在老的汽车业有这样一种分类法:A面,车身外表面,白车身;B面,不重要表面,比如内饰表面;C面,不可见表面。这其实就是A级曲面的基础。
但是现在随着美学和舒适性的要求日益提高,对汽车内饰件也提到了A-Class的要求。因而分类随之简化,A面,可见(甚至是可触摸)表面;B面,不可见表面。
这是历史,是由来。
再说说现状。问别人何谓A级曲面,通常听到的第一句就是“A面啊,没有一个确切的定义,也没什么明确的标准,。。。”
这话倒是没错,A面即没有ISO,也没有ANSI和DIN什么的。不过各个核心企业还是有自己的标准的。
A面标准属于汽车企业的核心技术,很机密的。体现的是一个企业的设计水准和风格。
比如GM,标准的美式作风——粗旷,GM的A面标准要求在汽车业中属于比较低的。
相应的欧系和日系大厂的要求就比较高了。
还有就是专业的设计公司和配件模块供应商的A面标准属于高的。比如内饰大王Visteon和Lear,都有很严格的A面标准
CLASS A 曲面没有十分严格的数学描述也没有十分严格的概念定义
有个等于没有解释的解释:VERY SIMPLE AND VERY BUEATIFUL SURFACE。
1、一般CLASS A的阶次与控制点数目都不多,UV方向大概在6~8个控制点
2、单独一个CLASS A曲面在UV方向都保证曲率的连续性及变化趋势的一致
3、CLASS A曲面之间的连接至少满足切向连续
4、使用多种数学检验方法来检验CLASS A曲面,不应该出现视觉上的瑕疵。(如使用高光等高线来检验时,等高线连续且过度均匀间隙均匀。一般不太可能在一个视觉方向上出现多个高光点等)
这是外国对A级面的定义!
Our Understanding for Class A surfaces:
1. The fillets - Generally for Class A, the requirement is curvature continuous and
Uniform flow of flow lines from fillet to parent surface value of 0.005 or better
(Position 0.001mm and tangency to about 0.016 degrees)
2. The flow of the highlight lines - The lines should form a uniform family of lines.
Gradually widening or narrowing but in general never pinching in and out.
3. The control points should form a very ordered structure - again varying in
Angle from one Row to the next in a gradual manner (this will yield the good
Highlights required).
4. For a Class A model the fillet boundary should be edited and moved to form a
Gentle line - and then re-matched into the base surface.
5. Matched iso-params in U & V direction are also a good representation of class A.
6. The degree (order) of the Bezier fillets should generally be about 6 (also for arc
Radius direction) sometimes you may have to go higher.
7. We also take care of Draft angle, symmetry, gaps and matching of surfaces
Created with parent or reference surfaces.
8. Curvature cross-section needles across the part - we make sure the rate of
Change of curvature (or the flow of the capping line across the top of the part) is
Very gentle and well behaved.