Tesla Model S Claymobile

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The designers have to see in it in a full-size 3D rendering. CAD doesn’t quite do the trick. But it is integral to the process. They can go from CAD to clay with an automated rig, then they can make tweaks and polish out curves until they are pleasing to the eye, and then scan the results back into the CAD program for symmetry and iteration.

8 responses to “Tesla Model S Claymobile”

!MimosaMicheMichelle!

Mar 28, 2009 at 4:55 am

I can understand that. Artists need to touch their creations!

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Todd Huffman

Mar 28, 2009 at 7:07 am

Please tell me this is a real-life clay-mation Transformer!

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PhOtOnQuAnTiQuE

Mar 28, 2009 at 8:00 am

Must have been a big 3D printer !!! =P

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brentdanley

Mar 28, 2009 at 2:51 pm

That’s a lot of chocolate!

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born1945

Mar 28, 2009 at 4:50 pm

I’m glad automobile designers are still using this technique. Many cars these days pushed to market by the major auto makers look like just computer designs, and not even as great looking as the cars in the movie TRON. The people at Tesla certainly know how to design a car.

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Ramones Karaoke

Nov 23, 2009 at 5:09 pm

Actually, as one of *very* few non-employees to have been inside the Audi VR design centre, I can state with confidence that CAD totally does the trick. But you need really big displays and the fastest 3D that money can buy.

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milanpatel95

Feb 13, 2021 at 6:18 pm

So thankful for you having documented history like this!!

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jurvetson

Aug 5, 2023 at 8:43 pm

another model S model

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Tesla Model S Claymobile

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