topic Re: Advice on modelling approach for a Lotus 108 track bike in Fusion Design, Validate & Document Forum

Advice on modelling approach for a Lotus 108 track bike

insaneLX — Mon, 24 Oct 2016 20:39:30 GMT

Hi there,

I give frame building workshops for Carbon and Bamboo frames (see eigenbau.bike and bambooride.com). For a private project I would like to build a replica of the famous Lotus 108 track bike. I plan to visit a guy who owns such a bike so I will be able to get a lot of pictures and some measurements. My question is: what is the right approach to modelling the frame. Up to now I have only worked with strictly geometrical designs for my bike projects - those types you use in standard technical designs, created by sketches, extrusions and so on. For this problem, I plan to get many measurements which I could put into sketches and then try to put curved surfaces over those. Would that be the right approach? would that work? How would an experienced 3D freeform designer approach this task?

Re: Advice on modelling approach for a Lotus 108 track bike

georgehudetz — Mon, 24 Oct 2016 22:52:02 GMT

Interesting project!

Have you thought about photogrammetry?

[edit] Although that would require disassembly of the bike so that you could get images of the frame only.

Re: Advice on modelling approach for a Lotus 108 track bike

TrippyLighting — Mon, 24 Oct 2016 23:12:40 GMT

The T-Spline environment is your friend for such flowing shapes.

Re: Advice on modelling approach for a Lotus 108 track bike

Anonymous — Sun, 13 Oct 2019 22:40:24 GMT

Hi InsaneLX, Did you ever manage to draw up the Lotus 108? I'd love to see your model if you managed to get it done.