superfici vs solidi

[ziozeb]

Bye to all,
I am new in this forum and I wanted to ask a question that I hope is not too trivial:

what advantages do I have in shaping through surfaces, compared to modeling through solids?

Could you give me examples of things (operations and creation of features) that I can do with the surface and not with solids? or examples of fields where the modeling through supersonic surfaces is done through solids and for what reasons?

Thank you.

Unclezeb

 

[iron72]

practically the surfaces replace the philosophy of solid design when the latter cannot meet requirements with more complex geometries.
For example if you work in a style study, which produces, style like a car shell or even only design objects, then you should use the surfaces that also gives you some freedom to create, while solids are more brought to design more linear mechanical things, such as gears, motor trees.
then with the experience you will realize the needs and you will be spontaneous when and better use surfaces or solids.