Surface Mastery Part 3 - Ruled vs Extend Surface | What is the different and when to use them?

In this video we are going to explore the Ruled Surface tool and the Extend Surface tool. It is important to understand the similarities and differences between these two tools to better decide when to use them.

Using the game controller will better identify when to use Ruled vs Extend and IF they are even the best tools for the job.

[danrumer]

This channel has been an absolute gift! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge.

[robertojofre]

Thanks a ton, im currently watching one a day and putting those tips to work, it has taken my surfacing knowledge to another level

[MrChoklad]

All of this is very interesting! I've been getting better and better at manipulating complex shapes with just solid tools, and I'm learning quite a bit with these tutorials on surfaces, but to be honest, as of right now, the most compelling reason for me to use a surface workflow compared to a solid is just how laggy and unoptmized the extend to surface tool is. It's such a cool tool and helps immensily with complex shapes, but for some reason it makes modelling anything such a slow and painful process, I can feel fusion struggle for a simple action and I do have a good PC that I work on. Not quite sure if it's just me or a quirk of the program, or maybe just me trying to use it on difficult cases, haven't figured it out yet.

[marioferrari]

very helpful .. as always top. thank you

[emanggitulah]

I prefer not to use the surface trim tool, as when you change the geometry of the body ever so slightly sometimes the trim flips and causing lots of downstream problems. That can be fixed, but the more complex the model gets with drafts and fillets it can be pretty hard.