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Hi,
I am currently in the process of rebuilding a 1932 Alvis 12/50 TJ, starting with an abandoned rolling chassis. I will be finishing the chassis work shortly and then I have the daunting task of building a new body from scratch. What I should like to ask the members is,(taking into consideration that I am quite poor with computers) is there such an idiot proof programme that will allow me to take and rework a photograph to redesign a body shape by altering it, eventually coming up with a shape that suits me and also be able to take measurements from. I know that I might be asking a lot but I am not capable of driving a full blown CAD programme and I figured that this might be a better option than making and scrapping dozens of full size templates until I got something that I liked, any help would be greatly appreciated and thank you all in advance, Andrew.
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Hey Andrew, I'm a firm believer that CAD should stand for Cardboard Aided Design.
I don't say that flippantly. You can flesh out and form some basic design elements quickly with minimal effort. Before making the fairing for my bike I did print out some pics of it and sketch some ideas of what I needed. When I built my jet boat I spent a lot of time sitting on a milk crate making motor noises which helped the ergonomics and deciding where to mount things. I'm good at visualizing what I want but still needed some stuff for my mind to work with. You should be able to lock in your seats, cowl / firewall and radiator pretty quickly and flesh out the form from there. Good luck and post pics.
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Andrew I feel you pain. I don't do CAD either. Years ago...Y E A R S... there were these things called opaque projectors. Basically you could lay a book or photograph on the surface, it would project it on a screen or all. The further away, the larger the image. I have one that is probably 40 years old.
If you could borrow one of these, you could literally cut and paste photos and sketches and project them onto a wall life size. Once you get the profile you like, you could use this to project on a white paper wall and trace/measure the areas you want and create templates and even a buck of sorts.
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