SolidWorks Advanced Surface Modeling
Description: Advanced Surface Modeling teaches you how to build freeform shapes using SolidWorks mechanical design automation software.
 
Course Outline:
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 Modeling
  • Basic Surfacing
 
Lesson 3: Solid-Surface Hybrid Modeling
  • Hybrid Modeling
  • Using Surfaces to Modify Solids
  • Interchanging Between Solids and Surfaces
  • Performance Implications
  • Surfaces as Construction Geometry
  • Making Copies of Faces
 
Lesson 4: Repairing and Editing Imported Geometry
  • Importing Data
  • Repairing and Editing Imported Geometry
 
Lesson 5: Advanced Surface Modeling
  • Stages in the Process
  • Ruled Surfaces
  • Lofting Surfaces
  • Modeling the Lower Half
  • Conclusion
  • Design Changes
 
Lesson 6: Blends and Patches
  • Complex Blends
  • Smoothing Patches
  • Freeform Feature
  • Corner Blends
 
Lesson 7: Master Model Techniques
  • Introduction to Master Models
  • Surface Master Model Technique
  • Working with a Solid Master Model
  • SolidWorks Explorer
 
Duration: 2 Days