QUICKSURFACE For SOLIDWORKS® Tutorials

Learn how to use QUICKSURFACE For SOLIDWORKS by watching the tutorials. We highly recommend to watch them one by one in the order they are listed, but you can come back at any time and watch specific one when needed.

Sample Files
 If you don't have your own STL files, you can use our parts and try to reconstruct yourself. Download by clicking on the Download link. (Please, read carefully the disclaimer before downloading). DISCLAIMER: You can use the sample files only for training purposes while learning QUICKSURFACE for SOLIDWORKS®. You cannot redistribute the files or use them for anything else.

Basic part (prismatic shapes) STL Download, Aerosol knob (free form surface) STL Download, Shoe (test autosurfacing) STL Download, E57 Example files

Getting started

    1. Installation
    2. Importing meshes
    3. Setting mesh color
    4. Mesh Selection
    5. Duplicate mesh

Basic Surfaces

    6. Main primitives
    7. Symmetry plane
    8. Fit Surface

Aligning reference mesh in space

    9. Using coordinate system
    10. Align Mesh to CAD
    11. Align multiple scans

2D Sketch

    12. Cross-Section
    13. Stacked Sections
    14. Fit 2D Sketch Entities
    15. Fit complex 2D sketch shapes
    16. Shortcuts and quick bar
    17. Temporary hide meshes in Fit 2D Sketch Entities

Exercises

    18. Reverse engineering of simple prismatic part
    19. Reverse engineering of impeller

3D Sketch

    20. 3D Sketch on scan data

Free form modelling

    21. Automatic Surfacing
    22. Getting Started
    23. Duplicate Edges and Points
    24. Duplicate Faces
    25. Increase Resolution, Split and Control Net
    26. Merge edges and points
    27. Creased edges
    28. Isolate, Hide and Show hidden
    29. Bridge Edges
    30. Symmetry
    31. Modelling on reference mesh
    32. Display Surface and Reference mesh
    33. Snapping Mode
    34. Real-time deviation
    35. Extrapolate boundaries
    36. Align edges
    37. Close 3 sided hole
    38. Thicken

Inspecting your results

    39. Compare
    40. Instant Compare
    41. Clean Up

Mesh Tools

    42. Decimation of imported mesh
    43. Reduce noise of the imported mesh
    44. Unroll mesh

Troubleshooting

    45. My tools dialog closes if i press space bar
    46. Brush selection works not as expected
    47. Section view is not working



1. Installation

Learn how to install QUICKSURFACE for SOLIDWORKS and how to activate the license.

(approximately 4 minutes)

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2. Importing meshes

Learn how to import meshes created with 3D Scanner and get it ready for use as a reference mesh

(approximately 3 minutes)

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3. Setting mesh color

If you import multiple meshes, it is good idea to set color for every mesh so they can be visualy identified easily

(approximately 3 minutes)

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4. Mesh Selection

Selecting triangles of the reference mesh is needed for various tools for surface extraction. With the mesh selection you can define your area of interest or hide areas of large meshes that you don't use at the moment.

(approximately 10 minutes)



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5. Duplicate mesh

Duplicate your original mesh to keep for the future or create areas of interest on the reference mesh and make them as separate meshes.

(approximately 4 minutes)



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6. Main primitives

Learn how to create basic primitives like planes, cylinders and spheres. How to adjust their parameters, create relations and modify them.

(approximately 10 minutes)


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7. Symmetry plane

Learn how to create a symmetry plane of an object.

(approximately 6 minutes)


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8. Fit Surface

Learn how to create a smooth surface which approximates the reference mesh.

(approximately 7 minutes)

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9. Using coordinate system

Learn how to position the reference mesh with respect to world coordinate system using primary, secondary and tertiary features

(approximately 12 minutes)

Sample file: Basic part STL Download

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10. Align Mesh to CAD

Learn how to position a scanned mesh to an existing CAD model in the most accurate way

(approximately 10 minutes)



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11. Align multiple scans

Learn how to align scans of same part but from different orientations in the most accurate way

(approximately 8 minutes)



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12. Cross-Section

Learn how to create cross sections from the reference mesh for the purposes of 2D sketching

(approximately 11 minutes)

Sample file: Basic part STL Download

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13. Stacked Sections

Learn how to create multi sections for best accuracy for the purposes of 2D sketching

(approximately 3 minutes)

Sample file: Basic part STL Download

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14. Fit 2D Sketch Entities

Learn how to make your work more efficient when creating 2D Sketches from scanned data.

(approximately 10 minutes)

Sample file: Download

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15. Fit complex 2D sketch shapes

Improve your performance by extracting complex shapes like rectangle, slots and hexagons.

(approximately 5 minutes)

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16. Shortcuts and quick bar

See how to optimise your workflow by quickly accessing the most important features.

(approximately 5 minutes)

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17. Temporary hide meshes in Fit 2D Sketch Entities

Hide or show the main reference mesh while extracting primitives from cross section.

(approximately 2 minutes)

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18. Reverse engineering of simple prismatic part

Try to do it yourself to practice what you learnt from the other tutorials.



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19. Reverse engineering of impeller

Try to do it yourself



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20. 3D Sketch on scan data

Learn how to create points and draw free form curves directly on scan data

(approximately 8 minutes)

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21. Automatic Surfacing

Learn how to convert organic free form surface into CAD model with hit of a button

(approximately 6 minutes)

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22. Getting Started

(approximately 9 minutes)

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23. Duplicate Edges and Points

(approximately 6 minutes)

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24. Duplicate Faces

(approximately 6 minutes)

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25. Increase Resolution, Split and Control Net

(approximately 5 minutes)

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26. Merge edges and points

(approximately 5 minutes)

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27. Creased edges

(approximately 2:50 minutes)

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28. Isolate, Hide and Show hidden

(approximately 2:50 minutes)

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29. Bridge Edges

(approximately 7:35 minutes)

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30. Symmetry

(approximately 5 minutes)

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31. Modelling on reference mesh

(approximately 6 minutes)

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32. Display Surface and Reference mesh

(approximately 7 minutes)

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33. Snapping Mode

(approximately 2 minutes)

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34. Real-time deviation

(approximately 7 minutes)

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35. Extrapolate boundaries

(approximately 4 minutes)

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36. Align edges

(approximately 3 minutes)

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37. Close 3 sided hole

(approximately 3 minutes)

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38. Thicken

(approximately 5 minutes)

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39. Compare

At any point of your work you need to stay in control - how close your results are with your reference. Learn how to use the compare command in QUICKSURFACE for SOLIDWORKS

(approximately 4 minutes)

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40. Instant Compare

If you use Instant 3D option of SOLIDWORKS, learn how to get more accurate results

(approximately 4 minutes)

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41. Clean Up

When you finish with you reverse engineering work and need to send the file out to your client, remove all your unnecessary data

(approximately 2 minutes)

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42. Decimation of imported mesh

Learn how to reduce the number of triangles of the imported reference messh without loosing accuracy for easier manipulation.

(approximately 6 minutes)

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43. Reduce noise of the imported mesh

Learn how to remove noise from the reference mesh.

(approximately 4 minutes)

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44. Unroll mesh

Unroll the mesh using a reference cylindrical surface.

(approximately 5.5 minutes)

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45. My tools dialog closes if i press space bar

If you use View Selector while QUICKSURFACE dialogs are open, they close automatically. Disable the View selector to avoid these issues

(approximately 2 minutes)

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46. Brush selection works not as expected

Turn off your global antialiasing

(approximately 2 minutes)

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47. Section view is not working

Uncheck the 'Graphics-only section' option

(approximately 1.5 minutes)

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