6:24... Im not that fluent in solidworks just trying to learn a little more for my upcoming project
Great tutorial. One question though. I can't select merge result at 35:02. Any advice? Thanks
I have the same problem and it would be nice if somebody could help with that
same
Still one of the best to start from
Hi Luke, at 15.44 you deselect what seems to be an extra section in the loft, was this auto created within the feature?
Within the same sketch he drew 2 separate spline lines. To do this, you draw the first one, then deselect (switch tools or something, but don't exit sketch). Then draw the second spline by drawing with splines again.
BEST TEACHER EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So helpful to learn the surface tools, thanks!
Thank you from America!
This is just awesome. Thank you so much for this tutorial!
This is one of the problems I had last time: I keep getting a gap between the horizontal and vertical sections on the mouse. it looks fine to the eye but when you really zoom in, they aren't joined. Trying to add relations doesn't seem to hack it... help?
Very nice tutorial, this helped me so much!
thanks a lot from sweden been struggling to do this before :)
Great tutorial! It was easy to understand and a very good introduction to surfacing. On a side note, how do I make my solidworks look like yous? I mean in terms of having the reflection of the model on the bottom plane, having reflections on the part itself, and having selected faces glow blue. Thanks in advance!
this is an amazing tutorial on surfacing thank you, I'm just struggling to import the picture using the sketch picture tab its not usable to you have any advice or a way to bypass this feature to get the picture in to solidworks?
Hi everyone! I was wondering, if is there a way to "unfold, unwrap or flatten 3d surfaces" in Solidworks ?
Hi, I don't know why but when i select any spline, I cant see the arrows, so I'm not able to play around with spline's curvature. Could you help me find out how to show the arrows? Thanks
what a useful tutorial ! thanks. please keep adding new ones.
thanks for the webcast found it really good keep up the good work.
I was unable to perform the boundary surface at 22:50 because I wasn't able to select the splines from the original planer surfaces. SW only allowed me to select the entire closed loop around those planer surfaces which results in an error message. What am I doing wrong, how do I only select the curve that I want?
The same problem I had...
You may be selecting the sketch which created the planar surface. Make sure this is hidden before you attempt the boundary surface. If your still having trouble try Right clicking in the graphics area to bring up the selection manager, this tool will allow you to select individual sections of an edge -setting this to select group (cursor symbol) often works best.
Thanks a lot ! I will try it tomorrow.
Wish you all best ! :)
how did u split this line on two so u could use the profile for the luft at 13:00 ?
please write back
Great tutorial! The part at 28:48 doesn't work for me though. I couldn't create that loft myself.
Fantastic, what a treat! Thank-you for your time.
honestly guys i think this is gonna work!
Hello There.
I'm having difficult time closing the sketch into a planar surface as shown on 5:20.
After i've made the sketch and followed exactley on the outline of the mouse- i entered the planar surface selction- selected the sketch intended and the it does nothing, it simply stays on the planar surface selection area.
Can you help me with that, please?
Thank you.
can you help me please, my surfaces is not highlighted
they are grey and cannot use them as i need to fill surface
Nice work! i learned a lot from your videos.But can you build a Sq to Rd sheet metal transition in 4 pieces and seam at 4 corners ( .250 inch thick )
That last Loft didn't work for me at all. I selected the two top edges as the path, and the 3D sketch, the flat face as the guide curves and I couldn't do the loft.
I try to split the vertical surface at the location of 3D curve, but somehow i am unable to select the short line needed for the surface loft ( at around 13:30). Anyone that can help? I can see the short line, but once I click it it selects the whole vertical surface.
Same happens with me, im using Solid 2014, i dont know if that have anything to do with the problem maybe it worked with older versions, i dont know...
THANKS!!!!! Best tutorial for surface modeling.
Hey, how did you get the appearance of your model while making it; with the reflective surface and floor?
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hey m newbee....can some1 tell me which one is better katia or solidworks...???
Thanks! This is exactly what I was looking for!
Thaks a lot from Mexico.
do you know how to do reflective surface when modelling? And how to do that blue bright selection ? someone pls shine me up.
Thank you from Tunisia
It keeps giving me an error when I try to do the Boundary surface part. Error on the
Great tutorial, Thanks
Great tutorial! I think you would have gotten a better, more accurate, line along the top silver sections by using a projected curve by combining a top view sketch and a right view sketch. Then turn it into a 3D sketch by using the convert entities function. :)
Someone please help ASAP! How did you split the spline into two elements and used the loft tool @13:09. I Have tried using the split entities tool but whenever i tired to use the loft feature it selects the small element at first and then it re selects the whole spline.
I've just got it. It is not necessarily matter of splitting the spline. Try first to hide the sketch (in the history tree, eye or glasses sign) from which you made the plane and then use SURFACE BORDER element (as in the video - author picks a line, that is called "SURFACE-PLANE1") not a line from the sketch ... I hope this trick works for you ;)
@@wojciechmysliwiec596 Thank you! This helped a lot!
is this as good as Alias or NX?
Try to see soft design , composing and setuping as three seperate tNice tutorialngs to focus on and it might will make more sense
Were can I get the software
Awesome video, thanks!
why wouldn't you use a projected curve instead of a 3d sketch. I would think that would be easier and more accurate.
Well done tutorial.
Thank you very much !
Thanks a lot from Ireland.
this got me out of a hole :P
i like these tuto!THX!
Thanks a lot, excellent!!
Great!! thanks!!
Wish i could add a Like every time i watch it
excellent job thanks
Great explanation - thank you.
Thanks!
Trying and failing the boundary surface, ready to throw my keyboard out the window, everytime i try curvature to face and direction vector it doesnt work and solidworks farts
thank you
very nice!
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But the dude speaks through Nice tutorials teeth
for those whom the picture shows black colour after imported in Sledworks, try using snipping tool to save the picture as png and then import it,,cause default windows save is as gif which isnt supported by Sledworks
Great video, thanks!
thank you
THANKS!!
Brilliant video Adam. Thank you kindly. Very well explained.
I've been searching long time for a good tutorial and I finally found it.Thanks bro !!!
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as a 3d artist i hate how "modeling" works here.....used to blender this seems so awfull....and blender do have 3d curves , dunno why anyone will use this for "modeling", sorry great tutorila, but i hate the workflow
At 3.50 you’ll notice that I actually constructed two separate splines to produce the mouse outline, you may find this a little easier than drawing one and using Split Entities. I would recommend making sure that the sketch is hidden when you come to select the edges at 13.00.
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Can you help me how to make it fully defined?
@@cridgemcking2471 for some reason they didn't show how to define it...
You are welcome - have you checked out Ask the Experts playlist - lots of quick and very useful tips there
Very interesting, congratulations...:)
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Very good tutorial with a good surface model example to go along with.
Many lads here for the Leaving DCG project? :'D
Hi Tow
The links in the description now link directly to the image.
Thanks
~Luke
This is one of the best SolidWorks videos that I have seen about surfaces. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!
I could not get to merge the half body, resulting in not being able to merge at the end of the process!
The option to merge was not available.
Could anyone advise how to fix this issue?
Outstanding. That's the best SW tutorial I've seen yet. Thanks.
Was pleasantly surprised when I heard a British accent.
any idea with 3d skectch ???? i stock and I dont have idea how to sketch on 3d, i folow very careful this video
Well,it is basically a 3D curve which you can control in X,Y and Z direction,unlike in 2D sketches.You see when he changes the view at 7:28 to top view so he can control it without messing it up in other directions,you can quickly change the views by pressing space bar :)
you gotta tune the instrunt, by right clicking on it in the channel rack
if you wanted one of those splines to be along a straight edge (in one plane ie a fixed distance from centerline but over a curve in another axis) for a certain distance but with all the curves up to that point nicely tangent . how would you do it? i cant find a way to do it without using a line section in between two splines then it wont loft using it .... there has to be a way!!!! am i taking the wrong approach? cant find anything like this anywhere
Is there a similar tool like "freestyle" which is used in catia present in solid edge ST8?
Krazy , get out of here. That was funny, really funny
i just realized i dont know shit about Solidworks
I know this video's pretty old now but hoping you can help me here. How does the finished mouse look with zebra stripes enabled?
Working on a mouse myself and I need to have all surfaces perfect but despite following all of the tips in your video, I'm still seeing breaks in the zebra lines, specially at the mirror line of the two halves.
when I created the surface knit it did not separate the spline and did not have any constraints, I was wondering the reason for this?