Here is how to make a handle model with surfaces times 3! Enjoy.
Links to the model files are below the video.
Boundary Handle
Deformed Handle
Lofted Handle
Here is a link to the M4V file
This video is licensed as Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5
solidsnake 9:26 pm on April 23, 2009 Permalink
Amazing tutorial. This pretty much answers why i couldnt make a handle before. Thank you very much!! I have to say and i know i didnt see all the tutorials on the internet, but the ones i did see, yours are by far the best! Amazing stuff. Thank you again!!
admin 9:44 pm on April 23, 2009 Permalink
Glad you liked it! And could help you out. Do me a favor though and just tell some SolidWorks buddies about my site and spread the word.
Also so that I make sure I retain my Video/SolidWorks mojo… What is it about my videos that makes them so good in your eyes? To be honest (Not trying to pat myself on the back here but…) I have heard a lot of people say that I do a great job and, or are better than the rest but why? Production value? Audio? Visuals?
gol10dr 9:51 pm on April 23, 2009 Permalink
Another quick approach would be to use the freeform tool and use the centerplane to then add pull points and pull the surface to get the grip. If you want to see that approach let me know. Ben the file I sent you will work as a demo.
solidsnake 9:25 am on April 24, 2009 Permalink
Hi, Ben. It sure did help. One more question…with loft approach, how can i make it solid?Do i just thicken? Or is there any other way?
I will surely when ever i post on SW forums spread the word about your amazing work.
To me, your tutorials are very much like those of digital tutors(for 3d max, to me they are the best). Just better then the rest. For many reasons, like me watching tutorial and working along but actually knowing for a change why i do something. Everything you make comes out very clearly and is step by step. Your work is always( and i see that lacking in most tutorials) made for beginner or advance. I especially like how you never leave anything out, for example how you made that spline or moved that plane,etc…Not many teachers have the ability to put them self in the position of someone that isnt experienced…you do. And to me, that is what makes it so good. No complicating. And you explain stuff.I always learn new cool tricks from your work and i never have problems understanding what you are teaching. They are by far the best tutorials i have seen for SW. Just as professional as those of Digital Tutors. I dont know if i made any sence. Hope i did.
admin 2:21 pm on April 24, 2009 Permalink
Cool thanks.
To solidify you can thicken but that will make a hollow solid and I dont think that is what you are going for. Take the last open area at the base of the handle and do another lofted surface to close off the end like in the last part of the video but do not use tangent to suface keep the loft in the default mode. Then do a knit surfaces and there should be a check box that says something to the effect “make solid” (I am not at my SW computer right now so bear with me). That should make the solid. The last way is still to close off the end and knit but then if you use thicken surface you will have the option to make a enclosed solid as well as long as the surface is water tight.
Hope that helps….
Ben
admin 4:11 pm on April 24, 2009 Permalink
So Mark Biasotti (and Lou above) sent me a note that I missed the freeform feature. I guess this is turning out to be a two part cast. So I need to address freeform, closing off the handle and making a solid… Any more suggestions?
dave spencer 4:42 pm on April 24, 2009 Permalink
What I love about these videos are that you are doing things that are helpful in the real world and making it sooo easy to follow. I have found myself doing work on SW and thinking, hey Ben did a video on something similar, Ill pull it up and re-watch it and it always saves me time and effort.
Keep them coming Ben, It is a fantastic reference library.
admin 7:03 pm on April 24, 2009 Permalink
Cool thanks guys. So you all know the vidoes have been sized to play nicely in the solidjott addin ( you have the addin right? If not you can get it at the top right of the homepage). That way you can watch the videos right within SolidWorks, follow along, pause, play without loosing context and having to go back and forth between windows. Just pointing that out to those that may not know.