Solidworks surfacing: Camaro

[demosselman]

Hey there,

I am pretty new to Solidworks. student with 6 months
experience. To get some practice is decided to start
surfacing a car. I have been running into some errors
however.

I was hoping that some experienced user might be able to
help me out.

I am surfacing this car by drawing 2d lines and combining
them in a 3d project curves. Between these curves I make
a boundary surface.

I make sure the endpoints of all the curves connect
precisely. Yet for some reason gaps keep showing up
between the panels I model.

When is select a 2nd guide curve it says **error** and
the gap just stays there, It wont become tangeant to the
panel that is next to it.

I posted some images so you know what i am talking about.
http://img20.imageshack.us/i/camaroerror.png/
http://img684.imageshack.us/i/camarogap.png/
http://img860.imageshack.us/i/camaro.png/

I hope you can provide me with some help.

 

[michael3130]

Hi,


I don't want to knock you back or anything but a car is a tricky place to start with surfacing. The surfacing on cars is an art to get right. I would recommend starting on something a bit smaller to get your head round how surfacing in SW actually works.


However, if you do want to continue with it.....the gaps look like you have missed that edge for the boundary suface. Boundary surfaces are not always the way to go, you can use sweeps very successfully to create some of these surfaces and they are sometimes easier to control.


If you have a bit of spare cash I would recommend buying and downloading a tutorial of how to model an Audi R8. Follow this linkhttp://www.solidworksaudir8.com/


It's very good and gives a step by step guide on how to model it. The same person has also done the same for a Lamborghini Gallardo. It would help a great deal with yuo trying to model the Camaro.

 

[dgs]

I am pretty new to Solidworks. student with 6 months

experience. To get some practice is decided to start

surfacing a car.

That's a bit like saying "I'm new to running, having been a couch potato for years. I started 6 months ago and I've decided I'm going to run next week's marathon for practice." Auto surfacing is some of the most advanced surfacing there is. I've been doing surface modeling (mostly in Pro/E) for 10+ years and I've never attempted a car (though I've wanted to).

Why not start with your computer's mouse or speakers or a power tool? You'll still learn a lot, but you're not biting off so much at once.

 

[Raoul-RW]

I agree with the people above. Modeling a car with surfaces within SolidWorks is pretty hard. But where there's a will, there's a way. Im convinced that just trying is the best way to learn all the aspects about surface modeling. Maybe polygon modeling would be easier but you just need other software for that.


Besides this, I've seen a free tutorial about car modeling (a Camaro) within SolidWorks. You're folowing this example? Take a look down here: [url]http://www.solidsmack.com/design-resources/free-solidworks-s urfacing-camaro-modeling-tutorial/ [/url]

 

[demosselman]

I agree with the people above.
Modeling a car with surfaces within SolidWorks is pretty
hard. But where there's a will, there's a way. Im
convinced that just trying is the best way to learn all
the aspects about surface modeling. Maybe polygon
modeling would be easier but you just need other software
for that.


Besides this, I've seen a free tutorial about car
modeling (a Camaro) within SolidWorks. You're folowing
this example? Take a look down here:
<a href="http://www.solidsmack.com/design-resources/free-
<br / target="_blank">solidworks-surfacing-camaro-modeling-tutorial/">
http://www.solidsmack.com/design-resources/free-
solidworks-s urfacing-camaro-modeling-tutorial/ </a>

 

[jimshaw]

demosselman,


Keep at it, it looks great. for the guide curves, make sure you are selecting the edges of the existing surfaces, this is what allows the software to calculate curvature with the existing surface. If, instead, you select the underlying curve, the tool cannot calculate the high-order conditions. This may explain what you are seeing.


To do this efficiently, I make sure to turn off the curve filter, such that they cannot be selected. Try this out and let us know how it works.


Jim
http://www.linkedin.com/in/shawengineering