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Old Jul 13, 2006 | 01:20 PM
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Looking for a CAD Outline of a Third Gen.

Greetings all,

I have been searching for a Black and White CAD type outline that one could use for making up different paint designs. I have found a few that are from a 3/4 (I believe its called) view. While these are good to show the most of the car in one drawing, it is rather hard to draw on. What I am really looking for is a good top down view and a flat side view. A front view would be welcome too, but not necessary. I searched the site for a while but could not find anything like this. I probably did not use the right key words on the search; I apologize if this has been posted in the past.

You all are my last hope before I try to brush off the old AutoCAD book I used 10 years ago when I thought Engineering would be "cool". I doubt my skills would be adequate for what I really want to do with this.

Thanks for the help and hopefully Im not the only one that would be interested in such information.
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Old Jul 13, 2006 | 06:57 PM
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I found these on the site somewhere. They're the only side and top view ones I've got.
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Old Jul 13, 2006 | 09:15 PM
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Thanks ScottyRS, those are a great start. I should be able to get the paint design drawn on those better.

Here is the outline I have (now that I am home) in case anyone is also interested in using them. While its a good outline, its hard to get a design placed on the hood, sails, and sides.
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Old Jul 14, 2006 | 05:49 PM
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Aint got an outline, but heres something Ive been toyin with in CAD

Got lots more done but only profile views i can find screenshots of

View image: Body9
View image: Body12

Not a profile but still a cool stance kinda like what ya got there
View image: Front Wheels3

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Old Jul 14, 2006 | 06:17 PM
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Heres one I made up for a Camaro.



Full sized version is at http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y86...ei/Camaro2.jpg
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Old Jul 14, 2006 | 11:17 PM
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I drew these by using the pen tool in photoshop and going over pictures I found of a side of the cars.
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Old Jul 17, 2006 | 12:49 PM
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Those all look good. I never got into the CAD 3d stuff in my classes, it looked like it was hard and tedious to get it to work. I might need to look into the photoshop stuff; those should work better for a side view.
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Old Jul 18, 2006 | 11:05 AM
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Ahhh...that's not the right attitude, Rydex.

If you gave up on everything just because it was hard, you couldn't get anywhere.

I agree it's a little tedious, but I do it for a living, and once you get the swing of things and learn a couple techniques, it's really quite easy.
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