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BS in Mechanical Engineering (00-04) Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH Automation Engineer (04-08) Atlantic Tool & Die Strongsville, OH Application Engineer (08-Present) 3DVision Technologies Independence, OH SolidWorks Certifications: CSWE, CSWP, Surfacing, Sheet Metal, Weldments, Instructor, Support Technician, WPDM, 3DVIA Composer
Why Surfaces?
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Why Surfaces?
Solid models need to follow these rules: 1. Every edge must be a boundary between exactly two faces.
Why Surfaces?
Surfaces provide design flexibility: Create geometry one surface at a time rather than one chunk at a time.
1. Build Surfaces
2. Extend/Trim Surfaces
3. Knit/Form Solid
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Knit Surface
delete face
Surfaces to Solids:
1.
Knit Surface & Try to Form Solid Thicken & Create Solid from Enclosed Volume
knit surfaces
2.
thicken
Extrude offset from multiple surfaces (Knit surface) Extending countersinks (Copy surface, Extend surface, Cut with surface) Extrude/Cut normal to curved surface (Split line, Copy surface, Thicken cut) Complex variable radius fillets (Split line, Face fillet with hold line) Complex ruffled surfaces (Revolved surface, Split line, Delete face, Surface loft)
Must be uniform thickness throughout the entire part All bent surfaces must either be cylindrical or conical
Cut a section normal to the bend axis, click on the arc, and check for radius measurement
import
copy surface
delete body
delete face
extend / untrim
face fillet
thicken
knit surface
*or (in 2011), you can create the same result by using a split line and an extrusion off the 3D faces.
hole wizard
copy surface
extend surface
split line
copy surface
thicken cut
copy surface
thicken
split line
copy surfaces
thicken
thicken
thicken
finishing touches
solid revolve
delete face
revolve surface
project curve
lofted surface
knit surface
thicken
Questions?