Sketcher mode functionality (sketching and dimensioning).

Creo Parametric fundamentals and interface.You will learn the key skills and knowledge required to design models using Creo Parametric 6.0, starting with 2D sketching, through to solid part modeling, assembly creation, and drawing production. The Creo Parametric 6.0: Introduction to Solid Modeling learning guide provides you with an understanding of the process of designing models with Creo Parametric 6.0 through a hands-on, practice-intensive curriculum. 'whatever we need to do on solids, we are able to accomplish it surface modeling' - but if you don't need the capabilities of surfacing, then solids may be a little simpler.Note: This learning guide is the second of a two-part series, with each guide sold separately.

If you can do everything with simple protrusions and cuts, then solids will do.Īs BH OOI said in your duplicate thread Solid modeling vs surface modeling :

The rotor blades you show would probably be OK in solids (I imagine making the main blade shape with a swept blend, perhaps along some control curves, then using simple revolves and extrusions for the root detail).įor complex shapes, especially cast or moulded ones, with lots of detail and intersecting, angled surfaces (I'm guessing that the chassis is injection moulded and has things like stiffening ribs and fixing screw bosses), surfacing is definitely the way to go.Īnother way to look at it is that if you want Boolean operations (merge, subtract etc) then in Creo you need to use surfaces. In general, solids work fine for shapes made by prismatic machining (milling and turning), and for relatively smooth shapes (coil springs, for example).

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