NURBS Car Body     by Casey W Frisbie

Constructing a Car Shell with NURBS

Step 2). Draw the bottom profile of the car using the add curve tool.
Toss in a few tires to help find the proper curvature of the fender wells. When in perspective view you can manipulate the curve in all axis.

Constructing a Car Shell with NURBS

Step 3). Draw the side curve or projection rail.
The projection curve serves as a guide when building the surface between the top and bottom profile curves. Imagine you're standing in front of your vehicle looking 
down the side. Each point on this curve will produce a patch after the birail operation.

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