Recently a friend of mine approached me with a proposition: he asked if I would like to partner with him on a new industry website specifically for class-a surfacing (ClassASurfacing.com). A few days later, and I’ve created my first tutorial on the basics of geometric continuity in CAD.
I’m very excited about this project! It should be a great opportunity for me to spend time doing something I love–teaching design tools–and hopefully reaching a receptive audience.
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Adam O'Hern is an industrial design consultant specializing in visual brand languages, and has designed products ranging from laptops to power tools, classroom toys to bathroom fixtures, and robots to lint rollers. He has published with 3DWorld Magazine, CGTuts+, and Luxology, and works with Josh Mings of SolidSmack.com on EngineerVsDesigner.com. |
Hi John:
I’ve been meaning to do a set of tutorials on this topic, but it’s a big can of worms and I haven’t had time to do it justice yet. If there’s a particular item you’d like to model, I’d be happy to give you some pointers. Just send me an image or two, and I’ll put something together for you.
Adam
Thank you for your reply. I was actually hoping to discuss secondary surfaces.
For more organic looking parts, I’m generally not clear on the logic of what would be the secondary and blend surfaces and how they relate to a theoretical model. If you are willing and have a little time to go into it a little bit, I will prepare some pictures to be more specific.
John
Hello Adam, I’m having trouble reaching classasurfacing.com. All I get is an index page with a few file names. Is the site having problems?
Hi John:
I’m no longer affiliated with Class-A Surfacing for reasons I won’t explain publicly. You’ll have to find Steve, the site’s owner. Good luck!
Is there a question you had in particular? I’d be happy to help in any way that I can.
Adam