"After digitizing, I went to work in my studio, using Rhino 3.0 for Class-A surfacing and refinement to match up the Saleen data to the Ford sheet metal data. This data was then combined with Saleen Engineering’s B-side data in preparation for injection molding tooling release."
In the images, the two full car wire frames show the new Saleen parts modeled in blue with the carry over Ford parts in red.
All the major surfaces were created with a CAD sculpting and point editing technique: the variations are created by moving the control points of the surfaces both in manual and computer-assisted mode.
The results are evaluated with surface analysis tools, like the so called Zebra analysis (see picture on the left): the white and black stripes enable to judge the smoothness and the continuity of the nurbs surfaces.
 Control points editing for the rear spoiler
Side windows variations explorations |
CAD sculpting by control point editing
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CAD sculpting by control point editing
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Zebra analysis of the front bumper
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