Working with CAD files
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Hi all,
Another crazy question
Currently I have a drawing with 4 views from a car (front, side, back and top) which I've imported from AutoCAD. I would like to make a fully 3D model of it, but to be honest I haven't got a clue where to start!
I tried using the several blueprint methods, without any success. Is there anyone here who has run into this problem before? The skp file is attached, for a better overview.
Thanks in advance!
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Move the imported images to form an approximation to the correct orthogonal views, all related together.
Then you can check they are all the same size so that similar places on each align - scale an image slightly as needed, or make adjustments in the modeling to suit...Now start drawing edges that outline the main forms - there are tools like weld to make them curves and extrudeEdgesByRails etc... BUT you can make the 'profiles' and then 'stitch' it together by hand and adjust the forms as you go.
Make it out of manageable sized pieces [sub-groups/components etc].
Remember that a car is pretty much symmetrical so it quite easy to model one half of it as a component and copy and scale -1 the two halves together, so then changing one half alters the other one automatically...
This means you're not trying to make the two sides the same all of the time...There are some good car tutorials out there - try this for a start...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlDxc2wyIhY&feature=related
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