SolidWorks Surfacing
SolidWorks Instructor Led Training
The SolidWorks Surfacing course teaches you how to build freeform shapes using SolidWorks mechanical design automation software.
Course details and prerequisites:
Duration: 2 Days
Type: Instructor Led
Level: Advanced
Prerequisites:
- Attended the SolidWorks Part Modeling course
- Attended the SolidWorks Essentials course
- Used the software for a few months
After the training you will be able to:
- Create complex surface designs using Loft and Sweep
- Repair imorted geometry using SolidWorks Surfacing tools
- Use surfaces to help you create complex parts
- Use a master part to create different versions of your design
Course Outline
Lesson 1: Understand 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
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Hybrid Modeling
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Using surfaces to Modify Solids
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Interchanging Between Solids and Surfaces
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Performance Implications
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Surfaces as Construction Geometry
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Making Copies of Faces
Lesson 4: Repairing and Editing Imported Geometry
- Importing Data
- Repairing and Editing Imported Geometry
Lesson 5: Advanced Surface Modeling
- 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 Techniques
- Working with a Solid Master Model
- SolidWorks Explorer
- Rapid Prototyping
