Car vent model workflow

[douglasrohman]

Having a bit of a tough time creating defined curves and creating this car vent in general any help or pointers would be greatly appreciated.

[douglasrohman]

Another angle.

[TrippyLighting · Accepted solution]

This shows more of a general approach than a complete solution.

[chrisplyler · Accepted solution]

My first attempt...

Not as fluid as required. I modeled it the easy way though. File is attached...

[douglasrohman]

This is great, Thanks for the help. I was getting stuck trying to define those curves.. Along with just getting lost in how to get from point a to b with this complex feature.

[douglasrohman]

Wow, this is perfect! Would love to see your workflow as well. I'm Thinking I could just create a plane, If I get that far and then extrude the profile of the air fins through the part?

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@chrisplyler wrote:

My first attempt...

Not as fluid as required. I modeled it the easy way though. File is attached...

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[douglasrohman]

Whoops, just realized I could go through the timeline..Doh.

[chrisplyler]

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@douglasrohman wrote:

Wow, this is perfect! Would love to see your workflow as well. I'm Thinking I could just create a plane, If I get that far and then extrude the profile of the air fins through the part?

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Sure. Assuming you start outside the shell, extrude them through as separate bodies, do some Split Body commands on them using the shell as a tool, Remove the leftover bits that stick out, and finally Combine all into one Body.

[douglasrohman]

Welp, I think I’m learning. How would I go about stretching the part as a whole along the bias of the curved front face?

[chrisplyler]

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@douglasrohman wrote:
How would I go about stretching the part as a whole along the bias of the curved front face?

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1. I'm fuzzy on the phrase, "...along the bias...."

2. Try to model things to the right size/shape from the beginning.