Computer model for possible paint jobs.

[Haveacamper]

so...about a year ago i posted these pictures that i had started on my computer...

well since moving into my new house which is too far away from camper to work on it every night, i have started with the model again - this time it is a bit more accurate. i am sectioning off the panels as they are fitted and working on them individually. This is how far i have got so far...

some of you may notice that the rear lights are missing. and that the from arch is in fact a lipless arch. also the rear arch does not have a flare on it. i am hoping to build this up so it look s pretty close and then i can start to do some proper rendering on it and get a life like representation of what differnent paint will look like

this is obviously a work in progress and once i finish up to the swadge line i will attack the top half. i will be leaving the front until last because its a bit tricky!!! just like it is to replace

 

[Joval]

Excellent. Keep us posted. :mrgreen:

 

[easy]

Keppp up the good work dooder, this is all way over my poor noggin! :wink:

 

[mginty]

that's pretty cool! I was going to do something similar a few years back but never had the time to teach myself AutoCAD.
I've got an eps of some line images of a van - I'll post it up when I get home you may find it useful?
I was going to use that as my basis of playing with different colours and so on

 

[Haveacamper]

i went on a workshop yesterday for a piece of software called IPG CarMaker. you have tailor the who car setup to whatever you want. you change thinks like tyres, suspension, steering box ratios, mass distribution etc and you can plot out all different thinks like speed, steer angle, body roll, tyre forces, tyre side slip angle - which defines when you spin out.

it made me think, in a geeky kind of way, that it may be interesting to see exactly what changing the suspension height, stiffness, shocks, antiroll bar narrowing beam, actually does to the performance of the camper and how stable/unstable it make it over different conditions like split frictional services, cornering.

i may see if i can do this - it may shut some of the purists up, joke

honestly though, i think it would be good for everyone to finally know, not just hear, "lowering must make handling better because the centre of gravity is lower..."

NaFe

 

[mginty]

here's a link to a jpg of the line drawing I referred to. Have it available in eps if anyone is interested:

 

[mginty]

sorry forgot to say don't know why the profile is for early bay and the end views for late!

 

[Haveacamper]

ok, so a little progress on this area of my vw life. alot of background work putting the necessary panels in their own layers - allows you to turn different panels on and off as you wish i.e. doors etc

one with the extra draft lines on:

just a couple using the standard shading on autoCAD: