xxsarahjwxx
08-14-2011, 05:20 AM
Hi all,
My university has finally given us permission to enter the UK competition in 2013 and in preparation, the team members are doing their 3rd year projects on various parts of the vehicle, just to get to know their area. These parts are not going to be used in the final design, it's more of a knowledge building exercise.
Anyway, I'm totally new to cars and FS so I apologise if I say anything that is total rubbish. I'm doing the aerodynamic design of an FS vehicle for my project and was planning on testing out different designs in a wind tunnel. I'm new to Solidworks as well, so to make it easier on myself, I was wondering if there was anywhere I could get an old model of a chassis (with wheels etc) in Solidworks, that I can just lay my designs over? Or if anyone would kindly donate a model to me? I will reiterate that these designs will NOT be used in competition and I just need something I can practice my designs on. Otherwise I have to design a chassis as well as the exterior and my supervisor already said that i just don't have enough time to do that.
I have of course tried googling and have searched the forum for help but couldn't find anything. I know people are not going to want to give away their models but I absolutely promise that it will never be used in the competition.
Any help/advice greatly appreciated!
My university has finally given us permission to enter the UK competition in 2013 and in preparation, the team members are doing their 3rd year projects on various parts of the vehicle, just to get to know their area. These parts are not going to be used in the final design, it's more of a knowledge building exercise.
Anyway, I'm totally new to cars and FS so I apologise if I say anything that is total rubbish. I'm doing the aerodynamic design of an FS vehicle for my project and was planning on testing out different designs in a wind tunnel. I'm new to Solidworks as well, so to make it easier on myself, I was wondering if there was anywhere I could get an old model of a chassis (with wheels etc) in Solidworks, that I can just lay my designs over? Or if anyone would kindly donate a model to me? I will reiterate that these designs will NOT be used in competition and I just need something I can practice my designs on. Otherwise I have to design a chassis as well as the exterior and my supervisor already said that i just don't have enough time to do that.
I have of course tried googling and have searched the forum for help but couldn't find anything. I know people are not going to want to give away their models but I absolutely promise that it will never be used in the competition.
Any help/advice greatly appreciated!