AutoCAD / Concept Drawings for a (2008+) 2010 Caravan Camper / Vanlife / Travel buildout?

[jaybgood]

I have purchased a 2010 Grand Caravan SE with Stow and Go seating and I would like to build a conversion utilizing the space best as possible, figured with 10 years producing the same vehicle same dimensions hundreds of thousands if not millions of these vans have been converted some using AutoCAD. Hoping to get my hands on an AutoCAD design specifically to save me from doing dimensions ground up. Any files, concept drawings, recommendations or opinions that may help me in my build I would greatly appreciate. Thanks & happy travels.

 

[Autism Family Travels]

Funny thing, I don't think many were used. I would have loved a pop up top grand caravan with camper internals. Seems like a no brainer. Instead, recon were using nissan nv's. Never understood that one.

 

[M Rose]

I have purchased a 2010 Grand Caravan SE with Stow and Go seating and I would like to build a conversion utilizing the space best as possible, figured with 10 years producing the same vehicle same dimensions hundreds of thousands if not millions of these vans have been converted some using AutoCAD. Hoping to get my hands on an AutoCAD design specifically to save me from doing dimensions ground up. Any files, concept drawings, recommendations or opinions that may help me in my build I would greatly appreciate. Thanks & happy travels.

Sketchup has a great extension called 3-D Warehouse. 3-D Warehouse is a tool for sharing SKP files (similar to AutoCad, but a lot cheaper, and most times free). I bet you could find something in the 3-D warehouse.

 

[Autism Family Travels]

JayBgood, any updates on this?

 

[OTH Overland]

Jay, see below for a couple of links to sites that have 3d versions of the Grand Caravan, 4th Gen should be the same from 2008 to 2020 according to wiki page. Pretty pricey (around $100 or so), but usually pretty detailed and available in many formats depending on your software. A caution though - They make a nice model and look good, but can be hard to work with depending on who digitized them. Typically they have been done for gaming platforms and not design work and as such are usually 3d meshes or similar that are hard to section in AutoCAD to get usable drawings for dimensions. Hard to modify. I typically use them as a base model to add exterior accessories such as tire mounts etc that i am designing. Not much use for interior projects.

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3D model of Dodge Grand Caravan 2014

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As Mike mentioned above SketchUp does provide some models, usually a bit lower on detail but often free. There is a free 2010 Grand Caravan in the warehouse. If you have the pro version of Sketchup you can export the models into AutoCAD, but again they are not normal AutoCAD objects and can be hard to manipulate, likely easier to do in SketchUp. (I would be happy to export anything from SketchUp to AutoCAD if you don't have the pro version. Have added an image of the Caravan from SketchUp including a section cut of the level of detail on the inside. This model should allow you to model interior cabinets within SketchUp and put them in place. You can edit the model in SketchUp to remove seats etc.


There is also a site called the-blueprints.com that has 2d drawings of a lot of vehicles. They have a Caravan LE Just the 4 exterior views, but you can get it in cad format and works ok for exterior dimensions and creating elevations views of an exterior project. and its cheap these are usually around 20 bucks


Best of luck with your project