surface tutorial as good as Mike J Wilson

As part of my job I draw complex parts in solidworks manly plastic bottles
then I manufacture a mold with camworks. I only do solids never surfaces;
I have just done my first surface model of an alien head Thank,s to Mike J
Wilson,s site
Thank,s Mike you made a complex job seem easy
I would like to ask you guys out there should I put more effort in to
learning
Surfaces or should I be able to draw everything as a solid ,leaving aside
the skill level issue
Also are there more surface models out there as good as Mikes obviously
set up to teach. The solidworks site is with out doubt embarrasing did they
stop taking models around 1998
I tried Ed Eaton,s site 2004 were he as drawn a plastic bottle as a surface
But I think this along with one other job , as been set up as a mine field
and not a tutorial,Clever maybe, but a tutorial it was never meant to be.
Just roll it back to see what mean
Cheers Mike
ps if any one as defused Ed Eaton,s surface model I would love to get a copy

 

Some other great stites

www.swugn.org - there is a guy Paul Salvador that has some great stuff

 

If you can make it in solids, then I wouldn't mess with surfaces. Ed Eaton
points out that there are times that working with surfaces actually is
easier, but my own experience is that I can get in a lot more trouble with
surfaces than I can with solids.

On the other hand, there are times that it is nearly impossible, or perhaps
really impossible, to make a part with solids. At that point, knowing
surfaces pays off. But the learning curve is very steep, so you will "waste"
a lot of hours learning.

You may not have liked Ed's bottle model, but his tutorials have been a
god-send to me. Try making it on your own. If you end up with a simpler
model I'm sure many of us, including Ed, would love to see it.

Jerry Steiger
Tripod Data Systems
"take the garbage out, dear"

 

Hi Jerry
Im sorry I can not do what Ed Eaton can do And if I tried to do what
many of you guys do
I admit right now I can not do it . But any ways thanks for the advice may
be I should stay with solids
But I would still love to get the junior version of Ed's bottle model
regards Mike

 

Not to 180* Jerry, but working with surfaces can give you so much more of an
uderstanding of the program. In more ways that you can ever imagine. (look
at Ed's explination of the shell tool and how it works)Most do use surfaces
because they dont really see the need for it in their line of work. And that
is more than kewl, but the fact that you can at anytime knit a surface body
together to create a solid volume just speaks to different way to model to
in the program.

Remember, solids are surfaces stiched together to create volume and mass.
When I started in SW, 90% of what I did started in solids. Now 99% of what I
start with start with is surfaces.