Design & Tech CAD
Boundary Blend tweaks
ISDX - Freeform surface modelling
Scoops, bulges and
split surfaces
Analysis
Rhino
Rhino
We have some licenses on Rhino in XX001/2 and I shall endeavour to learn how to use it for starters and put post resources as I come across them.
http://www.rhino3d.tv - Quicktime vids
http://www.rhino3d.com/tutorials.htm
Useful tools
Rebuild Surfaces - allows primitives to be deformed through specified numbers of control points U and V
'Naked' edges - to export a model with mass properties, ie. a closed, watertight volume, it needs to have no single sided edges or cracks or slivers.
Edit menu: Object properties - an open quilt will show as an Open Polysurface
Analyze menu: Edge tools > Show edges
FAQ Closed Solids - http://en.wiki.mcneel.com/default.aspx/McNeel/FaqClosedSolids.html
FAQ Tolerances - http://en.wiki.mcneel.com/default.aspx/McNeel/FaqTolerances.html
Shortcut keys
F10 - turn control points on
Useful
Surface from Network of Curves - give tan options
Match Curve tool - to attach tangent