Checking on aero stencil placement and spoilers.

[Chonk_Master]

I might just do the $25 model from TurboSquid. I searched for free models via 3Dmdb and nada. What's the deal with the price tiers? Amount of detail?

[freebeard]

Probably detail. That $95 model was probably produced by scanning an actual vehicls. The others are produced by box modeling off a 3-view drawing.

I dropped $25 on a model years ago.

The software (maybe the hardware) made it impractical to modify the original so I just hung kludges on it. I should take these into Blender, it does Booleans.

[Chonk_Master]

I see. Well, it looks like a hell of a tool. I've learned nothing, to-date, about vector drawing or CAD. I can screw around in TinkerCAD and manipulate things to find parts in AutoDesk but that's about it.

Is it pretty easy to produce dimensions for kludges with, say, SimScale?

[freebeard]

Don't know. Those white shapes were produced in Wings 3D, a box modeler and rendered in a different program.

[Chonk_Master]

Gotcha. I'll take a look!

[aerohead]

Originally Posted by Chonk_Master

Those *******s called my car a van. Hard pass.

But seriously, I can't justify $95 on a 3D model with Summer semester coming up.

I think I can tip-toe and ad hoc my way through this well enough to get results without spending a bunch of extra money.

But I will favorite that site. Looks like it's a much better one than some of the ones I've been looking at today.

With help,I've never paid a penny for images printed from online sources.Even if they're full of watermarks,they're plenty good for what we'd need.Look at 'cartype.com'.

[aerohead]

Originally Posted by freebeard

Don't know. Those white shapes were produced in Wings 3D, a box modeler and rendered in a different program.

'I'm gonna smoke a cigarette that's nine-miles long.'

[Chonk_Master]

Originally Posted by aerohead

With help,I've never paid a penny for images printed from online sources.Even if they're full of watermarks,they're plenty good for what we'd need.Look at 'cartype.com'.

There's a lot of good stuff on that site. Thanks very much! I didn't look long enough to see if they have anything 3D but I'll definitely find a use for some of it.