Cut-away car on the Haynes Manual

[bgkast]

Anybody ever notice that the car on the cover of the Haynes manual is a Euro 300D Turbo with SLS? It also has a cloth interior and rear headrests.

[turbobenz]

Believe it or not I loved the cutaway so much I cut it out with a razor and keep it on my desk

[turbobenz]

here it is

[Cervan]

Originally Posted by turbobenz

here it is

Huh thats really cool.

[H-townbenzoboy]

Originally Posted by bgkast

Anybody ever notice that the car on the cover of the Haynes manual is a Euro 300D Turbo with SLS? It also has a cloth interior and rear headrests.

I thought I was the only one who noticed that, lol.

[79Mercy]

This is probably a dumb a$$ question, but i'll ask anyways. How do they make those cut-away pictures?

[bgkast]

Originally Posted by 79Mercy

This is probably a dumb a$$ question, but i'll ask anyways. How do they make those cut-away pictures?

They get a car, cut holes in it and draw it.

[t walgamuth]

Originally Posted by bgkast

They get a car, cut holes in it and draw it.

I imagine it was all done by a very skilled human or humans. You don't see them anymore as much though, so maybe its too complicated for a computer to do. In looking at my old magazines I find that there is at least one spectactular cutaway dwg per issue.

Tom W

[MBeige]

I don't know where I got this from but here's the wagon version (non diesel though, maybe a 200T or 230T)

[thesst]

Seems like a cutaway would be fairly easy for a talented CAD artist/drafter.

Build the car in AutoCAD.
Make the skin on some sections "transparent".
Done.

[lutzTD]

Originally Posted by thesst

Seems like a cutaway would be fairly easy for a talented CAD artist/drafter.

Build the car in AutoCAD.
Make the skin on some sections "transparent".
Done.

doubtful this was done in cad. this is hand drawn by graphic artists. I see our Industrial Design guys do this all the time. It would take forever to model a car in cad, I have spent about 25 hours modeling a bellhousing in cad, i cant imagine doing a whole car

[thesst]

Originally Posted by lutzTD

doubtful this was done in cad. this is hand drawn by graphic artists. I see our Industrial Design guys do this all the time. It would take forever to model a car in cad, I have spent about 25 hours modeling a bellhousing in cad, i cant imagine doing a whole car

Yes, I agree that this particular car appears to not be a CAD model. I was more answering the general "How do they do this." I imagine at this point most of the auto makers have templates for their most common parts, and adjustable "general" templates for other common parts to massively expedite the process. From scratch it would take forever...

[mobetta]

Originally Posted by bgkast

Anybody ever notice that the car on the cover of the Haynes manual is a Euro 300D Turbo with SLS? It also has a cloth interior and rear headrests.

slow day in the garage??

[bgkast]

Originally Posted by mobetta

slow day in the garage??

I keep a copy of the manual in the crapper.

[charmalu]

Originally Posted by bgkast

I keep a copy of the manual in the crapper.

I knew those manuals were good for something

Charlie