Bump for a useful thread I just stumbled across in my searches. A couple suggestions for anyone else trying this:
- Instead of taking a picture of your car (including camera distortion), you may find more accurate renderings at The-Blueprints.com - 26874 visits today.
- Many manufacturers publish height and width dimensions. Keep in mind that width dimensions may not include the side mirrors.
- If you can find a simple black and white linedrawing for your car like I did, you can use the Select by Color Tool for a quicker way to determine your car's outline.
- In step 13, I went to Dialogs -> Histogram to find the pixel count.
I calculate the frontal area of my 8th gen Civic to be 22.8 square feet. I've been trying to find that number for a while now.
Thanks, newtonsfirstlaw!