Surfaces vs Solids - Which?

It is unless the software is designed accordingly. Hardware is so fast today
that the mach8ining tesselation is often created on the fly and then
discarded unless you specifically elect to save it.

Only the real hacks still do this. They exist but they are very cheap
systems. Even RhinoCam at 1K is regenerative.
That is the industry buzz word in many places - "Regenerative". Cim Link
used to make a big deal about it. They did, IMHO, have a great engine
though.

Not much of any issue except to purists like you and I Cliff. Todays kids
don't know different and it doesn't matter much. Nobody really cares since
there is not competetive dissadvantage in the market place.

Sweet Jesus who in their right mind would want to remember THAT :>)

 

Heh, roger that.

Bing

 

Why on earth do you "NEED" soldis for mould design. I use Solidworks
for product design, but I would never use it for mould tool design, it
simply is not up to my usual mould tool software -which is purely
surface based. When it comes to defining complex 3D split lines and
shut-outs the tools in Solidworks don't cut it for me.

Regards

Kevin