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Bluesurf and the NURBS Mesh

December 19, 2014

Today I’m going to use the mesh from the part you can download from the previous post. That has a series of 6 sketches in it from which we can make Bluesurfs in various curve arrangements.

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By MLombard
4 MIN READ

Special Traits of the Bluesurf

December 17, 2014

We’ve talked before about NURBS surfaces always wanting to be four-sided, much like a piece of fabric made from threads running perpendicular to one another. It can be stretched and pulled, but it al…

By MLombard
4 MIN READ

Give your Input on the Crazy Cart Challenge Finalists

December 16, 2014

We’ve had a great number of entries, 39 in all, and now it’s time for you to weigh in on the judge’s selection of 12 finalists. The winners will be chosen from the best entries, and your comment…

By MLombard
2 MIN READ

Solid Edge ST7 AddIn EdgeBar in C++

December 15, 2014

  In continuation of my  Solid Edge ST7 AddIn Architecture Overviewand  Solid Edge ST7 AddIn in C++articles, I just published a new article, Solid Edge ST7 AddIn E…

By jnewell
< 1 MIN READ

Interpolation is the Name of the Game

December 10, 2014

My method of explaining the rather wide reaching topic of surfacing is to start from concepts, move on to how to use specific tools, and what the tools do, and then to talk about why or in what situa…

By MLombard
4 MIN READ

It’s all about Curvature, and Curvature is all about Splines/Curves

December 9, 2014

If you are an engineer reproducing Industrial Designer stuff, one of the first things you have to do is understand curvature. It’s a different language, and a different way of thinking about geometry…

By MLombard
6 MIN READ

Translating from Designer to Engineer

December 8, 2014

In the same way that it’s unfair to say “engineers aren’t creative”, it’s probably also unfair to try to lump all Industrial Designers into the same mold. I’ve worked with ID folks who could not do 3…

By MLombard
4 MIN READ

Offset Face Relate Enhancements – by Steve Sheldon

December 4, 2014

 
In ST7 we have introduced numerous enhancements to the Offset Face Relate command.

Offset to faces with parallel normals
Prior to ST7, you could only establish an Offset Face…

By MLombard
3 MIN READ

Engineers and Creativity

December 2, 2014

I had the misfortune a few years back to hear a colleague proclaim at a dinner with about 15 design process professionals in attendance that engineers were not creative people. I can be hot tempered …

By MLombard
3 MIN READ