Morphic Studies

AriLea said:

Yes, definitely I like sliding doors. Very much depends on the geometry of the body. For some shapes the sliders will involve too much weight or too much complexity. It works best if the body shape has straight horizontal lines, one along the top of the door, bottom and to the rear of it near the middle. And these need to be slightly longer than the intended opening.
The swing-ups are heavy, hard to seal, and require some internal space, but are very simple mechanically.

The alternative entry types I consider are,
Gullwing,(up)
Butterfly,(forward at 45degrees up)
Suicide,(backward, possibly at some angle)
Slider, (slide out or slide back, never slide-in for this platform)
Swing-Ups,(rotate up)
Clamshell,(or hatch, single hinge axis or multiple link arms)
Cockpit/Canopy-Slider, (high step-over)
Multiple-Segment-Folding,
Multiple-Segment-Slider,
Multiple-Segment-CenterPost(horizontal or vertical),
Lay-Flat.(down/inverted gull)
Hybrids of the above.

The Sam-Cree had a Multi-Segment-Folding with horizontal split.

And then there is an array of blind and visible hinge types.

Click to expand...