Surface Modeling in SW

Starting with a sketch, you can

create a surface using Extrude,
Revolve, Loft, Boundary Surface,
planar, and Fill.

Open sketch
(spline)

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Profile

Extrusion direction

Axis of rotation

Revolved surface (surface

of revolution)
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Extruded surface
(Tabulated surface)

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Spline

Spline

Swept surface using

a Guide
Guide

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Guide 2

Loft surface, no
guide curve

Guide 1

Loft surface using two

guide curves.

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Surface Modeling in SW- Boundary Surface

Four curves defining the boundary of the surface, Coons surface
Make sure all curves are intersecting, then
select curves for directions 1 and 2
Sketch5,
Direction 1

Sketch2,
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Direction 2

Open loop
3D sketch,
Direction 1
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Boundary surface

Direction 2

Direction 2

Direction 2

The order of direction has no

effect on the surface shape
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Direction 1

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Boundary Surface option using profiles and directions. This results in the
same surface as Loft, smoother surface appearance.

Direction 1
Direction 2

Direction 2
Direction 1
Direction 1

Single curve to a
point in one direction
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Surface Modeling in SW- Fill Surface

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Thickening the
patched surface

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Patching a freeform hole

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Surface Modeling in SW- Freeform

Select the surface to

reshape

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Surface Modeling in SW- Freeform

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Surface Modeling in SW- Freeform

Four controls

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Surface Modeling in SW- Freeform

Adding control
points to the edge
curve, select
Movable and click
on Add Points, pick
location

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Surface Modeling in Creo

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Sweep (constant cross section)

Sweep dashboard
select surface option

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Sweep (constant cross section)

Constant cross section sweeps
a) Section (profile)
b) Trajectory (path)

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Swept Blend (variable cross sections)

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Swept Blend

All sections must contain the same number of

entities

A swept blend can have two trajectories: an Origin

Trajectory (required) and a Secondary Trajectory
(optional). Each Swept Blend feature must have at
least two sections and sections may be added
between these two sections.

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Creating a Swept Blend Feature

Swept Blend Dashboard

Sweep type

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Creating a Swept Blend Feature

The Normal to Trajectory option keeps each of the
features cross sections normal to the trajectory of the
feature. Each section is created normal to a vertex of the
trajectory or normal to a datum point on the trajectory. It
requires the definition of a trajectory and the definition of
one or more sections

The Normal to Projection option keeps the features cross

sections normal to a second trajectory. Each section of the
feature is created perpendicular to the normal trajectory. The
option requires the definition of a sweep trajectory, a normal
trajectory, and two or more sections.

Constant Normal Direction option keeps the features

cross sections normal to a selected planar pivot plane, edge,
curve, or axis. Each section of the feature is created normal
to the selected pivot plane. It requires the definition of a
trajectory a normal plane and the definition of one or more
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Creating a Swept Blend Feature - Examples

The Normal to
Projection

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Parallel Blend Feature Creo 2.0

(Parallel Plane Loft)

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Blend Creating the Datum Planes

Create two datum plans
offset from the Front
plane by 400 mm.
The three profiles will be
sketched on each plane

Front plane

Datum 1
400 mm
Datum 2
400 mm

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Parallel Blend
Sketch
the three
profiles
on each
plane

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Parallel Blend

Select Sections
Choose Selected Sections

Click on Section1

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Parallel Blend

Select the first

profile and then
click on Insert

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Parallel Blend

Select the
second profile,
preview should
appear. Click on
Insert

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Parallel Blend

Select the third

profile and Insert

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End Options

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Blends (Parallel)
Straight parallel blend

Wireframe showing
the three sections

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Blends (Parallel)
Create datum planes to sketch the sections

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Parallel Blend Surface

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Sections must have the same number if entities

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Surface - Fill

A Fill feature is
simply a flat surface,
closed-loop feature
that is defined by its
boundaries and is
used to thicken
surfaces.
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Surface - Style

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Patching

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Surface Style Edit Menu

Select Surface Edit

Select the Surface

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Freestyle Surface
Select a primitive
to start

Control points
(8x3=24)
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Click on a Control point and

move the handle to reshape
the primitive selected. Grab
the center for free movement
or the tip of the arrows for
translation only
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Surface Modeling in Unigraphics (NX)

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Sweep Command Variational Sweep

Use this command to create a solid or sheet body feature that sweeps a
master cross section variably along a path. The master cross section
should be created using the Sketch on Path option in the Sketcher.

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Sweep Command Variational Sweep

Sketch the rails

Select one of the rails to sketch the

section

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Sweep Command Variational Sweep

Sketch the master cross
section, apply constraints as
desired, dimension the legs

Master
profile

Attachment points
to the rails

Rails

You can control the length

of the sweep by specifying
start and end values. You
can also control the sweep
by adding or removing
constraints from the master
cross section sketch
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Sweep Command Variational Sweep

Surface model

The surface could be

thickened
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4 Point Surface

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Swoop Surface

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Boundary Surface

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Surface Modeling in Unigraphics (NX)

Mesh Surfaces

Through Curves option

This command creates a sheet or solid

body through a set of up to 150 section strings.
A section string can consist of a single object
or multiple objects, and each object can be a
curve, a solid edge, or a solid face. Through
Curves is similar to a Ruled Surface, except
that you can specify more than two section
strings.

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Surface Modeling in Unigraphics (NX)

Desired curve sections

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Through Curve option

This command creates a body from sets

of primary and cross strings. Strings in each
set must be roughly parallel to each other and
non-intersecting. Primary strings must be
roughly perpendicular to crossing strings

Primary strings

Cross strings
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N-Sided Surface option

This option lets you build a surface

with an unrestricted number of curves or
edges that form a simple, open or closed
loop, and assign continuity to outside
faces. You can remove holes in surfaces
that are not four-sided. Shape control
options are available to refine sharpness at
center point, while maintaining continuity
constraints.

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Sample of a Multiple Triangular

Patch Surface

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Surface Modeling in Unigraphics (NX)

You can use the Section option to construct
bodies through sections that you define using
conic construction techniques.
You can think of a section free form feature as
an infinite family of section curves lying in
prescribed planes, starting and ending on, and
passing through, certain selected control
curves. Additionally, the system obtains conic
end slopes directly from the control curves, and
uses a continuous 2D conic shape parameter to
vary the fullness of the sections along the body.
A typical application for using a section free form feature would be in the design of
an aircraft fuselage. The control curves would run along the top and along the
side of the fuselage, and the section curves would lie in planes perpendicular to
the centerline.
Another example would be in creating an automobile body panel design, where
you know the start and end edges and slopes, and a smooth curve without
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Section Body Dialog Options
endsapexshoulder

The feature starts on the first curve selected, passes through an interior
curve known as the shoulder curve, and ends on the third curve. The slope at each
end is defined by a selected apex curve. See ends-apex-shoulder for details.

endsslopesshoulder

The feature starts on the first curve selected, passes through the shoulder
curve, and ends on the third curve. Slopes are defined at the start and end by two
independent slope control curves. See ends-slopes-shoulder for details.

filletshoulder

The feature starts on the first curve selected, is tangent to the first body
selected, ends on the second curve, is tangent to the second body, and passes
through the shoulder curve. See fillet-shoulder for details.

threepoints-arc

Lets you create a section free form feature by selecting a starting edge
curve, an interior curve, an end edge curve, and a spine curve. See three-pointsarc for details.

endsapex-rho

The feature starts on the first curve selected and ends on the second curve.
The slope at each end is defined by a selected apex curve. The fullness of each
conic section is controlled by the corresponding rho value. See ends-apex-rho for
details.

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Surface Modeling in Unigraphics (NX)

Use the Studio Surface
command to create swept or lofted surfaces
from a network of section strings, or a network of section strings and up to
three guide strings.

Section string (1), guide strings (2), and

resulting studio surface

Three section strings and

resulting studio surface

You can modify a Studio Surface without rebuilding it by adding, removing,

reordering, or swapping section and guide strings. Studio Surface also lets
you specify constraining faces and continuity, edit surface alignment points,
and control the transitions between surface sections.
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Studio Surface
Add sections to the model

Add controls

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Studio Surface
Transition Control options let you
choose how a surface transitions from
one section to another, and are
available only when you choose the
By Points Alignment option.
Consider the following sample surface
built from four section strings:

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To specify a tangent constraint face, choose G1 from the Start list, click Constraint Face

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Studio Surface

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Lets you divide a surface at a specific point, or snip off unneeded portions of a surface.

Snipping
Snipping a surface with a curve at a specific point, or snip off unneeded
portions of a surface.

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