T-Splines and Rhino

Has anyone been trying out T-splines? If so, what do you think about them?
It seems like T-splines and Rhino might make life a little easier for those
generating "interesting" shapes. Of course, I really want it integrated in
SW, but I'll take the Rhino to SW import for now if it looks good enough.

Jerry Steiger

 

Is there some reason you can't convey to Matt or Tom Sederberg that
you wish to see T-splines integrated in SolidWorks?

http://www.tsplines.com/forum/

 

Here is your answer:

http://www.tsplines.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4609

 

Yeah , i have tried it (for about 3 hours).
but the conversion from a solidworks solid to a T-spline polysurface model
was not easy.

But i am not very familiar with rhino yet.
And i dont have the time (yet) to go to a deeper understanding.

I have tryed to push around a simple box. to a complex smooth shape, and
that works very good.

I will probably buy the licence on what i have seen yet.

I will inform you and the group if i succeed in healing a solidworksmodel
with T-splines.

best regards
Bram

 

Thanks, Jon. (I can't believe I'm writing this!)

Reading a number of posts on the forum was quite helpful. I learned a couple
of things of interest. One is that there don't exist (right now) tools for
exactly matching a T-Spline shape to an existing shape. A second is that
offsetting a T-Spline shape in Rhino doesn't yield a T-Spline shape and you
can easily run into the usual problems, such as open edges. A third is that
the T-Spline interface appears to be a step beyond the Rhino interface,
which is already a long ways away from the SolidWorks interface. All in all,
not too encouraging right now.

Jerry Steiger

 

Reading comprehension problems yet again?

You have no clues what's involved. None. Absolutely none.

What's a "kernel", clueless? What's an "entity"? What's "associativity"?
What are import/export & things like IGES all about?
How about user interfaces? Or even simple shop math?
Any clues about "foreign" surfaces types in CAM or CAD/CAM
packages? Or making pretty pictures of same in CAD or CAD/CAM?
What are surfaces? Faces?

BTW, Still laughing about your Rhino kernel bit ...