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The basics of car design

The basics of car design

An article by designer Lee Walton who explains several basic rules of vehicle design.

Fast 3D wheel design in ZBrush

Fast 3D wheel design in ZBrush

A video tutorial that shows the creation process of a car wheel using ZBrush and its 3D sculpting tools.

Modeling an Automotive Tire in Rhino V5

Modeling an Automotive Tire in Rhino V5

In this tutorial, Brian Oltrogge shows how to model a tire in Rhino version 5 using FlowAlongSurface and FlowAlongCurve.

Modeling an Automotive Rim in Rhino V5

Modeling an Automotive Rim in Rhino V5

In this video tutorial Brian Oltrogge from Grünblau Design Studio shows how to create a high quality 3D model of an automotive wheel rim using several advanced modeling techniques.

Easy Shut Lines in Rhino

Easy Shut Lines in Rhino

A video tutorial by Scott Schneider, who explains how to use Rhino 5 new ApplyShutLining tool to create and evaluate panel parting lines in a non destructive way.

Advanced Filleting in Rhino

Advanced Filleting in Rhino

A collection of tutorials that show how to manually create fillets in situations where the automatic filleting tools in Rhino may fail.

Car wheels instancing in Maya

Car wheels instancing in Maya

A short video by design instructor David Bentley that shows the instancing process of a car wheel inside Autodesk Maya.

Using Zbrush in Vehicle Design

Using Zbrush in Vehicle Design

A brief introduction on how to use ZBrush to quickly sketch out concepts for industrial and transportation design.

Modeling a concept car in ZBrush 4R6

Modeling a concept car in ZBrush 4R6

A videot tutorial that shows the creation process of a 3D model of a concept car sculpted in ZBrush 4R6  and retopologized in MODO, starting from reference images.

Automotive 3D Sketch Model using Zbrush

Automotive 3D Sketch Model using Zbrush

This speeded-up video shows the creation process of a quick 3D sketch of a car concept using ZBrush 4R6.

3-D Printing Rhino Models

3-D Printing Rhino Models

A 1 hour 20 minute long webinar presented by Kyle Houchens, who shows how to prepare a Rhino model for 3-D printing.

Modeling a 3D 20-inch rim in SolidWorks

Modeling a 3D 20-inch rim in SolidWorks

A step-by-step video that shows how to model a five-spoke wheel in SolidWorks.

MODO for Design Ideation

MODO for Design Ideation

A playlist that shows some of the modeling techniques offered by MODO for the 3D modeling workflow, specifically targeted to designers. Includes four episodes on basic tools, sculpting, applying decals and exporting (cover: bike concept by Harald Belker).

Sculpting a sportscar in ZBrush 4R6

Sculpting a sportscar in ZBrush 4R6

In this video tutorial automotive designer Aaron Walker from carstylus shows how to use ZBrush 4R6 to quickly block out and sculpt a sportscar concept.

Class A Surfaces Part 2

Class A Surfaces Part 2

In this second episode Michael Günther-Geffers from VSR explains the main criteria and requirements for Class A Surfaces and gives a workflow demo of the VSR plug-in tools in Rhino.

Class A Surfaces Part 1

Class A Surfaces Part 1

The first part of a video tutorial on Class A Surfaces, explaining the meaning of the term and how surface transitions affect reflections. General overview applied to Rhinoceros and VSR Shape Modeling Plug-in.

Concept Car 3D modeling: Poly to NURBS

Concept Car 3D modeling: Poly to NURBS

A short writeup that gives an overview of the conversion process from a low poly quad mesh to NURBS surfaces, using Maya 2012 and Alias Automotive. The download includes the 3D models (free registration is required).

Making Of Ford Mustang Fastback

Making Of Ford Mustang Fastback ’65

A general overview of the modeling, texturing and rendering process of a 1965 Mustang Fastback. Done in 3ds Max.


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