Product Design: From Sketch to CAD
1h 17mIntermediate2017-08-03
Authors
Jean Gorospe
Working in the video game and product design industries for 15+ years
Course details
When you begin product designs with sketches, you need a repeatable strategy for moving them into CAD. This course takes your concept sketch through a workflow that begins in Adobe Photoshop, moves to Rhino for revision, and ends in Illustrator, where you finalize your model and prepare it for presentation. Each step maximizes the unique powers of each app: sketching and painting in Photoshop, modeling curves in Rhino, and coloring and labeling in Illustrator. Designer Jean Gorospe's tips help you retain the creativity and flexibility of sketching while taking advantage of everything CAD tools have to offer.
Learning objectives
Building and cutting out a silhouette in Photoshop
Drawing curves to match art in Rhino
Refining model details
Filling in color
Finalizing the presentation
Learning objectives
Building and cutting out a silhouette in Photoshop
Drawing curves to match art in Rhino
Refining model details
Filling in color
Finalizing the presentation
Skills covered
RhinoRobert McNeel & AssociatesIllustratorProduct and Industrial DesignPhotoshopAdobeProduct and ManufacturingDeep Dive (X:Y)
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Welcome
- 02 - What you should know
- 03 - Using the exercise files
1. Sketching the Concept in Photoshop
- 04 - Discussing the design
- 05 - Building the silhouette
- 06 - Sketching the blade and tip
- 07 - Cutting out the silhouette
- 08 - Roughly painting in color ideas
- 09 - Adding final details and notes
2. Revising the Sketch in Rhino
- 10 - Why Rhino over Illustrator
- 11 - Drawing out the curves to match the art
- 12 - Refining the blade and tip
- 13 - Refining the model's details
- 14 - Making the sections
- 15 - Adding the bubble text and exporting
3. Preparing the Model for Presentation
- 16 - Confirming the size and curves
- 17 - Filling in the color
- 18 - Finalizing the presentation
Conclusion
- 19 - Next steps