The "What Are You Working On?" Thread

[Shaun Clarke]

@Kenny Paton I was only replying to a comment aimed at me. I wasn't negative, I wasn't abusive, I was mealy following on from a point of view.

I apologise if this went off topic. This was never meant to turn in to toxicity at all, it was purely a point of view.

If people have taken offence to this, then again I apologise, as I never want to / intend to offend anybody, never has been or will be my style. We are all here for one reason, and that's for sim racing, communication, talking, and being able to express one's opinion without the need for being slammed

 

[Kenny Paton]

I apologise if this went off topic. This was never meant to turn in to toxicity at all, it was purely a point of view.

It's not your fault, I'm just sad at watching a great thread turn into a battleground.

 

[Shaun Clarke]

It's not your fault, I'm just sad at watching a great thread turn into a battleground.

Sorry I joined late to the chat, I will shut up now, which will please a few

 

[garyjpaterson]

I don't really have a lot more than yesterday that I can show at this time, but I feel obliged to just post something!

Here, have some braking bits to go along with that nice wheel

 

[mclarenf1papa]

Maybe two in a row will get everyone back on track.

Changed the Acura's map a bit.

 

[movo.]

Third time's a charm. There's something pleasing about modeling rims/wheels.

 

[After_Midnight]

Maybe two in a row will get everyone back on track.

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Changed the Acura's map a bit.

Whatever it is I like the colors

 

[SunBro]

Maybe two in a row will get everyone back on track.

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Changed the Acura's map a bit.

I thought you were working on the open source perrin project? Acura hasn't been revealed yet.

Oh wait... Are you doing this to get physics ready just in case someone contacts you to make the acura?

 

[David Dominguez]

It's an aeromap in 3d, X and Y axis are front and rear ride heights, and Z the lift coefficient.

 

[mclarenf1papa]

It's an aeromap in 3d, X and Y axis are front and rear ride heights, and Z the lift coefficient.

Yes, though Z is percent of the reference lift coefficient.

I thought you were working on the open source perrin project? Acura hasn't been revealed yet.

Oh wait... Are you doing this to get physics ready just in case someone contacts you to make the acura?

I'm always working on quite a few cars (most for fun, others as commissions, some as IER projects)...I decided I'd do the Acura as a weekend project because they accidentally showed a bunch of their aero data in a promo video for the car, and I've been wanting to do a current-generation LMP2/DPi. Unless someone produces a model it won't be released.

Usually I wouldn't show this kind of work (typically very sensitive data), but since the source material can be found online anyway (though now you may have some trouble as they blurred it in the video) I'm making the exception.

 

[David Dominguez]

Yes, though Z is percent of the reference lift coefficient.

Right. I also prefer to work on percentages rather than showing totals, it's easier to understand the maps.

 

[CC]

od edit : this kind of language will not be tolerated on the forums

Third time's a charm. There's something pleasing about modeling rims/wheels.

My rims always look a little better the 3rd time around too lol

 

[CC]

Just so there is no more confusion , its payware

 

[eboo]

Nice anim, simillar to my calibra animation

 

[CC]

Nice anim, simillar to my calibra animation

that looks insane in the rear window

 

[GT VIRUS]

Chargingcar that needs a nsfw tag!

 

[stingray_SIX_TWO]

Maybe two in a row will get everyone back on track.

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Changed the Acura's map a bit.

Oh man that's screaming for a model. Especially with that funky double decker front splitter that Oreca 07 apparently has. It's always a bit confusing cuz the car is called Acura '05' but based on Oreca 07 right? Anyway thanks for sharing your clandestine services physics work

 

[stingray_SIX_TWO]

In the process of removing all the excess geometry of the model as most components have double walls required for manufacturing of the parts but for our purposes mostly responsible for bad shadows, texture distortions and artifacts. A lot of place the geometry of the inside wall actually protrudes out into the outside wall. Not sure if that is an issue with the export or something else.

As can be seen here:

 

[AccAkut]

In the process of removing all the excess geometry of the model as most components have double walls required for manufacturing of the parts but for our purposes mostly responsible for bad shadows, texture distortions and artifacts. A lot of place the geometry of the inside wall actually protrudes out into the outside wall. Not sure if that is an issue with the export or something else.

As can be seen here:

You could try "deleting" the excess meshes with the delete duplicates option. It will most likely mess up all the Normal you want to stay tho

 

[stingray_SIX_TWO]

You could try "deleting" the excess meshes with the delete duplicates option. It will most likely mess up all the Normal you want to stay tho

Thing is the walls are sometimes maybe 1-2mm apart but sometimes also 1-1.5cm depending on the component. I've researched this and between the option of rebuilding everything from scratch, finding a somewhat automated solution and removing the excess manually the latter turned out to be the best option.

I have applied the remove doubles (delete duplicates) in the beginning and even with increased tolerance it doesn't do anything.

I first planned on rebuilding everything but the fact is the base geometry of the model is not too complex. In my estimation after having removed the excess and using my own wheels/brakes and details (lights, windscreen wiper etc.) I'll come in at under 125k. Since this is all open source and the model is ready and available and @mclarenf1papa has done such an outstanding job on the physics I figure it best to conserve as much of the original unaltered design as possible.