Why no NURBS in SW

now thats the problem i had with alias

like i said previously mechanical design is what we do most if its
formed sheet metal ie pressed panels we do bits in solidworks using
surfacing

now when we had alias demoed to us the guy showed us it was possible
to assemble a surfaced outer shell to a mechanical assembly which was
imported from our cad data

now am i correct in saying then that studio tools is purely for a
styling studio or for industrial design companies only to produce
models of curvy stuff or can you actually get any manufacturing data
from it

is this the same for rhino because if so its ahell of a lot cheaper
than studio

now as we get deeper into more free form design we were told this was
the best tool for the job

do think we have been robbed or ill advised admittedly we can hold our
own when it comes to the whys and why nots of mech cad apps
but free form design is a relatively new area which we are finding we
are having to get more involved in to satisfy client needs and we dont
really know wht the best option was

 

Mike,

Wrong direction, you want bring the styled "shape" into SW (or whatever).
Then you can split it, shell it, add bosses and ribs, etc, etc.........

In the old days (pre solids) everything was done with surfacing, so to say
you can't do a complete design with them wouldn't be true. Can it be done
efficiently (by modern standards)....no way.

As far as manufacturing, all of the true surface geometry you create in
Alias can be machined. The quality of the translators (IGES, STEP, etc.)
comes into play here.

On the other side of the coin, SW is quite capable of producing very complex
organic shapes. The problem is, the methodology is over the heads of many
artsy I.D. types. Traditional surfacing tools, typically, have a less
constrained, more freeform "feel" to them.

I don't know what you do, so I can't answer. What I "do" know is that we
have done hundreds of swoopy, curvy, product designs using just SW. So have
many others in this NG. There are several third party surfacing add-ins that
you probably should have tried first.

Like I said, I don't know what types of designs you do. I can say that for
most things, Alias is probably overkill. Especially for a small company.

Regards

Mark

 

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Michael Gailey
Artistic CNC Mill, Router and Engraver Programming
3D modeling for Product Design and Development
http://www.microsystemsgeorgia.com/toc.htm

 

You're beginning to sound more and more like your bud jb

 

You're beginning to sound more and more like your bud jb

A SolidWorks newsgroup filled with more people with actual
machining experience who know what tools they really need to
get the job done quickly and efficiently ???

More Industrial Designers who actually know what tools they
need to have in SolidWorks ???

Perish the thought !

Horrors and scary monsters !

Yikes !

jon

 

Cliff
Superb site http://www.geocities.com/banquercadcam havent laughed so much in ages.
regards
Ken

 

cheers mark

you seem to have summed up most of my questions in a concise
informative manner
nice to know there are people you can fall back on when you dont know
the answers yourself


mike