Dec 07, 2010 hi, im trying to knit two surfaces together see attachment. I can knit all of the surfaces together perfectly but the make solid option is grayed out. Check out solidworks system requirements to ensure you are always working with a solidworks supported and optimized system for hardware, operating system and microsoft products also apple, mac 10. Graphics body is often the default, and it is mostly useless unless the desire is simply viewing the mesh model. Apr 27, 2016 im trying to find quality software for fixingsmoothingediting stl files and frustratingly having no luck. Blends are smooth transitions with continuity matching between curves on the same. Instead i try to tell people to approach it like you were modeling in clay. I have tried to smooth out the curves as much as i can but when i render the model it still shows a descernable line join. Solidworks settings for maximizing performance youtube. Jul 03, 2014 learn how to set your solidworks settings to maximize for best performance. Solidworks quick tip advanced surface repair youtube. I would like to try and improve the quality of one of my surfaces. Over the years i have had plenty of opportunities where this function would have. If youve ever scene a carbon bike frame up close, youll notice that the blends at each joint are fairly complex, at least from a solid modeling perspective.
This can be applied to far more complex forms to achieve that faceted or lowpoly effect with as much dimensional control as you like. Learn about split line spline on surface and delete face commands to modify. Dec 01, 20 hey you have given me a great insight into the world or solidworks with macbooks, thank you. Moving your mouse around really fastlike doesnt help, gripping your neck and squeezing real hard doesnt help much either. How to merge surfaces to solid bodies mcad central.
I tried the smooth command before mesh to brep, and after. Surface modeling produces superhighquality models, but can take time. First, i am going to start out with a blank sheet metal part. Power surfacing industrial design for solidworks npowersoftware.
Search planar surface in the solidworks knowledge base. We will discuss the differences between a boundary surface and a loft surface. You can use a fillet to smooth the edge between two adjacent faces in a surface body that meet at an angle. If you use a virtual machine such as parallels, you can switch between macos and solidworks at anytime seamlessly. Imported files turning surfaces into solids in solidworks. This cad training class picks up where the advanced part class leaves off, and goes into detail about how to achieve complex shapes using all the tools available.
I have tried many things but cant get the surface to smooth out. In trying to figure this out, im learning that modeling software can apply smoothing algorithms that keyshot is able to interpret. Does anyone knows how to do that i created the surface with boundary surface and assigned tangency to the surface but still its pretty rough. Running solidworks on a mac people often ask if it is possible to run solidworks on a mac the good news is you can. Another design and another excuse to share some of my modelling process using solidworks. Create a solid or cut feature by thickening a surface. Create models faster with a library of surfaces in solidworks. Jan 12, 2016 solidworks 2016 has tools to not only do that, but also make it relatively easy.
Power surfacing provides industrial design and organic modeling capabilities inside of. All i want to do is load a stl file, replace groups of triangles with a smooth flat mesh of triangles, generate support structures, and export the model back out to stl. Maybe you took a solidworks class or two, maybe you didnt. This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies. Technically it will, but there are some major considerations. The file that i chose to work with was an assembly that when imported into solidworks opened as a part. The dimension of the fillet curve will depend on the job in hand but in the case. Good news for users who wish to run solidworks on an apple mac. Solidworks 20 sp05 to disable web help from within solidworks and use local help instead, click help use solidworks web help. It allows you to select a hole that lies on a surface, which doesnt have to be round and use the delete key to remove out the hole. Also, you can make a first pass, then cut out and refill seams or problematic parts.
How to get the most out of surface modeling in solidworks. I know about parallel, and boot camp but hate the thought of windows on my new smooth mac. Smartdraw easiest for 2d cad if youre looking for something powerful for 2d cad design but amazingly easy to use and value for money, smartdraw is the best 2d cad software for mac on the market. How to show solidworks surface bodies in drawing views.
Check out hundreds of solidworks tutorials at this solidworks tutorial covers boundary surfaces when applied to 2 or 3. It is the second xapp in a portfolio from solidworks that allows industrial designers, digital artists, and engineers to create innovative products in a new way. You will find a majority of them have the companys brand on it. I think my favorite new feature of this 2015 release of solidworks is definitely the flatten surface functionality. The best way to use solidworks is to use surfaces and solids to achieve truly marvelous models. With c1 continuity, surfaces intersect abruptly and you can make out an edge. What software for fixingsmoothingediting stl files. Is there an easy way to make this obj have smooth surfaces.
When you are done, if you so choose, you can knit your surfaces into one surface. Learn about split line spline on surface and delete face commands to modify surface models in solidworks. Best way to smooth mesh imported from stl c4d cafe. Create a solid feature by thickening surfaces that have been knit into a closed. Adding a surface finish appearance to a solidworks part. Blending surfaces in solidworks 3d skills and equipment. It looks like the cause here is surface edge normals, not necessarily bad or too low. The surfaces were trimmed using each other as tools by doing this i thought the surfaces edges was perfectly aligned so that i could trim them into one surface. Solidworks surface tutorial basics of solidworks surface. Oct 10, 2019 this is a fairly longstanding issue we come up against on the innova systems technical support desk, and also while talking to prospective customers about solidworks. With solidworks 2019, that means running windows 10 or windows 7 operating systems.
In toolspace, on the prospector tab, expand the xgnd surface definition collection and rightclick edits. If your 3d models have both solid and surface bodies, it will take a few more steps to show the surface bodies. Surfaces are a type of geometry that can be used to create solid features. May, 2009 since weve been talking about viewing solidworks files on an iphone, how about we talk a little about viewing an iphone in solidworks. If you know what units the mesh model was exported with, set the units in this solidworks dialog box to match. In this exercise, you will smooth a surface using the natural neighbor interpolation nni method. Jan 07, 2012 i am modeling a sword and i wanted to make something like a rib. Whats the best way to go about smoothing this ring ive imported from a solidworks model. Of course there are a million ways to skin a cat or model a solidworks part and. However if you have to run solidworks on a mac read on. Solidworks 2016 allows converting surface into solid using the boundary surface or the trim surface features, read this tech tip for a stepbystep example. My understanding is that they have the latest or next to latest version of solidworks. To smooth out this sharp corner condition we can use a fillet curve. Your browser does not currently recognize any of the video formats available.
For iso and related drafting standards, you can display surface finish symbols per 2002 standards by selecting display symbols per 2002 in document properties surface finishes. In this class we also walk the student through surface modeling techniques and the interchange between solids and surfaces. We will also take a closer look to style splines, degree 7 bsplines and more complicated surface features. I have set the surfaces to compute in the table and have set to include all surfaces in the drawing.
Extrude a solid or cut feature with the end condition up to surface or offset from surface. Aug 27, 2015 the delete hole command is specific to surfaces within solidworks and is especially useful with surfaces that have been imported. Solidworks told me they have 0 plans to work on a mac version. Solidworks smooth transition from surface to surface knit. Solid modeling is really, really good at getting a lot done, quickly. Before a part, designers and engineers often need to adapt, optimize, and finalize 3d models. The quality of a great surface lies within the curve that defines it. Add to that the maintenance whihc will become a mute point if the issue you might have points to the graphics.
Our technical director, ed hawkins, talks about his current mac set up. This short course covers the key differences between the mac and windows versions, basic interface navigation, 3d modeling, lighting, and rendering. The simple answer is that solidworks do not develop an apple mac version of the software, so we cant install solidworks natively. To report problems encountered with the web help interface and search, contact your local support representative. Try to create simple saddle shaped surfaces with simple square edges, this will create the smoothest geometry. Solidworks performance on the 20 macbook air solidworks.
New in solidworks 2018 is the surface from mesh tool, it lets you manipulate a mesh object that you imported from an. Do i need to ungroup it and then combine the meshes to get the smooth surface. Solidworks has a lot of great options for adding surface finish appearances to give your models a more realistic feel. See nominating article npower makes solidworks a surfacing monster. Did you like this video and do you want to receive a free solidworks ebooks series in your mailbox. It appears you are trying to build exactly what you need right out of the gate and then knit them all together and be done. Tutorial splitting surfaces using split line in solidworks. I am using surfaces for the first time in a school project.
Users can create curvature continuous edge fillets to smooth transitions from the fillet to adjacent faces within models in solidworks. How to merge the surfaces in the solid body grabcad. In solidworks, drawing views only show solid bodies by default. Are there any tools or techniques in sw2009 that would smooth or heal or blend very complex surfaces similar to what can be done by sanding or polishing. My issue with getting the mac for solidworks is that the software costs more than the machine. How to merge surfaces to solid bodies if this is your first visit, be sure to check out the faq by clicking the link above. Flatten moves vertices in the brush region towards the average normal. After all, designing organic shapes typically requires surface modeling in solidworks, which they dont teach in most classes and is notoriously difficult. When it comes to curves in solidworks, there is a difference between what is smooth and what looks smooth. We have now tried and tested a configuration that works really well. Then use delete face with the delete option not delete and patch then use a fill surface with tangency to the appropriate edges, using the merge result and try to form solid options good luck. In this ondemand webinar, we breakdown the best times to use loft surfaces vs. Solidworks has a powerful tool to create smooth surfaces known as the filled surface command. Solidworks quick tip presented by adam hughes of goengineer.
Running solidworks on a mac means you are making compromises on speed, functionality and stability. Fillets are arcshaped transitions between curves on the same plane or between. To gain a better understanding of converting surface into solid with solidworks you should take our solidworks surfacing training course either online or in a classroom near you. Solidworks xshape where possibility really does take shape. Click planar surface surfaces toolbar or insert surface planar.
Imported files turning surfaces into solids in solidworks problem many times when you import a customers part or assembly and it opens as a part that has a ton of surfaces or it may open as a multi level assembly and each of those parts is made up of surfaces. I have also tried the thicken surface option but many of the surfaces are unable to be. But there seems to be a gap and im not sure how to go around this. Creating an editable surface in rhino3d simply rhino. Jan 20, 20 why are my circles not smooth in solidworks.
One of the most important terms to understand is continuity. Tools options system options colors use specified color for drawings paper color. Smoothing an irregular surface on a solid dassault. Autodesks meshmixer is a stateoftheart software for working with triangle meshes or, as its developers like to call it, the swiss army knife for editing stl files and 3d meshes. How to knit surfaces together solidworks tutorials surface design. The 6mm offset plane was a decision for the location of the feet for the speaker. Today i am going to show you how to add an appearance and how to adjust it so it looks just like you want it to. If you have a version of solidworks with the scanto3d addin, consider turning it on. Im not sure its possible to get the original smooth surfaces exactly from that. If that doesnt suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to solidworks and many of them are available for mac so hopefully you. I want to be able to convert the faces into bodies so i can apply a fabric appearance.
How to knit surfaces together solidworks tutorials. To access the propertymanager, click fillet features toolbar or insert surface filletround insert surface filletround. Fillet, blend, or chamfer between curves and surfaces rhino 3d. Sep 26, 2016 i agree with krishan gupta answer here, and below is some explained by solidworks team blog so will solidworks cad actually run on os x. This is how a surface interacts with, and is influenced by, other surfaces on a model. Theres plenty of excellent cad software avialable for mac nowadays but unfortunately solidworks for mac does not exist. Select surface edges and vertices to use as a sweep guide curve and path. Discover the surface modeling training course to train yourself on solidworks best practices. We know quite a few users running solidworks successfully on a mac. Sw has trouble with surfaces that have several different curvatures on them.
Then use delete face with the delete option not delete and patch then use a fill surface with tangency to the appropriate edges, using the merge result and try. Since weve been talking about viewing solidworks files on an iphone, how about we talk a little about viewing an iphone in solidworks. Surfaces not displaying as visible edges in drawings using. Solidworks 2016 has tools to not only do that, but also make it relatively easy. While it doesnt have the exact same features as its windows counterpart, rhino for mac offers a compelling 3d modeling experience for designers who prefer to work in the mac environment. Solidworks 2017 sp05 to disable web help from within solidworks and use local help instead, click help use solidworks web help. If you have created a completely enclosed volume, solidworks will recognize it as a solid body see figure 8. Whether it is a protrusion, a depression, an engraving, a sticker, or a stamp, the spline tool will allow you to represent your logo on your product and help ensure your customers know who to. This starts out as a nasty sharp edge that we want to smooth over. Power surfacing makes it easy and fun to design complex free form aesthetically pleasing class a surfaces in solidworks. Solidworks is not available for mac but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on macos with similar functionality.
For part 1 search for maximizing windows performance for solidworks. Using curvature continuous edge fillets in solidworks. I made a car but now that i am done with shaping all the surfaces i am having trouble making it solid. You can adjust the accuracy of the shape so that it exactly matches the curves you specified. Here then is our list of the best cad software on mac for 2020 in order of ranking. The surface from mesh tool works best on mesh files with regular prismatic geometry such as planes, cylinders, cones, and spheres.
Converting surface into solid with solidworks boundary. The bad news is that it isnt supported by solidworks. This is a mathematical reality in any 3d software, whether its a subd modeling, nurbs modeling or cad software. Power surfacing is a revolutionary solidworks industrial design addin that will fundamentally change the way that engineers and designers design parts in solidworks. I have tried to use winebottler, but am unsure how to make it work. This blog will discuss how we can analyze our curves and control how smooth they really are by using surface evaluation tools and different spline tools. With more than 30 years experience and thousands of customers in hightech, medical, machine design, energy and other industries, goengineer provides bestinclass design solutions from solidworks. Use these methods to create transitions between curves and surfaces.
In this video we will talk about boundary surfaces. The most popular mac alternative is freecad, which is both free and open source. Draw displaces vertices along the normal of the brush region, as if drawing on the surface. Surfaces not displaying as visible edges in drawings using iassembly i have created iparts with surfaces in hopes of showing the surface as lines in the drawing. When you plan this out you may move planes around as needed. How do i create smoother surfaces solidworks forums. If that doesnt suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to solidworks and many of them are available for mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Surface modeling with solidworks 2016 engineers rule. Lets say we start with this simple example which has a solid and a surface body. Better yet, how about we model up the back of one to see how we can get those continuous smooth shapes in solidworks. Solidworks xshape is the 3d subdivision modeling tool on the 3dexperience platform, used for creating designs that require organic shapes with very smooth transitions. Merge smooth faces, clear to improve performance of sweeps with guide curves and to segment the sweep at all points where the guide curve or path is not. Solidworks told me they have 0 plans to work on a mac.
Best way to smooth mesh imported from stl archived. Where do which settings have to be made to make it run so smoothly. You would get the big surfaces in and smooth, then you would come back and add the details. Surface modeling is a needed skill because unlike working with simple solid models, surface models offer more flexibility and customization. Sometimes, its just what you have in your bag o tricks that can get you moving along or in our case, a library of tricks. Surface finish symbols are formed by combining the symbol and lay direction direction of lay.
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