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SOLIDWORKS Surface Modelling Training

Prerequisites: SOLIDWORKS Essentials, Advanced Part Modelling

 

Description: Surface Modeling teaches you how to build freeform shapes using SOLIDWORKS mechanical design automation software.

 

The topics covered in this course are:

  

 

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

  • Alternative to Trim, Knit, and Thicken

  • 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

  • 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

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