Surface ModelingCATIAGenerative Shape DesignFreestyle Surface DesignImage TracingRendering
Dassault Falcon — Aircraft Surfacing
Enhance surface modeling and aircraft design skills in CATIA through a full business-jet exterior exercise.
Aircraft exteriors combine aerodynamic surfacing with functional geometry (fuselage, nacelles, empennage), which demands a broader surfacing toolkit than automotive or consumer work alone.
Using reference images, I recreated the exterior geometry of the Falcon through Image Tracing, Freestyle, Generative Shape Design, and Part Design, then applied materials and rendered the model for a realistic visualization.
Full exterior aircraft geometry built in CATIA combining Freestyle, GSD, and Part Design.
Used Generative Shape Design specifically for the fuselage and nacelle transitions, where Freestyle alone wasn't sufficient to control the surface geometry precisely.
Aerospace paint-finish materials applied for the render.
Controlling complex fuselage and nacelle transitions that Freestyle alone couldn't resolve, requiring Generative Shape Design.
Achieved a realistic, aircraft-accurate exterior surface model of a business jet.
Expanded my surfacing toolkit specifically for aerospace geometry — combining GSD with Freestyle is now a technique I reach for on any aircraft exterior work.