Surface Modeling 101

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In this live stream, Jason will explain the differences between solid modeling and surface modeling. He'll cover when to use solid modeling and when to use surface modeling. He'll also cover the basics of how to use the surface modeling tools. If you are new to surface modeling, this live stream is for you!

This Live Stream was created by Jason Lichtman

[andreydoichinov]

Jason is the best teacher ever. He can teach you everything. It is something in his voice and the way he explains the stuff.

[Hairing]

What a great video explaining the power of combining the Solid and Surface editing tools... I stuck to solid before, but this makes me more interested in the Surface modelling.

[abdelrahmanmohamed]

I can't thankyou enough for this tutorial. It was very valuable in helping me understand how surface modelling works!!!!

[twm]

I have created and presented a significant amount of technical training in my career and even won an award or two for it. I can say that that Jason is absolutely excellent! More please...

[terrymueller]

My kind of tutorial! Great, clear speaking voice, good pace. Thanks!

[AthanCondax]

What an amazing tutorial. An hour and a half just flew by. I've been slowly dipping my toes in the world of surface modeling after much hesitation due to the perceived complexity of it. These tutorials presented by the Fusion 360 team are filled with valuable tips, great practices and strategies.

[furkankaplanoglu]

It was an amaizing tutorial as you mentioned in the begining I always thought that surface modelling is so complex, confusing but now I can see that every steps requires only 4-5 tool.

[isaiahw]

Incredible tutorial! Very easy to follow along, and very informative.

[tomc]

I have been involved with Autodesk software for years at CAD Technical LLC, I must say Jason is appreciated!

[lurkworkz]

Thumbs up! Lots of good info followed by explanation and examples. Please make more of these videos!!!

[rkmilam]

Wow - a wonder investment of time if you need a overall intro with detail to Fusion360 Surfacing. Equally impressive was a 84 minute tutorial in one take! Well done Jason!

[prenyvkmg]

You are making me crazy with the capabilities of the software. it is unbelievable.

[ikbo]

Excellent overview! Would be great to see a project from start to finish which heavily uses surface modeling especially advanced techniques.

[tomeikawilliams]

This is the best tutorial I've seen! Thanks

[BlaiseBarrette]

Hi Jason, this may be for the purpose of the video but I see you a couple of time right clicking and selecting “Find in browser”, than right clicking on the component in the browser to activate and isolate. A major time saver is to double click the component in the 3D environment to select it and then, completely skipping the browser part, right click again to activate and isolate. Once done, double click and right click again to unisolate. It works so well that I hardly use the browser anymore!

I love your content! Keep up the great work!

Working with large assemblies could be a great topic for a future video. I use reference sketches to breakup large assemblies and make it more manageable but there may be other techniques ?

Thank you again!

- Blaise

[JayRussellDuramax]

I'd really like to see the Trim tool be set up like the Combine command. That way you could specify multiple Tools, multiple Targets, and then it would highlight all of the areas that can be trimmed for the user to select/de-select on-demand. The way the tool works now has given me a lot of trouble in some recent surface modeling - even to the point where I'll use a combo of Split-Surface and Delete Face as a workaround. Surface modeling is still super powerful, though! Thank you guys for these awesome videos!

Also, it would be really slick if there was a command in Fusion that could replace Splines with Arcs - sort of like how the Smoothing function works in the CAM workspace. When I was surface modeling, I had a lot of issues with Arcs becoming Splines when I projected faces and edges into a sketch.

[danballarin]

Thank you! This "Clark Kent" guy was really clear and informative! I learned a lot!

[danshepherd]

Extremely thorough and helpful Jason. Thanks.

[dbruh]

Another fantastic info filled webinar. Thank you!

[Fff]

He's really good at explaining things. Thanks a lot !