On the surface of it…

…hypothetically speaking, if you were to want a book covering surfacing, what would it include? Even if you are only marginally interested in surfacing as a way to expand your general SolidWorks knowledge, please vote by leaving comments on this blog.

1) basic surfacing for beginners

2) general surfacing tutorials

3) explanations of what each option does that should be in the SW Help

4) definitions of industry standard terms

5) what can surfaces do for non-swoopy shapes

6) conceptual discussion of surfacing

7) differences and similarities between solids and surfaces

8) interplay between solids and surfaces

9) managing solid and surface bodies

10) medical/bone/soft tissue modeling

11) other organic shape modeling

12) styled consumer products

13) talk about strategies for complex models

14) talk about how to control model references for best chances at making changes without errors

15) discussion of splines

16) discussion of curvature in curves and surfaces

17) discussion of NURBS / u-v mesh

18) long complex surfacing tutorials (covering a complete finished part)

19) quickie complex surfacing tutorials (covering individual tools and techniques rather than a complete part)

20) discussion of limitations – supposing we know what the tools are “supposed” to do, what can we not expect them to do

21) evaluation techniques

22) frequently used techniques

23) best practice or conservative recommended tips

24) non-parametric functions in parametric SolidWorks