(Please read): During this part of the car tutorial we will focus on the front bumper and adding all the details. To do this we will go over 5 tools: Offset Surface, Loft, Trim, Untrimmed, Round Tool, and Circular Fillet. The LFT (Loft, Fillet, Trim) process will be very repetitive and as the tutorial progresses you will become more efficient with the process.
1: Using Picture Reference:
Start by going to the front view so we can start drawing our curve
2a: Front Curve:
Draw a CV curve creating the desired shape. Make sure to finish the curve right where it starts. Once the first curve is finished, close the curve by going to Edit Curves - Open/Close Curve. Once the curve is done, rebuild it to have a better distribution of the Spans (For the small curve duplicate the original curve and scale it to fid).
2b: Front Curve (Modification):
Take the smaller curve and move it back just as it is show in the picture, once you have reach this position - parent the small curve to the bigger curve. Second step to do here is that you have to move the Pivot point to the left. This is easily done by selecting your curve and pressing the Insert key on the keyboard now you can move the pivot where needed
2c. Front Curve (Modification):
Now rotate the curve so the two ends of the curve are touching your surface as you are working with the pivots, it is very important to know at what pivot mode you are on, make sure you are the Object mode. The best way to know is by pressing the keys W (Translation) and E (Rotate) on the keyboard. As you are holding it down, left click and you will see a Hotbox menu pop out. Here is where you will be able to see what mode you are on and at the same you can switch to a different one if it is desire
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2d. Front Curve (Modification):
On pivot Object mode, move your curve away front the surface making sure none of the curve is penetrating with the surface.
