Tips & Tricks for Surface Modelingwith real Industrial Design Cases

Hugo van Andel & Patrick BrulotSenior CAD Engineer & Application Specialist

PTC/User Benelux Thursday, November19th, 2015

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Patrick Brulot

Application Specialist Education: Mechanical Engineering

Working with Pro/Engineer

since 1994 (release 14)

Application specialist

BrulotSolutions.com

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Hugo van Andel

Senior Engineer Education: Industrial Design

Working with Pro/Engineer

since 1995 (release 12)

Surface design specialist in Creo 3.0

Plastics specialist

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International Design Agency

Based in Eindhoven, the Netherlands

• 85 employees

• 2 locations: Eindhoven & Delft

• Strategy, Design, Engineering,

UX design, Communications

• Creo 2.0, 3.0, Windchill 10.1

• Solid Works

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Portfolio

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Real cases all constructed in Creo

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Tips & Tricks in Surface Modeling

Sneak preview of what to expect

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Surface Modeling in Creo 3.0

Traditional Surface Modeling built up

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Surface Modeling in Creo 3.0

Better performance Boundary Blend in Creo 3.0

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4 sided Boundary Blends vs 3 sided Boundary Blends

Surface Modeling in Creo 3.0

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Control points, Piece to Piece, developable

Surface Modeling in Creo 3.0

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Curvature Continuity

Surface Modeling in Creo 3.0

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Rounds using Boundary Blends

Surface Modeling in Creo 3.0

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Freeform modeling: Panton Chair

Surface Modeling in Creo 3.0

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Blended technique: Smartphone case

Surface Modeling in Creo 3.0

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ISDX

Surface Modeling in Creo 3.0

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• Master the Boundary Blend Feature

• Always Check Curvature graphs

• Avoid 3 sided boundaries

• Control Points Fit

• Boundary Blend versus Radius feature

• Try the Freeform tool

• ‘Listen’ to your surfaces!

Takeaways of this session