Automotive Design 3D

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Jelle van Ewijk

December 2009

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Content
Creating a vision 2
Collages 3
Drawings and sketches 6
Clay modeling 9
Clay model sketching 10
CAD modeling 15
Final model 16
Final conclusion 23

Tutors:

Ger Bruens
Dicky Brands

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Creating a vision
More and more politicians and environmental
organizations seem to increasingly hate the Sport
Utility Vehicle (SUV), in The Netherlands also known
as PC Hooft-tractor. After efforts of Amsterdam and
Nijmegen to keep the big cross-country vehicles out
of their city, London also decided to refuse the SUVs.
To be honest it seem quite logical to refuse those
SUVs. Their heavy weight and probably not optimal
aerodynamics causes high fuel consumption and
emissions and in most of the time these 5/6 persons
vehicles are driven by 1 person and sometimes by 2.
Therefore it is necessary for SUV-manufactures to
think about possibilities to keep on growing and stay
a healthy brand. One of those possibilities is to open a
new niche, namely the SUV-coup.
The Hybrid SUV-coup is a hybrid cross-country vehicle
which has to occur as a sporty coup. A normal SUV
has already a slightly sporty appearance. The SUVcoup on the contrary has to have a more sporty
appearance than his bigger brother, but still has to
have the visual presence - large vehicle - of his bigger
brother. Most drivers of normal, larger SUVs never
use the third and fourth door - two side doors at the
back. For this kind of user the hybrid SUV coup is the
ultimate solution. Niche examples are: Land Rover LRX
Concept, BMW X6, Ssangyong Actyon, Citron Hypnos,
Audi Q3, Mercedes BLK, Mitsubishi Nessie.

This small hybrid SUV Coup is powered by a hybrid

engine. The vehicle has to have the sporty appearance
of a coup vehicle and the visual presence and power
of a SUV. The vehicle is appropriate for two persons
and has three doors (two doors and one trunk door).
Furthermore the vehicle has a design to appeal in
the luxury and executive sector and has to show the
status of the owner and/or driver. Finally luggage
space and easy loading and unloading of luggage is
very important.
The target group of this new SUV-coup could be the
people I mentioned before, namely the ones which
are normally travelling alone in the larger SUVs and
never use the fourth and fifth door. To get more focus
on rituals and habitats of the intended users I decided
to focus on persons which has and want to spent
money on a vehicle, but also on their daily life, such
as shopping. Therefore loading and unloading their
shopping might be a very important factor in this new
SUV-coup.
For this SUV-coup I would like to focus on a hybrid
technology such as used in the Citron Hypnos.
Specifications of this hybrid technology are: a 200HP
motor, a fuel consumption of 4,5L/100km and an
emission of 120g/km CO2.

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Collages Memes

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Collages Trends

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Drawings and sketches Features

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First drawings and sketches Front

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Drawings and sketches Back

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Clay modeling Rough clay

In order to convert the 2D sketches into a 3D model,
rough clay models were made. On the following pages
the different variations are figured.

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Clay modeling Rough clay

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Clay modeling Sketching

After converting the sketches into 3D clay models,
photos were taken. These photos were imported in
Painter and using a computer sketch-tablet, new 2D
sketches were made. On this page, different sketches
of the side view are figured. Finally one sketch was
chosen (red square).

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Clay modeling Sketching

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Clay modeling Sketching

With help of the clay model based sketches, more detailed sketches were made. These sketches are shown
on this page.

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Clay modeling Rough clay

Again rough clay were used to transform 2D sketches
into a more understandable 3D shape. On this page
photos of this last rough clay model are shown. As
seen on the photos, the clay model was only modeled
at one side of it. Using Photoshop the photos could be
mirrored and this resulted in the pictures as shown on
this page.

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CAD modeling
From the clay model as shown on the previous page,
blue-prints could be made. These blue-prints were
used to model a 3D CAD model. Software used to
create this 3D model was Rhinoceros.
The reason for 3D CAD modeling the SUV was
simplifying the process of automotive clay modeling.
Right measurements and symmetry are difficult factors
when creating such a large model.
Later on Bunkspeeds Hypershot was used to render
some presentation pictures. These pictures are shown
later on in this report.

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Final model The set-up

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Final model Starting

After creating the section contours, a foam model
was made. By using the section contours the foam
model could be created as exact as possible. Some
space around the foam model was needed for the
automotive clay. Hereafter the automotive clay could
be placed roughly, followed by smoothing the clay.

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Final model Finishing

After many hours of work the clay model could finally
be finished. The wheels are created with a small
foam milling machine and the rims are created out of
aluminium using a CNC milling machine.

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Final model Presentation

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Final model Presentation

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Final model The renders

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Final model The renders

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Conclusion
This course was the most interesting course I did
during my Master specialization. From creating an idea
about a possible vehicle for a specified user group, to
converting a 2D sketch into a 3D model, everything
done in this course was with great enthusiasm.
For everyone who has the time (important factor
actually) I recommend to do this course. The only
disadvantageous I noticed were the big spends for all
used material, especially the automotive clay.
Unfortunately I did not get any message about a
exposition with all Automotive Design 3D models. On
the day itself I heard about the exposition, by then it
was already too late. Next time, more luck I guess.
In spite of this missing exposition it was a great
adventure and a fantastic experience!

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