SolidWorks tutorial by: Ed Eaton

Curvy Stuff 5, part2 - Presentation Powerpoint + Samples(19MB)
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Inspiration: The majority of an audience at SolidWorks World presentations are Engineers, but the presentations on organic shape modeling (including mine) are focused primarily on modeling the Industrial Design of a product without much respect for the final Engineering of it for manufacture.
I felt it was about time to dicuss our experience at the DiMonte Group with modeling the features of a curvy model that fall primarily on the shoulders of the Engineer (draft, ribs, shelling complex models, correct shutoffs, etc).

Benefit: Both Engineers and Industrial Designers will learn proven real-world techniques to get past tough modeling problems and create manufacturing databases that do not compromise the Industrial Design of their swoopy shapes

Abstract: Part 2 discusses tips and trick for the Engineer and Industrial Designer to turn the Industrial Designers SWx models into a manufacturable database. Using Cast, injection molded, forged, and vacuum-formed samples, the session covers how to handle modeling overmolds, tough draft problems, "shelling" models that won't shell, modeling complex shutoffs, creating ribs from non-planar parting lines, and managing 'master-model' files.