Advanced Solid Modeling e-Learning list
Below the complete list of self-tutorial videos available on Advanced Solid Modeling. Follow the links to discover all functionalities of Advanced Solid Modeling in ThinkDesign.
- Solid modeling (I): import a model contained in a fle of the STEP format; features: hole, linear protrusion, rib, fillet, pattern; datum planes; manifold solid vs open solid; feature reorder in solid history; feature activation/deactivation using spreadsheet variables.
- Solid modeling (II): face-to-face fillet, slot from open profile, shell, from-to rib, draft, Boolean subtraction, smart objects.
- From 2D to 3D: import and use of 2D entities into 3D, linear sweep and slot, rotational solid, Boolean intersection, sheet metal bend/unbend, threads of holes derived from slots.
- Interactive Solid Modeling: move faces, extend faces, close solids, offset faces, remove faces, replace faces.
- Smart profiles, smart objects libraries, smart shapes, configuration table, smart objects.
- Subdivision solid: shape modeling through subdivision solids, subdivision solid creation, subdivision solid editing, feature addition to subdivision solids.
- Solid Modeling 1: the task shows how to design a part using some advanced ThinkDesign solid modeling features. Although there are different ways of designing using solid modeling, you will learn a unique way of doing it using ThinkDesign. So you will learn: 2D geometry import into 3D model space, creation of rotational solid, protrusion, slot and fillet, holes and pattern creation.
- Solid Modeling 2: the task shows how to create a complex cast part. The model will become "multishell" in the beginning of the task, but you will learn how we can still build features on it. So you will learn about profile and feature creation using part symmetry; linear protrusion in Extension Up to Face mode, fillet and shell features, mirror and union parts, insert feature mode.
- Advanced Features: the task shows how to recreate the blades of this vintage screw propeller. We create a solid sweep based on two existing profiles, add some fillets and then pattern the new feature to complete the driving gear. In the task you will learn: spined solid, Boolean Solids - local Booleans, fillet edges - constant arc length, solid pattern.
- From 2D to 3D (E-Training): the task shows how to use an existing AutoCADŽ drawing to create the model we need. First, you'll insert the .dwg file into an empty model, then use the 2D geometry to create the connecting rod end. In the task you will learn about 2D trim, 3D chamfer, fillet and mirror, simple hole, insert from file, layer management, linear cut and linear sweep, rotational sweep.
- Cast part modeling: the task shows how to create solids, insert draft angles starting from different draft solids and join them all together using Boolean commands. In the task you will learn about how to use profiles to create basic features, fillet model edge, use Drafts and solid union, mirror features and union of mirrored features, working on Model Derived from Current.
- Interactive Solid Modeling: the task shows how to modify Solids in a not-conventional way, applying changes directly to the final topology, without the nieed to redefine features' history. In the task you will learn how to move faces, extend faces, offset faces, remove faces, replace faces.
- Defining Smart Objects: the task shows how to create a Smart Object and to apply it to another solid. Smart Object is a sort of a macro that allows you to reproduce few features in one shot. In the task you will learn how to create a Smart Object, save a Smart Object, use a Smart Object.
- Smart Objects: the task shows what Smart Objects are and how to create your own custom Smart Objects. In the task you will learn: how to create Smart Objects. how to add custom Smart Object to the library, how to create parts from Smart Objects, how to create Smart Object families.