Notes Design

In addition to offering some hints at Toyota's endless rise to world-dominating automaker, last week's Calty Design Research visit offered another sort of draw -- the opportunity to see some fun, expensive toys in action. Pictured above, top to bottom:

- The 3D CAD review set-up in action (see video here)
- Programming and running the "small" 3-axis CNC mill
- Vacuu-forming and painting a hubcap for a full-scale concept model
- One of several palette walls used to aid in color and finish selection
- Using a Leica 3D scanner to read a small hand-carved model into digital point-cloud data
- The room-sized 5-axis CNC where entire quarter scale (and larger) models are carved from blocks of REN. We weren't actually allowed to photograph inside the mill, but if you're curious...it was a car.

After the jump: bloggers in the clay studio.