[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":120},["ShallowReactive",2],{"VCx1XOa-_u8V1qv0C-Rvf16J6tRMBUBPhhSJB-0cx8Y":3,"article_solidworks-surface-tools-for-industrial-applications_solidworks":10,"_apollo:default":118,"_apollo:identified":119},{"mailchimpAudience":4},{"actionUrl":5,"slug":6,"locale":7,"default":8,"__typename":9},"","solidworks-surface-tools-for-industrial-applications","en","https:\u002F\u002F3ds.us3.list-manage.com\u002Fsubscribe\u002Fpost?u=ed4601044e1936748c0d2aa6b&id=e5080ff9fe&f_id=002d4de2f0","MailchimpAudience",{"posts":11},{"nodes":12,"__typename":117},[13],{"id":14,"slug":6,"title":15,"uri":16,"excerpt":17,"locale":18,"featuredImage":21,"tableOfContents":29,"content":30,"date":31,"authorJobTitle":5,"author":32,"masterings":45,"globalTags":49,"products":73,"disciplines":85,"seo":106,"__typename":116},"cG9zdDoxNTg3OQ==","SOLIDWORKS Surface Tools for Industrial Applications","\u002Fproducts\u002Fsolidworks\u002Fsolidworks-surface-tools-for-industrial-applications","\u003Cp>Need for Surface Surface Modelling is a method used to create and…\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"locale":19,"__typename":20},"en_US","Locale",{"node":22,"__typename":28},{"large":23,"__typename":24,"medium_large":23,"thumbnail":25,"srcSet":26,"sizes":27},"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F02\u002Fpicture5-4-1.png.webp","MediaItem","https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F02\u002Fpicture5-4-1-150x150.png.webp","https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F02\u002Fpicture5-4-1.png.webp 579w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F02\u002Fpicture5-4-1-300x249.png.webp 300w","(max-width: 579px) 100vw, 579px","NodeWithFeaturedImageToMediaItemConnectionEdge",[],"\u003Ch4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Need for Surface\u003C\u002Fh4>\u003Cp>Surface Modelling is a method used to create and represent complex shapes with high curvature controls. Generally, surfaces are used as an alternative where a particular feature is difficult to create using solid modeling. It is helpful especially in applications like centrifugal pumps, Organic shapes, Car body panels, Boat Hulls, etc., Continuity between the curves is very important for aesthetic reasons. NURBS ( Non-Uniform Rational B-Spline) curves are widely used by most of the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.egsindia.com\u002Fsolidworks.php\">CAD software\u003C\u002Fa>. SOLIDWORKS surface uses a parameterized mesh of curves ( U-V curves). The face curve option available to capture a curve from the surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"587\" height=\"262\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F02\u002Fpicture1-5.png.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15881\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F02\u002Fpicture1-5.png.webp 587w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F02\u002Fpicture1-5-300x134.png.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 587px) 100vw, 587px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"487\" height=\"333\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F02\u002Fpicture2-5.png.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15882\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F02\u002Fpicture2-5.png.webp 487w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F02\u002Fpicture2-5-300x205.png.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 487px) 100vw, 487px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003Ch4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Solid Vs Surface\u003C\u002Fh4>\u003Cp>Most of the Engineers preferred solid modeling due to the easier definition of boundary condition. But the applications like Turbine blades, Aerofoil profiles require surface modeling.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>In solid modeling, we can create thick solids with regular shapes. For example, we can create a cube with a square sketch alone. It produces six faces with a single solid body. In surface, we can create an individual face, each faces act as a surface body and after creating all the bodies we can knit them to make a perfect solid body. Surface bodies have no thickness (negligible). In the Design as well as the costing sense, the mass properties of a model play a major role. For that purpose after creating surface bodies, we want to convert them into solids. Some tools available in \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.egsindia.com\u002Fsolidworks.php\">SOLIDWORKS\u003C\u002Fa> for the conversion of the surface to solids are Thicken Surface, Knit Surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"708\" height=\"463\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F02\u002Fpicture3-5.png.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15883\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F02\u002Fpicture3-5.png.webp 708w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F02\u002Fpicture3-5-300x196.png.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 708px) 100vw, 708px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003Ch4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Offset Surface\u003C\u002Fh4>\u003Cp>It is also known as the copy surface. Offset is used when we want to create an exact replica of any face.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"483\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F02\u002Fpicture4-5.png.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15884\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F02\u002Fpicture4-5.png.webp 580w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F02\u002Fpicture4-5-300x250.png.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"579\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F02\u002Fpicture5-4.png.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15885\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F02\u002Fpicture5-4.png.webp 579w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F02\u002Fpicture5-4-300x249.png.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 579px) 100vw, 579px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003Ch4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Surface from Mesh\u003C\u002Fh4>\u003Cp>When a .stl is imported into SOLIDWORKS, It is imported as a tessellated or mesh data. Before SOLIDWORKS 2018 we were not able to make a surface from a graphic body. In 2018, \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fblogs.solidworks.local\u002Ftech\u002F2020\u002F01\u002Fproductive-tips-and-tricks-solidworks-drawings.html\">SOLIDWORKS\u003C\u002Fa> introduced the Surface from Mesh tool to make a surface from *.stl, *.obj, *.off, *.ply, *.ply2 or *.3MF files. This tool has been used for for reverse engineering.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F02\u002Fpicture6-4.png.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15886\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F02\u002Fpicture6-4.png.webp 640w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F02\u002Fpicture6-4-300x227.png.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"649\" height=\"418\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F02\u002Fpicture7-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15887\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F02\u002Fpicture7-3.png 649w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F02\u002Fpicture7-3-300x193.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 649px) 100vw, 649px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003Ch4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Flatten Surface\u003C\u002Fh4>\u003Cp>The imported files such as \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.egsindia.com\u002FSolidWorks-Sheet-Metal.php\">Sheet Metal\u003C\u002Fa> with non-standard bends can be converted to the surface using an offset surface and then we can find the flatten length using surface flatten tool. The deformation plot is available to view the stretching concentrations that occur while flattening.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Thicken & Thicken Cut\u003C\u002Fh4>\u003Cp>Used to convert a surface to solid, we can give the amount of thickness and direction. Similarly, Thicken cut option is also available to cut a solid body with a surface body.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>For example, to cut an irregular shape in cylindrical bodies.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cfigure class=\"size-large thumbnail wp-caption aligncenter\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"555\" height=\"421\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F02\u002Fpicture8-3.png.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15888\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F02\u002Fpicture8-3.png.webp 555w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F02\u002Fpicture8-3-300x228.png.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 555px) 100vw, 555px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Flatten Surface\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cfigure class=\"size-large thumbnail wp-caption aligncenter\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"589\" height=\"447\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F02\u002Fpicture9-3.png.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15889\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F02\u002Fpicture9-3.png.webp 589w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F02\u002Fpicture9-3-300x228.png.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 589px) 100vw, 589px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Thicken Cut\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003C\u002Fdiv>","2020-03-02T11:00:54",{"node":33,"__typename":44},{"nicename":34,"description":35,"slug":36,"name":37,"firstName":38,"lastName":39,"avatar":40,"__typename":43},"nat-egsindia","E G S Computers India Private Limited, since 1993, has been in the forefront of delivering solutions \r\nto customers in the areas of Product Design and Development with SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD,Remaining Life Calculations, \r\nValidation using Finite Element Analysis, Customization of Engineering activities and Training in advanced engineering functions \r\nrelating to design and development.\r\n\r\nEGS India - 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