Industrial Design (organic forms) tutorials?

Discussion in 'SolidWorks' started by Dana Byrnes, Dec 12, 2003.

  1. Dana Byrnes

    Dana Byrnes Guest

    Does anyone have any leads on tutorials for making freeform shapes in
    Solidworks? Everything I've seen seems to be for mechanical part modelling &
    I know it's possible to model ANYTHING in Solidworks.

    Thanks
     
    Dana Byrnes, Dec 12, 2003
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  2. Dana Byrnes

    Chris Guest

    Almost anything.

    Have a look at the tutorials at http://www.dimontegroup.com/Tutorials.htm

    The tutorials are written by Ed Eaton, who has been a source of much
    information and inspiration to a lot of us. Do a search for 'curvy stuff'
    or similar on comp.cad.solidworks in groups.google.com (all discussions
    archived there).

    Other names to look for are Mark Biasotti, Mike Wilson and Paul Salvador,
    all of whom have provided models or tutorials in the past.

    Chris
     
    Chris, Dec 13, 2003
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  3. Dana Byrnes

    Dana Byrnes Guest

    Those look fab -- thanks, Chris!

     
    Dana Byrnes, Dec 13, 2003
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  4. Dana Byrnes

    hoobers Guest

    I'm interested to know what can't be modelled in solidworks? Where do the
    limitations start?
     
    hoobers, Dec 14, 2003
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  5. Dana Byrnes

    Chris Guest

    Try mucking around with the surfacing, and you will note that it's not
    really up there with applications such as Alias for the creation of ultra
    high-quality surfaces (or at least, I tend to keep running into problems).
    Getting better with every release though...

    Can't do direct manipulation of surface, either (ie pulling and pushing a
    cloud of Nurbs control points). I've yet to try Geometryworks or
    Shapeworks - they appear to take some of the pain out of this.

    And as I write this I realise that I will doubtless start JB off - sorry
    folks.

    Chris
    (unified, seamless hybrid of beer bottle and cad monkey...)
     
    Chris, Dec 14, 2003
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  6. Dana Byrnes

    jon banquer Guest

    Why would that be... you already have stated what needs to be said about
    SolidWorks "surfacing". Thanks for saving me the time.

    jon
     
    jon banquer, Dec 14, 2003
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