VW Fender – With Complex Radial Wheel Arch and Washout

by graham bullock B.Ed. Design and Tech on January 17, 2012


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On the Learning Alias Pro. course I teach how to create REAL complex surfaces

that are used on today’s Series Production Cars. Surfaces are built to Class a Criteria with Catia V5 tols. My students are prepared for the surfacing challenges that the very demanding Automotive Industry will throw at them

Here the student is evaluating the surface highlights using Visual Curves

This surface set is really complex,

as the eyebrow climbs above the tangent break in the Parent surf-set. Also the feature line in the Parents must wash-out in the eyebrow transitional surfaces

Kind regards to all Alias users

 

graham bullock B.Ed. CNAA. Des. Tech

 

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