Designing a Vehicle Interior in VR

The next step is to build out the main interior tub. Combined with the headliner, you now have the complete environment in which to sketch out an interior theme. 

 Assignment: Starting with your complete exterior model, design and build your main interior tub.

   Now that you have a complete interior environment, it's time to start sketching the main interior theme. I usually begin interiors this way, and working in VR gives you a real-time sense of space and scale. 

 Assignment: 3-5 interior sketches in 3D. Spend time in human scale, put yourself in the driver's seat and pay attention to the layout and placement of the main controls.

     Now you will learn how I approach seating design in Gravity Sketch using Sub-D. You'll see the contrast in shapes between a driver focused seat, versus a comfortable and luxurious back seat. I'm considering the possibility of making the single rear seat a VIP experience, with a table and foot rest. 

Assignment: Design and build your seating concept, based on your best interior sketch and focusing on the needs of your target user. Work around a human scale mannequin, paying attention to anatomy and ergonomics. 

     In this exercise you'll learn techniques for quickly developing the theme of the instrument panel and doors, in Sub-D using Gravity Sketch. 

 Assignment: Design and build the instrument panel, based on your best interior theme sketch. Pay attention to the placement of controls and displays for the optimum user experience.

     Adding layers of material to the seats, doors and instrument panel brings a much deeper level of realism and craftsmanship to your interior. 

 Assignment: Design and build additional interior details like stitching, seating upholstery, physical controls, heating vents and door trim.

      Quick spin inside and out of my final SL Coupe coupe concept, developed as a series of tutorial videos in our Gravity Sketch Certified courses.