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This course masters advanced freeform and surfacing modeling in Autodesk Inventor, moving beyond standard parametric solids to create complex, organic geometry. This Autodesk Inventor Surfacing course teaches you to create complex 3D shapes using NURBS surfaces.
Key Leaning Outcomes
Surface Creation: Extrude, revolve, sweep, and loft complex shapes using 2D and 3D wireframe sketches. You will learn to build freeform geometry with lofts, sweeps, patches, and boundary surfaces, control tangency and curvature continuity, and convert surfaces to solid bodies.
Editing & Manipulation: Patch, stitch, fillet, trim, and extend surfaces for seamless transitions. The course covers editing surface geometry, adding surface patterns, and using surfacing tools for industrial design, consumer products, and complex mechanical parts.
Solid Integration: Convert intricate hollow surface shells into functional, watertight solid bodies. By the end, you will model parts that can't be made with solids alone, then integrate surfaces into assemblies for manufacturable designs.
Analysis: Evaluate surface quality and continuity using zebra strips and curvature analysis.
Perfect for industrial designers and engineers crafting ergonomic products, consumer goods and aerodynamic components.
Hybrid or Blended Program, In-person Primary Location, Online, E-learning, or Distance Learning
Is this program offered on evenings and weekends?
Yes
Program details
3 Days
Length of training
Certificate
Award type
N/A
Credits
24
Clock Hours (Total)
Additional details
Award name
Industrial Certificate
Education Prerequisites
None
Prerequisite courses and other requirements
N/A
Is this program approved to train veterans?
No
Program languages
English
Certification/license obtained as part of training program
N/A
Certification/license test preparation provided
N/A
Employment performance results
Data is unavailable for one of several reasons: In some cases, the institution has not provided the Workforce Board with data to independently evaluate program performance. We encourage all schools to provide this data on an annual basis. In other cases, the program joined Career Bridge recently and student data has not been reported yet. In other cases, the program is too small or too new to provide reliable results.
Top industries for graduates
Data is unavailable for one of several reasons: In some cases, the institution has not provided the Workforce Board with data to independently evaluate program performance. We encourage all schools to provide this data on an annual basis. In other cases, the program joined Career Bridge recently and student data has not been reported yet. In other cases, the program is too small or too new to provide reliable results.
Careers for graduates
Data is unavailable for one of several reasons: In some cases, the institution has not provided the Workforce Board with data to independently evaluate program performance. We encourage all schools to provide this data on an annual basis. In other cases, the program joined Career Bridge recently and student data has not been reported yet. In other cases, the program is too small or too new to provide reliable results.
Data is unavailable for one of several reasons: In some cases, the institution has not provided the Workforce Board with data to independently evaluate program performance. We encourage all schools to provide this data on an annual basis. In other cases, the program joined Career Bridge recently and student data has not been reported yet. In other cases, the program is too small or too new to provide reliable results.
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