Rhino - newbie surfacing questions - 4 sided surface

[lander (CAD CAM CNC)]

@G113

e.g. could I use a single NetworkSrf command to bridge between those 7 edges. They are 7 edges, but really I look at it as if they are only 4 true edges since there are several that are tangentially connected. Right now I do not know how to do this in Rhino.

There’s at least 4 ways to do it. How many ways can solidworks do it?

@G113

I did not fully understand what you were suggesting about making new G1 surfaces - can you explain in more detail or point me to the relevant command(s)?

@lander

@G113

It sounds like you are suggesting that you would somehow first make a single surface out of those tangentially connected edges and then use that as one of the inputs for the NetworkSrf command?

Not necessarily, but yeah that’s probably at least one of the four or more ways it could be done.

@G113

to bridge between those 7 edges. They are 7 edges, but really I look at it as if they are only 4 true edges since there are several that are tangentially connected.

The question you should be asking is, are there 7 or are there 4, and does the design intend there to be any, and how many…and what degree(1-11), and what point composition…etc. Does the curvature need to be G0,1,2,3,4, or does it matter…

You know, the things that solidworks and programs like it, don’t show you – or they smudge it and ‘move it under the carpet’ as a wise man has said.