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SolidWorks Surfacing Video Tutorial Part - 3 Types of Curvature, Analysis, Application and Scooter Handle Example

Sudhir Gill
in Modeling
1 0 Beginner
In this video tutorial we will learn more about surface modeling in SolidWorks. We will learn about surface curvature continuity, analysis and its application with an example of Scooter Handle
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Match surfaces manually

Bobi
in Modeling
1 0 Intermediate
One disturbing issue with "Match surface" is that it will try to transfer the 1st and 2nd row of control points to the target edge while keeping the distances between them relatively unchanged. This is usually great for the majority of users, because it's predictable and even usable in specific cases. However, there must be an option to "unclock" the aforementioned correlation between the 1st and 2nd row of control points and instead let "Match surface" adopt the same distances as the target control points. With that option turned on, the surface to be matched will become perfectly matched to the target one. To demonstrate the HUGE advantage of a potential "Adopt" option that I just described, here is a simple way to achieve the necessary correlation between the 1st and 2nd row of control points by "mirroring" the distances from the target surface to the opposite one. Lets hope that "McNeel" will consider adding such an option in the future releases of Rhino.
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Checking entities. includes minimum radius of curvature

Arif Shahriar
in Modeling
0 0 Beginner
Finding *minimum radius of curvature of a part in SOLIDWORKS. It also shows *minimum edge gap, *minimum vertex gap, *invalid face, *invalid edge, *short edge
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Tutorial - Curvature evaluation in SolidWorks?

Sudhir Gill
in Design & CAD
0 0 Beginner
Curvature is defined as the reciprocal of the radius (1/radius), in current model units. By default, the greatest curvature value displayed is 1.0000, and the smallest value is 0.0010. This means larger the radius lesser will be the curvature of the face, & Smaller the radius larger is the curvaure. As the radius of curvature increases, the curvature value decreases. A planar surface has a curvature value of zero because the radii of flat faces are infinite. This is very helpful in evaluation of surfaces/faces curvature and radius of curvature.
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