I know it's a few years old, but thank you for this excellent tutorial. Especially for making the reference images available, as this makes it possible to follow along and repeat your steps, pausing the video as-needed. An excellent way to learn and much appreciated.
One good tip when you are doing the 3d sketch is to have a four view display! That way you don't have to change planes manually ! They are all there for you to see! Much easier
How could someone give this a thumbs down? This is a great, in-depth, tutorial on surface modeling in SolidWorks that the creator did NOT have to share. I agree with the other comments. This is a great tutorial.
superb ! I've learnt so much, the single most informative video on solidworks I've ever watched. I'm sure I'll need to watch it multiple times though : it feels a long time till I can work my way through this stuff without help, yet you make it so clear and explain the "why" of each stage which is half the battle. thank you.
I know this is Nine years ago now but thank you. I'm a design student who used solidworks a lot and I want to turn my sketches and blue foam models of a robot for my module into surface models 5 minutes in and I already learnt how to import images which is going to be critical to help me do this. Going to watch the rest of the tutorial now but thanks so much ♥️.
The communication is beyond perfect. Thoughts conveyed effectively on how to model with in depth look at the commands. Overall, very good for beginners. Thanks
Great tutorial! It's especially helpful that you went over the way SolidWorks makes surfaces with UV curves. Knowing stuff like that can really save a lot of frustration.
This is a great video, I started hating SW becase it is not intuitive and the user experience is not very similar to other design programs, but with this explanation it is easy to understand why many people loves it. THANKS!
Very cool. I'm not sure how clean the surface intersections would be if you did a zebra view BUT the video touches on some really cool tools that I didn't even know existed!
for those whom the picture shows black colour after imported in Sledworks, try using snipping tool to save the picture as png and then import it,,cause default windows save is as gif which isnt supported by Sledworks
2014 makes this so much easier! Projected curve eliminates the 3D spline fiddling. Boundary is like a super loft. new spline types, and new functions :)
Within the same sketch he drew 2 separate spline lines. To do this, you draw the first one, then deselect (switch tools or something, but don't exit sketch). Then draw the second spline by drawing with splines again.
I'm trying this tutorial for the third time but i cannot seem to get the splines the same. I am having trouble with the first surface loft. It doesnt loft as in the video
At 3.50 you’ll notice that I actually constructed two separate splines to produce the mouse outline, you may find this a little easier than drawing one and using Split Entities. I would recommend making sure that the sketch is hidden when you come to select the edges at 13.00.
Great tutorial! It was easy to understand and a very good introduction to surfacing. On a side note, how do I make my solidworks look like yous? I mean in terms of having the reflection of the model on the bottom plane, having reflections on the part itself, and having selected faces glow blue. Thanks in advance!
I know this video's pretty old now but hoping you can help me here. How does the finished mouse look with zebra stripes enabled? Working on a mouse myself and I need to have all surfaces perfect but despite following all of the tips in your video, I'm still seeing breaks in the zebra lines, specially at the mirror line of the two halves.
Hello There. I'm having difficult time closing the sketch into a planar surface as shown on 5:20. After i've made the sketch and followed exactley on the outline of the mouse- i entered the planar surface selction- selected the sketch intended and the it does nothing, it simply stays on the planar surface selection area. Can you help me with that, please? Thank you.
This is one of the problems I had last time: I keep getting a gap between the horizontal and vertical sections on the mouse. it looks fine to the eye but when you really zoom in, they aren't joined. Trying to add relations doesn't seem to hack it... help?
Hi, I don't know why but when i select any spline, I cant see the arrows, so I'm not able to play around with spline's curvature. Could you help me find out how to show the arrows? Thanks
if you wanted one of those splines to be along a straight edge (in one plane ie a fixed distance from centerline but over a curve in another axis) for a certain distance but with all the curves up to that point nicely tangent . how would you do it? i cant find a way to do it without using a line section in between two splines then it wont loft using it .... there has to be a way!!!! am i taking the wrong approach? cant find anything like this anywhere
That last Loft didn't work for me at all. I selected the two top edges as the path, and the 3D sketch, the flat face as the guide curves and I couldn't do the loft.
How exactly did you create a midpoint relationship with the right surface plane and and the second line plane 6:24... Im not that fluent in solidworks just trying to learn a little more for my upcoming project
this is an amazing tutorial on surfacing thank you, I'm just struggling to import the picture using the sketch picture tab its not usable to you have any advice or a way to bypass this feature to get the picture in to solidworks?
I could not get to merge the half body, resulting in not being able to merge at the end of the process! The option to merge was not available. Could anyone advise how to fix this issue?
I was unable to perform the boundary surface at 22:50 because I wasn't able to select the splines from the original planer surfaces. SW only allowed me to select the entire closed loop around those planer surfaces which results in an error message. What am I doing wrong, how do I only select the curve that I want?
You may be selecting the sketch which created the planar surface. Make sure this is hidden before you attempt the boundary surface. If your still having trouble try Right clicking in the graphics area to bring up the selection manager, this tool will allow you to select individual sections of an edge -setting this to select group (cursor symbol) often works best.
Hi, nice tutorial but me not able to do this, this splines are totaly working against me, i cant get the splines in the right position as you did, i also tried to get splines to loft together but this also didnt work for me, i have no idea what im doing wrong.
I try to split the vertical surface at the location of 3D curve, but somehow i am unable to select the short line needed for the surface loft ( at around 13:30). Anyone that can help? I can see the short line, but once I click it it selects the whole vertical surface.
Same happens with me, im using Solid 2014, i dont know if that have anything to do with the problem maybe it worked with older versions, i dont know...
Thank you for this awesome video. I now have a butt ugly mouse ( as i didn`t use any background pictures, only free hand) model :D I learned a lot of this .. THANKS!!
I know it's a few years old, but thank you for this excellent tutorial. Especially for making the reference images available, as this makes it possible to follow along and repeat your steps, pausing the video as-needed. An excellent way to learn and much appreciated.
only 18.5 minutes in and this has already filled in SOOOO many blanks.. thanks for posting this (over 5 years ago)
tried and couldn't complete this video tutorial last year. I'm back to give it another shot! #letsdothis
Thanks for posting this over 11 years ago, you helped me a lot . A quality tutorial
One good tip when you are doing the 3d sketch is to have a four view display! That way you don't have to change planes manually ! They are all there for you to see! Much easier
This is one of the best SolidWorks videos that I have seen about surfaces. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!
How could someone give this a thumbs down? This is a great, in-depth, tutorial on surface modeling in SolidWorks that the creator did NOT have to share. I agree with the other comments. This is a great tutorial.
superb ! I've learnt so much, the single most informative video on solidworks I've ever watched. I'm sure I'll need to watch it multiple times though : it feels a long time till I can work my way through this stuff without help, yet you make it so clear and explain the "why" of each stage which is half the battle. thank you.
This tut was very helpful, had the most info to troubleshoot issues than any other video I've seen so far. Thanks
Thanks for explaining not just "how", but "why". Very well done!
one of the best tutorial. kindly make individual tutorials to explain various surface features
I know this is Nine years ago now but thank you. I'm a design student who used solidworks a lot and I want to turn my sketches and blue foam models of a robot for my module into surface models 5 minutes in and I already learnt how to import images which is going to be critical to help me do this. Going to watch the rest of the tutorial now but thanks so much ♥️.
The communication is beyond perfect. Thoughts conveyed effectively on how to model with in depth look at the commands. Overall, very good for beginners. Thanks
Great tutorial! It's especially helpful that you went over the way SolidWorks makes surfaces with UV curves. Knowing stuff like that can really save a lot of frustration.
This is a great video, I started hating SW becase it is not intuitive and the user experience is not very similar to other design programs, but with this explanation it is easy to understand why many people loves it. THANKS!
Is the sixth time I'm watching this tutorial and still learning a lot. Thank you very much!
I've been searching long time for a good tutorial and I finally found it.Thanks bro !!!
Dude, your video helped me model an ironman mask which was one of the best and most appreciated project in my engg. lab
This was great! could you please make one for SW 2021? I wonder if there are any new features and changes or if all this is still the same stuff.
Thank You! I am experienced in PTC Creo and now I need to translate my skills into Solidworks. This helps a lot.
Very cool. I'm not sure how clean the surface intersections would be if you did a zebra view BUT the video touches on some really cool tools that I didn't even know existed!
Outstanding. That's the best SW tutorial I've seen yet. Thanks.
for those whom the picture shows black colour after imported in Sledworks, try using snipping tool to save the picture as png and then import it,,cause default windows save is as gif which isnt supported by Sledworks
Very good tutorial with a good surface model example to go along with.
Brilliant video Adam. Thank you kindly. Very well explained.
2014 makes this so much easier! Projected curve eliminates the 3D spline fiddling. Boundary is like a super loft. new spline types, and new functions :)
Chris Stavro its you again
10 years old and still holds up. not bad
A true master class in surfacing.
Within the same sketch he drew 2 separate spline lines. To do this, you draw the first one, then deselect (switch tools or something, but don't exit sketch). Then draw the second spline by drawing with splines again.
Thanks a lot from the Netherlands. Very useful for my thesis.
Thaaaanks!!!! even in 2k19 you're helping people out. big thumbs up
I just did it !! Wow it was really hard to understand at the begginning but happy to made it 😀
Thanks a lot, very clean and nice demonstration.
Not wasting time. I learnt a lot.
Absolutely the best tutorial I've seen yet!! Well done!
you are the best man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
informative without wasting time
Thank you so much! Finally a good SolidWorks tutorial
2021. still super useful and relevant.
I'm trying this tutorial for the third time but i cannot seem to get the splines the same. I am having trouble with the first surface loft. It doesnt loft as in the video
Awesome!!! I didn't knew I could add a loft section after I made it!!!
You are welcome - have you checked out Ask the Experts playlist - lots of quick and very useful tips there
Very interesting, congratulations...:)
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At 3.50 you’ll notice that I actually constructed two separate splines to produce the mouse outline, you may find this a little easier than drawing one and using Split Entities. I would recommend making sure that the sketch is hidden when you come to select the edges at 13.00.
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The links in the description now link directly to the image.
Thanks
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Great tutorial! It was easy to understand and a very good introduction to surfacing. On a side note, how do I make my solidworks look like yous? I mean in terms of having the reflection of the model on the bottom plane, having reflections on the part itself, and having selected faces glow blue. Thanks in advance!
BEST TEACHER EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So helpful to learn the surface tools, thanks!
great tutorial! Easy to follow and a great result. Keep up the great work!
Thx foe helping, you a much better than my paid teacher.
Great tutorial. One question though. I can't select merge result at 35:02. Any advice? Thanks
I have the same problem and it would be nice if somebody could help with that
same
This is just awesome. Thank you so much for this tutorial!
I know this video's pretty old now but hoping you can help me here. How does the finished mouse look with zebra stripes enabled?
Working on a mouse myself and I need to have all surfaces perfect but despite following all of the tips in your video, I'm still seeing breaks in the zebra lines, specially at the mirror line of the two halves.
thanks for the webcast found it really good keep up the good work.
Hello There.
I'm having difficult time closing the sketch into a planar surface as shown on 5:20.
After i've made the sketch and followed exactley on the outline of the mouse- i entered the planar surface selction- selected the sketch intended and the it does nothing, it simply stays on the planar surface selection area.
Can you help me with that, please?
Thank you.
Still one of the best to start from
This is one of the problems I had last time: I keep getting a gap between the horizontal and vertical sections on the mouse. it looks fine to the eye but when you really zoom in, they aren't joined. Trying to add relations doesn't seem to hack it... help?
what a useful tutorial ! thanks. please keep adding new ones.
thanks a lot from sweden been struggling to do this before :)
Excellent working loved it 👍
Hi Luke, at 15.44 you deselect what seems to be an extra section in the loft, was this auto created within the feature?
you gotta tune the instrunt, by right clicking on it in the channel rack
honestly guys i think this is gonna work!
Thank you very much for this video, it really helped me a lot.
Hi, I don't know why but when i select any spline, I cant see the arrows, so I'm not able to play around with spline's curvature. Could you help me find out how to show the arrows? Thanks
Very nice tutorial, this helped me so much!
Fantastic, what a treat! Thank-you for your time.
Incredible tips, greatly appreciated
Nice work! i learned a lot from your videos.But can you build a Sq to Rd sheet metal transition in 4 pieces and seam at 4 corners ( .250 inch thick )
Great tutorial! The part at 28:48 doesn't work for me though. I couldn't create that loft myself.
This is great sir adam rose
when I created the surface knit it did not separate the spline and did not have any constraints, I was wondering the reason for this?
very good , but how do you put the dimensions of drawing to be exactly at the piece or just with the picture ?
if you wanted one of those splines to be along a straight edge (in one plane ie a fixed distance from centerline but over a curve in another axis) for a certain distance but with all the curves up to that point nicely tangent . how would you do it? i cant find a way to do it without using a line section in between two splines then it wont loft using it .... there has to be a way!!!! am i taking the wrong approach? cant find anything like this anywhere
Thank you from America!
Thank you sir. it was exactly what I needed.
That last Loft didn't work for me at all. I selected the two top edges as the path, and the 3D sketch, the flat face as the guide curves and I couldn't do the loft.
Great video, genuinely appreciate it!
super useful, learned something new
THANKS!!!!! Best tutorial for surface modeling.
the filled surface option is not available on the 2015 edition..... what is the solution to that?
and is there an alternative to that method?
Is there a similar tool like "freestyle" which is used in catia present in solid edge ST8?
How exactly did you create a midpoint relationship with the right surface plane and and the second line plane 6:24... Im not that fluent in solidworks just trying to learn a little more for my upcoming project
this is an amazing tutorial on surfacing thank you, I'm just struggling to import the picture using the sketch picture tab its not usable to you have any advice or a way to bypass this feature to get the picture in to solidworks?
I could not get to merge the half body, resulting in not being able to merge at the end of the process!
The option to merge was not available.
Could anyone advise how to fix this issue?
I was unable to perform the boundary surface at 22:50 because I wasn't able to select the splines from the original planer surfaces. SW only allowed me to select the entire closed loop around those planer surfaces which results in an error message. What am I doing wrong, how do I only select the curve that I want?
The same problem I had...
You may be selecting the sketch which created the planar surface. Make sure this is hidden before you attempt the boundary surface. If your still having trouble try Right clicking in the graphics area to bring up the selection manager, this tool will allow you to select individual sections of an edge -setting this to select group (cursor symbol) often works best.
Thanks a lot ! I will try it tomorrow.
Wish you all best ! :)
Thanks! This is exactly what I was looking for!
Hi, nice tutorial but me not able to do this, this splines are totaly working against me, i cant get the splines in the right position as you did, i also tried to get splines to loft together but this also didnt work for me, i have no idea what im doing wrong.
Hey, how did you get the appearance of your model while making it; with the reflective surface and floor?
realhack
Was pleasantly surprised when I heard a British accent.
I try to split the vertical surface at the location of 3D curve, but somehow i am unable to select the short line needed for the surface loft ( at around 13:30). Anyone that can help? I can see the short line, but once I click it it selects the whole vertical surface.
Same happens with me, im using Solid 2014, i dont know if that have anything to do with the problem maybe it worked with older versions, i dont know...
Amazing work! Thank you so much
Hi everyone! I was wondering, if is there a way to "unfold, unwrap or flatten 3d surfaces" in Solidworks ?
can you help me please, my surfaces is not highlighted
they are grey and cannot use them as i need to fill surface
Thaks a lot from Mexico.
Try to see soft design , composing and setuping as three seperate tNice tutorialngs to focus on and it might will make more sense
do you know how to do reflective surface when modelling? And how to do that blue bright selection ? someone pls shine me up.
Thanks for the feedback everyone! Glad you've found it useful.
Excellent tutorial.
WHos watching in 2025 😍
Do you have a link to the images that you use in this tutorial?
Thank you for this awesome video.
I now have a butt ugly mouse ( as i didn`t use any background pictures, only free hand) model :D
I learned a lot of this .. THANKS!!
how did u split this line on two so u could use the profile for the luft at 13:00 ?
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