Hopefully we'll get the ISDX package soon....

[Patriot_1776]

...It'll be nice being able to do stuff like this the easier way.....

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[TomD.inPDX]

You are a glutton...

[Patriot_1776]

....for PUNISHMENT!

But I still get to have fun every once in a while......

[Constantin]

ISDX really is pretty cool.
But there is a new toy on the horizon: the Freestyle tool. In Creo3 you can attach freestyle boundaries to external geometry (datum curves etc.) which now starts to make it really interesting...

[Patriot_1776]

Yeah, I think we're going to creo 3 soon, hopefully......

[dgschaefer]

We've got a seat of ISDX. I rarely use it. The few times I have were less than successful. It's a completely different mindset than regular surfacing, I'm not sure I've successfully mastered the level of Zen required to use it.

The image above doesn't seem that challenging in regular surfacing.

[Patriot_1776]

...appearances are decieving.....

[dgschaefer]

I'm sure. It's easy to say it's not hard from a single image. 😛

[Patriot_1776]

Ok Doug, here's one for ya!

[TomD.inPDX]

A perfect candidate for a spinal bend

[Patriot_1776]

I actually thought of that after the fact. Weird, huh?

[dgschaefer]

I dowloaded it, but no time to play right now. Crazy busy through Christmas & New Years.

[Patriot_1776]

Yeah, I hear ya, me too!

[Constantin]

That does not surprise me, Doug.
ISDX is derived from a standalone free form modeler (CDRS, then for a bit it was called Pro/Design under the PTC flag until it fully migrated into ProE) which really has a different background.
The two weirdest things are definitely the internal dependencies: deleting a surface boundary, freezing the failed surface, creatig a new boundary and now use it for the surface...
And the surface trimming logic is also really weired.
But hey, it is a designers tool and designers are also weired (I am allowed to say that)