Archive for April, 2006
Tutorial : blueprint setup in Blender
This is my first detailed tutorial : each command is described, with keyboard shortcut given if available.
Please don’t be afraid by the length, you just have to sit and follow this step-by-step : nothing to guess or read between lines.
Before starting Blender
Get the blueprint 
See my ressources page to have some link to start with.
Then search for car dimensions : length, height, width (take care of which width it’s : including sidemirrors or not, for example).
I use metric system but it doesn’t matter to use another : just stay coherent from one car to another, in case you want to mix scenes : whole cars, rims, environment, etc.) A Blender unit will represent a meter in my scenes.
Scene setup
Start blender with default scene : a cube, a lamp, a camera.
Alfa GT thread on SMCars.net
After some losses due to SMCars infrastructure changes, the thread is now stable (even almost dead as I paused work on model
http://www.smcars.net/forums/showthread.php?t=16744
Hey, first topic from me reaching a second page, waou !
Laguna thread on SMCars.net
Here’s the link. Only the same pics posted for the moment, more to come.
Enzo blueprint
Last blueprint I’m using for a work in progress : the Enzo. As always, they’re the best I found around the net.
I don’t know who deserves credits for the blueprint. The author may introduce himself/herself in a comment.
A bigger resolution is available (something around 15Mpixels). You can find it on www.smcars.net.
Alfa GT blueprints
I forgot to post the blueprint I’m using for the Alfa GT. As always, they’re the best I found around the net.
I don’t know who deserves credits for the blueprint. The author may introduce himself/herself in a comment.
Tutorial : tire modeling with Blender
This tutorial is intended for you, who wants to learn to model tires like the one I showed first on Alfa Romeo GT. This tutorial is not intended for Blender newbies but for users with some knowledge of using Blender for modelling. For example, you need to know how to create a plan of a given size by yourself.
What you need first
A sketch of the tire, like this one (PIRELLI P6000) :
The dimensions of the tire : let’s use a 205×60r16.
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Laguna Estate, work in progress
Here are the updates :
Renault Laguna Estate, new project
Here’s the blueprint I’m working from.
I don’t know who deserve credits for it but anyways it’s definitevely not my work : thanks to the author (he/she may introduce himself/herself in a comment)
Alfa Romeo GT, current state
Project paused for the moment, here’re are the updates (most recent pictures first) :
