Chris,
This is a topic very close to my heart. Unfortunately I have yet to find a good place and/or book that addresses using Pro/E Surfacing for the creation of Plastic parts. In particular, I have a need to use it for reverse-engineering Industrial Design models into fully surfaced files. We have had in-house training, and spoken to others that use Pro/E in this manner with limited success. Our best results seem to be working one-on-one with individuals experienced in the art. (Not easy to come by...)
If you have any luck I would love to hear about it. Also, if anyone has advice and/or websites that they could point me to that deal with turning scanned data into USEFUL Pro/E surfaces (as opposed to big, dumb lumps) I would appreciate hearing from you.
We have recently been using a Romer arm to generate a point cloud from a solid piece (usually a worn ground engaging tool). Then a surface is generated, I believe by using splines. Finally a solid is made from this. I get involved after the solid has been generated at which time we make a scale model part for testing in a soil bin.
Several years ago I spend 4 hours with an expert creating just 1 of the many splines from points generated on a light table. We now let someone else do that part. It is an art.
