Tips & Tricks for Surface Modeling

with real Industrial Design Cases

Hugo van Andel & Patrick Brulot

Senior CAD Engineer & Application Specialist

PTC/User Benelux Thursday, November19th, 2015

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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Surface Modeling in Creo 3.0

4 sided Boundary Blends vs 3 sided Boundary Blends

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Surface Modeling in Creo 3.0

Control points, Piece to Piece, developable

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Surface Modeling in Creo 3.0

Curvature Continuity

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Surface Modeling in Creo 3.0

Rounds using Boundary Blends

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Surface Modeling in Creo 3.0

Freeform modeling: Panton Chair

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Surface Modeling in Creo 3.0

Blended technique: Smartphone case

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Surface Modeling in Creo 3.0

ISDX

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Takeaways of this session

• 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!

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