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Originally Posted by KamperBob
t vago, what's the benefit of the tight-radius inside corners and flat tonneau-like surface between the raised portion and bed walls. I'm skeptical flow would attach that deeply into those gullies. Why not use larger fillets instead?
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Heh... See, now you're picking on my poor man's CAD program. There's only so much I programmed into that Excel spreadsheet.
You'll notice that the curves on version 1 were a bit gentler than in the Excel workup.
![](http://www.tom-viki.com/spgm/gal/Cars/Projects/20101010oldBedCover.png)
Excel workup
![](http://www.tom-viki.com/spgm/gal/Cars/1B7GL2AN6YS/s201010200002.jpg)
Real life 1
![](http://www.tom-viki.com/spgm/gal/Cars/1B7GL2AN6YS/s201010200004.jpg)
Real life 2
That was one of the reasons I decided to use FoamulaR sheeting. It can be curved to form compound curves fairly easily, as long as the underlying frame shape can support the minimum bending requirements.