Additive Manufacturing: Car Body Design
Additive Manufacturing: Car Body Design on a Fixed Chassis
The chassis dimensions were fixed; the bodywork was entirely open. Model it, draw it, print it — then measure the real thing and find out whether it actually fits.
- Role
- Course Project
- Period
- Sep. 2023 – Jan. 2024
- Institution
- SUSTech Supervised by Dr. Seungwoo Je
Why this matters
The brief carried exactly one constraint: the chassis dimensions could not change. Everything above it was free. The hard part was never making the shape look good — it was making a good-looking shape that still closes around a given chassis, and still fits once printed. Tight on screen does not mean tight in hand: prints shrink and tolerances drift, so the only way to know whether the model is right is to measure the part.
What I did
- Designed the bodywork against a single hard constraint — the fixed chassis dimensions — with the styling otherwise unconstrained.
- Modelled the part and its assembly relationships in Fusion 360.
- Produced fully dimensioned engineering drawings.
- Rendered the design to evaluate the form.
- Sliced and printed, then checked key dimensions and chassis fit against the physical part.
Outcome
- Carried the design through the full chain: modelling, rendering, engineering drawings, slicing and printing.
- Printed the body and mounted it on the target chassis to verify the dimensions.
Technologies
- Fusion 360
- 3D Modelling
- Engineering Drawing
- Rendering
- Slicing
- 3D Printing