Challenge 9 : Project : Technical Surfacing Kia Sportage

Technical Surface Kia Sportage

Objective: To build the surface of a Kia Sportage car

Importing the image and tracing the curves using a front, rear, side and top views. Determining the patterns and building the surface accordingly with continuity

Methodology:

Importing the image -> tracing the curves from a side, front, top and rear views-> surface building using tools from palette -> building the continuity of Seat

Tools:

Curves:

1. Circle and CV curves, these are used to draw curves or to trace the image which in turn is required to build surfaces.

Object edit:

1. Attach and Detach- These are used to detach the curves which helps to detach curves, which helps to create surfaces.
2. Align – It helps to align the surfaces at G0, G1, G2 positions.
3. Extend – It helps to extend the surfaces for our convenience.

Curve Edit

1. Duplicate curve tool- Duplicates any curve which is picked or clicked.

Surfaces:

1. Skin – It is the command used to form the skin between the curves.
2. Rail – It is used to form surfaces by selecting generation and rail curves depending on the requirement.
3. Square – If there are four sides to make a surface, this command is used.
4. Freeform Blend – To form two transitional surfaces for given two inputs.
5. Surface fillet – To form fillet between 2 surfaces.

Surface edit:

1. Project – Its used to project the curve on a surface by selecting the surface and curve.
2. Trim and Untrim – It is to trim and untrim the surface

Evaluate:

Surface continuity check – It is to check the positional, tangent and curvature of a surface.

Conclusion

1. Working on surfaces forming 4 sides which will be helpful to get continuity
2. Imagining the Surfaces from different views
3. Visualization and continuous surface building
4. Detailed surfaces