Will Autodesk Inventor's new
Freeform Modelling Tools Change
the Way You Design Forever?
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Surfacing Vs T-Spline modelling
Creating organic shapes with a
parametric CAD package is fun!
(Not!)
Vs
Freeform
(T-Splines)
Traditional
surfacing
J.D MatherEllipses blog
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Curvature continuity 2D
Curvature continuity 2D
Curvature continuity 2D
Curvature continuity 2D
Curvature continuity 2D
Curvature continuity 3D
Curvature continuity 3D
Curvature continuity 3D
Curvature continuity 3D
What is Surface modelling?
What is Surface modelling?
What is Surface modelling?
Surface modelling is...
Parametric History Precise
Subdivision/Freeform/T-splines
Subdivision/Freeform/T-splines
Subdivision/Freeform/T-splines
Subdivision/Freeform/T-splines
Subdivision/Freeform/T-splines
Subdivision/Freeform/T-splines
Let’s try
it!
What is Freeform modelling?
What is Freeform modelling?
What is Freeform modelling?
What is Freeform modelling?
What is Freeform modelling?
What is Freeform modelling?
Non-parametric Direct Quick
Feature tree comparison
36 features
27 features
Which will you use?
• Parametric
• Precise
• Accurate
• Direct
• Quick iterations
• Intuitive
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Resources
http://blog.novedge.com/2014/07/will-autodesk-inventor-new-
freeform-modeling-tools-change-the-way-you-design.html
http://austcadblog.com/2014/09/23/surfacing-showdown-
autodesk-inventor-vs-the-rest/
http://cadjunkie.com/welcome
https://beta.autodesk.com
http://cadso.co/SurfacingVsTsplines
