Freestyle Project #4 Porsched Perfection: Jayden’s Dream Car Logo! 12/6/25

I recently challenged myself to model the iconic Porsche crest in Fusion 360, driven by my love of the brand and a personal goal: one day, as an aerospace engineer, I’ll own a Porsche 911 and maybe even a Panamera. Tracing every curve of the shield, the prancing horse, and the segmented fields tested my patience and CAD skills like never before.

The process was heartbreakingly tedious. I imported a high-resolution logo into the Canvas feature, then spent hours fine-tuning splines and constraints to match the original proportions. Extruding the individual sections required constant back-and-forth between sketches and bodies, and applying fillets to soften edges meant reworking multiple features whenever a dimension shifted by even a fraction of a millimeter.

As I extruded the lettering and crest details, I kept picturing myself behind the wheel of a 911 on the runway or gliding in a Panamera between hangars. That vision fueled me through countless small edits adjusting antler angles, refining the horse’s stance, and perfecting the “Porsche” text across the top.

Rendering brought a new hurdle: getting the colors just right. The deep gold, rich black, and vibrant red of the Porsche crest refused to match my screen swatches. I tried tweaking RGB values, swapping material presets, and boosting render quality, but something still looked off. Has anyone cracked the secret to exact color matching in Fusion 360’s Appearance panel? I’d love to hear your tips on nailing Porsche’s signature palette.

This project pushed me to the limits of sketch discipline, parametric control, and color calibration. I can’t wait to carry these lessons into my next design though I’ll be thinking of the roar of a flat-six engine every time I hit “Extrude.” Share your color-matching tricks, and let’s all drive our CAD skills forward!