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Brilliant Method for Forming Compound Surfaces with FoamCore!

This technique is so good, you'll almost want to keep it a secret from your classmates

By Rain Noe - August 1, 2017

in Materials | Videos | Prototyping

I've always thought of FoamCore like sheetrock: If you score it you can get it to curve on one axis, but never two. Well, I've just been proven wrong.

Here in Part 3 of his FoamCore modelmaking tutorial series, industrial designer Eric Strebel demonstrates his clever technique for creating compound curves with the stuff. And interestingly, he came up with the technique while working on a project for a NASCAR team. Watch and learn:

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I wonder how this would work if he made the grid triangular, or if he made the back grid rotated by 45˚.

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