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November 2005
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 Body kit design program.
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Mon, 12 December 2005 11:29
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I'm trying to design a body kit for my car, however i am not a good artist, and taking pictures and putting them into photoshop to edit doesn't work so well. So what i need is a professional design program, like the panel beaters and such use. Can anyone tell me the name of one or were to get it?
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Melbourne
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December 2004
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Re: Body kit design program.
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Mon, 12 December 2005 11:43
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I dont think that there is going to be a program like your going to be stuck learning photoshop
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Adelaide, SA
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November 2003
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Mon, 12 December 2005 12:12
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pencil + paper................ Done.
Unless you want to learn how to use a 3D modelling program. and what panel beaters use some sort of design program anyway?
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I Supported Toymods
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Casula
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January 2005
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Re: Body kit design program.
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Mon, 12 December 2005 20:36
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| RA28GT wrote on Mon, 12 December 2005 23:12 |
pencil + paper................ Done.
Unless you want to learn how to use a 3D modelling program. and what panel beaters use some sort of design program anyway?
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I would have to agree with RA28GT. pencil & paper, even the car manufacturers use this to start their designs.
But if you want a little tip for this one, use a photo of your car with tracing paper over the top of it then sketch what you want. Then it can be scanned into a photochop program to color it and attached to your car.
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Adelaide
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November 2005
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Re: Body kit design program.
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Mon, 12 December 2005 20:52
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ok cheers fellas, i thought that they used programs for design... but you know what thought did...
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London
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July 2004
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Re: Body kit design program.
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Mon, 12 December 2005 23:19
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After you've sketched it as was suggested you'd be best off using Adobe Illustrator than Photoshop to get a nice digital image.
It's not too hard to learn to use, there's HEAPS of online tutorials 
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Sydney - Surry Hills
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May 2004
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Re: Body kit design program.
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Mon, 12 December 2005 23:55
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Most industrial design is done using CAD (computer assisted drawing), with products such as autodesks TurboCAD or AutoCAD. If you create the design in one of these programs, a manufacturer can take those designs and send them straight into fabrication.
If you've used a 3d modelling package before (most notably 3d studio max) you'll find autodesks CAD packages really very easy to use.
Here is a link to autocad from Autodesks website
http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?siteID= 123112&id=2704278
You can download a free trial version if you're just trying to get this done once.
Good luck
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Location:
Adelaide
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November 2005
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Re: Body kit design program.
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Tue, 13 December 2005 03:41
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cheers im gonna give that program a try... hopefully i can get somewhere with it.
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