Car design begins with designers’ sketches. Once the designers have narrowed down some ideas, sculptors make one-third-scale clay models of their drawings. One design is eventually chosen to pursue.

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Clay modeling is a meticulous process that involves modelers and designers working closely with one another, repeatedly redoing the details of car and truck exteriors.

Case in point: clay modeling. CAD drawings are critical to engineers to help keep the timeline in check, but there’s no substitute for a three-dimensional representation of a vehicle in development.

Ford announced it is now recycling almost 2,300kg of its modeling clay each year. Despite digital design technology, the automaker still builds full-size clay models of its vehicles. "We are ...

Despite advances in industrial-design software, executives at companies such as Ford, Chrysler and Toyota still want to see full-size physical models before committing to production.

From sketch to sculpture Clay modeling is a meticulous process that involves modelers and designers working closely with one another, repeatedly redoing the details of car and truck exteriors.

Clay modeling is a meticulous process that involves modelers and designers working closely with one another, repeatedly redoing the details of car and truck exteriors.