I continue to try out different ideas. And new toys! I downloaded the Polycam app to my phone and took a LiDAR scan of the interior of the van. I wasn't sure it would work well so I didn't completely empty out the styrofoam boards of a cabinet mock up I was making so the result is a little "lumpy". But it was worth the low amount of effort and cost to get the result. I didn't sign up for the subscription for Polycam, so I could only export as a .gltf file, but there was a workaround using free 3D printer slicing software (Cura) to read that file and export it in a format the the design software I am using Fusion (also free for personal use with limited storage). My goal was to see how cramped things would be if we added two coach seats behind the existing driver and passenger seats.
Here are images of the concepts I was working on today. I added an L-shaped extrusion to the murphy bed platform so it can rest on the edge of the full depth counter on the opposite side. Older versions had the Murphy platform resting on the side rails of the bench seat, so the countertop over the bench seat couldn't be full depth. I also made front to back length of the bed 70", which overlaps with the sink/fridge unit. It allows for a bigger mattress, but the mattress will cover up part of the sink when in the bed arrangement.
Bed stored, bench ready for use. The bikes would normally be out of the van on a trailer mounted hitch. This layout just checks that bikes can be put in van easily for city parking.
Bed stored, countertop over bench down for food preparation.
Bed ready for sleeping.
" re is a different version that increases the mattress length to 80" to be the length of a regular queen size. This allows two people to sleep with their bodies fore/aft in the van instead of side to side. The side to side dimension of the van's walls is on 71" and I am 69" tall. Many Sprinter owners buy bump out sections with windows, but then it is obvious it is a camper van and you can't do stealth camping (and it costs more money to buy the bump outs ;) ). The first image is with the 70" long bed and the second is the 80". The 80" bed results in even less room to go behind the added coach seat, so to get to the back you have to walk in front of the coach seat and then between the two back seats.
Here is teh 80 inch concept with the LiDAR scans. The first one shows (roughly) how close the murphy bed platform gets to the ceiling.
Here is a side view. One image shows how the scan picked up the backside of the existing drivers seat. The second image shows that I placed the drivers side in about the right position.
