For this next part we are going to approach the making of the headlights. To start the surface is not just going in one direction, it is going around the surface, making it a little trickier to do the trim. On this case we take our surface and we make it live (see next step for details).
30a. Make Live
Select the surface and go to the top, looking for a red horseshoe shape - click on it and automatically your surface becomes live, we know it is live because it will turn green. Now that our surface is live it will work as a magnet to the curve what we want to draw on it. Once you are done just click on it again to go back to normal mode.
31.Draw Curve on Surface:
Following the shape of the headlight draw on the surface using your front and side view feel free to move the CV’s around as well rebuilding the curve till you get the needed shape. Don’t delete the history on the curve because we are not done with the curve yet.
32. Headlight Duplicate Curve on surface:
With the curve selected g o to Edit Curves - Duplicate Surface Curve. Now it has made a duplicate of the curve but the different is that the curve is not constraint to the surface.This tool can also be used on isoparms
33. Headlight Move CV’s on Curve:
Offset the curve to find the profile, Take your time doing this, move back and forth between the two curves to create a clean loft. Once you are done with this part you can delete the history on the curves, Duplicate Surface Curve on the constraint curve and undo the live action.
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34. Headlight Curve Result:
Now we have two Curves one flowing on the surface and another offset to the surface but with the same number of spans.
