SpaceClaim Reverse Engineering Tutorials

SpaceClaim Tutorials: Reverse Engineering

1 - Selection Tips & Techniques for STL/Mesh

[Tuesday, 30 December 2014]
Learn how to apply standard selection techniques to Meshes and STL files, and learn some techniques and tips that are specific to meshes/STL files.

2 - Orient a Scan/Mesh/STL to world origin

[Tuesday, 09 September 2014]
Orient a mesh from an STL, OBJ or Scan to the world origin

3 - Build a Solid by Sketching Over a Scan STL

[Friday, 12 April 2013]
Tutorial showing the basics of model creation in the context of an STL file. This tutorials utlizes the manual sketching method, which often results in the cleanest geometry

4 - Build a Solid by Extracting Curves From a Scan STL, Part 1

[Friday, 12 April 2013]
Construct a model from a scanned surfboard. Instead of manually sketching over the scan, you will extract curves from the scan and them blend to create the more organic model. Part 1 of 2.

5 - Build a Solid by Extracting Curves From a Scan STL, Part 2

6 - Skin Surface: Creating Boundary Patches from an STL

[Wednesday, 02 December 2015]
Learn how to use the Skin Surface tool to wrap spline surfaces onto an STL, OBJ or other importable mesh files. This tutorial focuses on the boundary patch method.

7 - Skin Surface: Creating Periodic/Blended Patches from an STL

[Wednesday, 02 December 2015]
Learn how to use the Skin Surface tool to create blended spline surfaces onto an STL, OBJ or other importable mesh files. This tutorial focuses on the periodic patch method, which creates surface...

8 - Skin Surface: Advanced Patching & Options Part 1

[Wednesday, 02 December 2015]
Learn some advanced patching techniques using the Skin Surface tool. Learn how to join up different types of patches, and take a deep look into the options associated with the tool Part 1 of 2