Information regarding our Corvette 3D modeling project

[Arto]

I opened this forum for discussions regarding our ongoing effort, led by Riku (forum name FinnShark) and Jani (forum name groovyjay]), to design a full 3D mockup of the Corvette. We're starting out with the C3.

More information in the original CorvetteForum.com postings at:

3D model of Corvette
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/zerothread?id=725050

Suspension geometry models. Roll center etc...
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/zerothread?id=728567

http://davesrollingthunder.com/rt/vette02.jpeg

If you would like to assist in this (admittedly huge and somewhat crazy) effort, please write to this forum and describe which area of the car you'd like to work on :)

Arto

[Finnshark]

So the meaning is to model whole C3 and then later on all C1-C6 vettes in CAD programs. Meaning is to use native file systems as a reasults files (igs, step, dxf for example), so that as many as possible can use these models. I suppose that many files are going to have at least Catia5 format too, that's what I'm using.

Meaning is that everybody who is taking part in our massive design operations will have access to all models. This is a huge job to do, so we want give the results only to people who have participated this effort. Things are starting out slowly and this is not going to be any short term project. It's going to take a lot of time untile we have good models of the cars.

All models are kept separately, maybe some small assemblies will be done. Bigger assemblies will be so heavy that they needs a lot from computers to be able to handle the models. On the other hand with the models it's easy to do assemblies like suspensions etc!

Contact us by e-mail or via this forum if you want more information or want to participate in modelling!

And same in finnish:
Eli tarkoitus on mallintaa koko C3 Corvette CAD-ohjelmalla. Myöhemmin on tarkoitus laajentaa mallit kattamaan myös C1-C6 vetet. Tarkoituksena on käyttää natiivi tiedostomuotoja (igs, step, dxf) tiedostojen keräämiseen ja siirtoon, mutta ainakin Catia5 tiedostomuotoja tulemme myös käyttämään.

Mallinnus vaatii älyttömän määrän työtä, joten te kaikki kynnelle kykenevät olette tervetulleita talkoisiin. Työn tulokset jaetaan kaikille osallistuneille ilmaiseksi! Tämä ei ole mikään nopea pikkuprojekti vaan aikaa tulee kulumaan jonkin verran ennenkuin mitään kunnollisen konkreettista on esillä.

Kaikki osat on tarkoitus mallintaa yksittäisinä ja jakaa ne yksittäisinä myöskin eteenpäin. Suurten kokoonpanojen tekeminen ei liene järkevää, koska se asettaa melkoisia vaatimuksia tietokoneille. Pieniä kokoonpanoja voimme kuitenkin valmiiksikin tehdä. Esim, takajousitus / etujousitus jne.

Jos haluat lisätietoja ota yhteyttä meihin sähköpostilla tai tämän forumin kautta! :cool:

[KTM]

Siis tuo kurssi pitäisi suorittaa ensi syksynä. Arvatavasti voisin jotenkin soveltaa yhteen nämä kaksi asiaa.

Same in English:

IŽam on. I have to do 3D course at next autum, so some part of this project would be nice work for that course.

[Finnshark]

Welcome to our 3D modelling project KTM! :peace:

[groovyjay]

Welcome to our 3D modelling project KTM! :peace:

Todella hieno homma! :!:

[burners]

Greetings, Arto and everyone. As I said on the CorvetteForum I am willing to participate in this project. We will need to know what has been done already. I figured I would start on something simple like the front wheel hub.

One question, do we want fairly accurate models (as in overall shape) of parts like the stamped steel A-arms or are we more interested in accurate geometry of those parts? It will obvioulsy be easier to build a model that just has the proper geometry rather than the entire shape.

[Finnshark]

Welcome onboard Burners! You can start with the front wheel hub! I've modelled only couple of simple parts at the moment. There will be a list in these pages later on about what is done and what is under modelling and who is doing those.

At the moment it's enough to have correct geometry, so somekind of "space allocation mock-up". Then later on we can detail the models further and get accurate models, which can help in weight reduction etc. But you are correct, at the first stage it's more important to have correct geometry! :cool:

[groovyjay]

Greetings, Arto and everyone. As I said on the CorvetteForum I am willing to participate in this project. We will need to know what has been done already. I figured I would start on something simple like the front wheel hub.

One question, do we want fairly accurate models (as in overall shape) of parts like the stamped steel A-arms or are we more interested in accurate geometry of those parts? It will obvioulsy be easier to build a model that just has the proper geometry rather than the entire shape.

Welcome man!!! How's the carbonfiber rear piece coming along? Are you planning to do a complete unde car carbonfiber piece? I'll be first in line when you start the mass production :mrgreen: Anycase, good to see you found our little site, and are willing to contribute, I'm currently trying to modell 1/2 shafts and drive shaft for future references. I try to get something ready by the end of this month.

[burners]

Hello, Finnshark and groovyjay. It's nice to be here. The carbonfiber piece still needs some more work done to it but I hope to have it fitted and installed on the car in a couple of weeks. At the moment we don't have any futher plans for an undertray but we have some ideas and we plan on doing some R&D to see what kind of improvements we can come up with. I'll let you know when the rear piece is in production.

This entire modeling project is a great idea. I look forward to contributing.

[hakkis]

Mitäs tänne kuuluu? :-k
Meille ei yhtään mitään.Mennään äkkiää pois.:(

[groovyjay]

Mitäs tänne kuuluu? :-k

iHAN hyvää kiitos...

http://finnshark.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=3493&stc=1&d=1173634447

http://finnshark.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=3494&stc=1&d=1173634473

http://finnshark.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=3495&stc=1&d=1173634503

http://finnshark.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=3496&stc=1&d=1173634532

http://finnshark.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=3497&stc=1&d=1173634556

[MikkoM]

Wow, hienoa työtä. Se on helppoa (?) kun sen osaa :)Äläs muuta sano:thumrigh:
Upea C3:cool::cool::cool:

[Yorcci]

Äläs muuta sano:thumrigh:
Upea C3:cool::cool::cool:

Ja mikä tärkeintä, automaatti :D

[janiv]

Onhan nuo valokuvia eikä 3D-mallinnuksia? Eihän noin hienoja oo mahollista tehä:shock: Ei taatusti ole helppoa vaikka osaisikin.

Edit: Mallinnuksia ovatkin. Kasipallo paljasti. Siitä puuttuu varjo ;)

[groovyjay]

Onhan nuo valokuvia eikä 3D-mallinnuksia? Eihän noin hienoja oo mahollista tehä:shock: Ei taatusti ole helppoa vaikka osaisikin.

Edit: Mallinnuksia ovatkin. Kasipallo paljasti. Siitä puuttuu varjo ;)

Helppoa se ei tosiaan ole... C2 ...

http://finnshark.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=3537&stc=1&d=1174135605

[janiv]

Uskomatonta. Kuinkahan pitkään tonkin C2:sen tekemiseen on menny.

[Macho]

Uskomatonta. Kuinkahan pitkään tonkin C2:sen tekemiseen on menny.

Niinpä ja sit unohdettu laittaa eturenkaaseen tarpeeks ilmaa!

[pirre]

Vähän uudempaa

http://finnshark.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=3538

http://finnshark.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=3539

http://finnshark.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=3540

http://finnshark.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=3541

http://finnshark.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=3542


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[Cocco]

Ei kellään ois C4:n korista 3D-mallia...:confused:

[pirre]

Ei kellään ois C4:n korista 3D-mallia...:confused:

Tässäpä näitä

http://finnshark.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=3543

http://finnshark.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=3544

http://finnshark.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=3545

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[Cocco]

Tässäpä näitä
Eiku mie tartten sen 3D-mallin, että saan värkätä omia kuvia...:bounce::bounce::bounce:

[pirre]

Eiku mie tartten sen 3D-mallin, että saan värkätä omia kuvia...:bounce::bounce::bounce:

Ah, sorry. Sitä ei löydy :(

[Toxic Flame]

Mitäs tälle projektille kuuluu nykyisin ja onko jotain noita en. meshejä saatavilla jostain? Ois just hyvät jälkimuokkaus softat koneella.

[Finnshark]

Omalta osaltani tämä on yksi niistä vielä joku päivä projekteista. Tarkoitus on jatkaa osaien mallinnusta vielä tulevaisuudessa. Korin mallejakin olisi ihan mukava saada, vaikka taito ei niiden muokkaamiseen oikein riitäkään, eikä ole siihen ohjelmiakaan.

[troublechild]

No tua niin niin..tahtoo jonkunlaisen aloituspaketin viisaammilta et miten ja millä pääsee edes alkuun. Eihän CAD:ia käytä kukaan (jo hintansaki puolesta.Mikä CAD muuten pirrellä käytössä?) kotikoneella. Onko suosikkeja mallinnusohjelmaksi jos tuo CAD tippuu pois laskuista

[bndtechsource]

I'm new to FinnShark and I'd like to ask if anyone has the dimensions from the wheel centerlines to any body mount on a C3? I'm designing a chassis based on the SRIII tubular frame with a C5/C4 IFS/IRS setup. I'm stuck overseas at the moment so I don't have access to any vehicles to measure the hard points.

The Chassis diagrams are where I started. Then after much searching, I was able to create the two frames (side & rear exhaust). The front suspension is complete and the rear just needs a sway bar. I just need to be sure I have my wheel centerlines in the proper locations.

Here are the wheel centerlines to body mounts that I have currently. I need help to verify these dimensions. I am trying to keep the tires inside the original body without adding flares. I noticed many owners out there upgraded their tires to P255/60R15 which fills the wheel wells quite nicely. Please, any help would be appreciated.http://i590.photobucket.com/albums/ss343/billharbin/C3Frame-Tire_Comp.jpg

I'm using CATIA V5 as my CAD software. If interested, I have some pics of my progress on a couple of websites.

http://s590.photobucket.com/albums/s...tte%20Upgrade/

http://bndtechsource.ucoz.com/

http://i590.photobucket.com/albums/ss343/billharbin/Susp_Complete_RE_iso.jpg
http://i590.photobucket.com/albums/ss343/billharbin/Susp_Complete_SE_iso.jpg

[Finnshark]

Interesting project! Your chassis looks marvellous!

Unfortunately I'm also oversaes and can't measure those dimensions for you. On the other hand it is a bit difficult to measure them from a car with body on. I know that few guys here have their body offs going on. Maybe they will have time to measure body mount positions for you. You seem to have dimensions for longitudinal positions already, do you need to proof those dimensions? Do you have width of the body mounts? That dimension is missing from your drawing.

Very interesting project that you have going on there! I'm using Catia V5 in my work too and I have modelled some parts for fun from vette. But nothing compared to the work that you have made! :cool:

[bndtechsource]

Here is where I started. I got the frame dimensions, but the are no wheel centerlines.

http://www.vettemod.com/forum/showthread.php?t=148

The Track (58.7in/59.5in) width and Wheelbase (98.0in) are per the Chevy specs.

When I saw this thread I was hopeful to share/swap our 3D data.
http://finnshark.com/forum/showpost.php?p=106678&postcount=12

[Pikku-H]

miten näitä pystyy tehä:confused:

[Soniya87]

Hi Guys,
The Corvette 3D modeling (https://vancedyoutube.org/) project is progressing well, with our team meticulously designing and refining the intricate details of the iconic sports car. The level of precision and attention to accuracy ensures that the final model will be a true representation of this legendary vehicle. Exciting times are ahead.