Racecar Design Using Solid Edge

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Title: Racecar Design Using Solid Edge

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Racecar Design Using Solid Edge

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Outline

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Fin-el History

Fin-el is a design and engineering firm in
Indianapolis that specializes in providing
services for the motorsports industry.
Began as the Engineering Department of US
Centrifuge in Indianapolis.
In 1999, Fin-el began operating as an independent
company offering a wide array of services and
software.

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Fin-el History

Fin-el is a design and engineering firm in
Indianapolis that specializes in providing
services for the motorsports industry.
Began as the Engineering Department of US
Centrifuge in Indianapolis.
In 1999, Fin-el began operating as an independent
company offering a wide array of services and
software.

1998 2nd Place Winner
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Fin-el Services

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Fin-el Services

Analyses
Finite element stress and vibration analysis
Motion studies
Virtual reality simulations
Computational fluid dynamic analysis
Visit our comprehensive web site at
www.fin-el.com for more details about our
services.

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Using Solid Edge in Motorsports Design

Fin-el uses Solid Edge as its core design
software to complete all of its design projects
because of its
ease of use
capabilities
ability to interface with a wide variety of other
programs
We will look at the FABCAR FDSC/03 design project
to illustrate these features

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FABCAR Project

We will look at following aspects of the FABCAR
FDSC/03 design project and how Solid Edge was
involved.
Overall Design Approach
Overall Workflow
Project Management
Body Styling
Component Design
Analyses
Manufacturing
Documentation

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FABCAR Project

Overall Design Approach
Establish a gatekeeper to manage the overall
design
Start the overall design using a top-down
approach
Incorporate bottom-up designed components
Use rendering throughout the design process to
enhance communication
Work with manufactures during design process to
ensure parts can be made within design parameters
Dont be too eager to cut chips

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FABCAR Project

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FABCAR Project

Project Management
Ensure all designers are properly linked to
network.
Establish a master gatekeeper of overall design
Establish a Master Part List file prior to
starting design
Establish folders in part storage vault on server
as desired
Establish a guideline to direct which fields
should be completed in the properties section for
each part and assembly
Using Insight ensures overall design remains
synchronized between all designers
Using Insight greatly simplifies the gatekeepers
job

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FABCAR Project

Body Styling
Execute initial body design in one part
Create sub-parts and use Boolean additions or
subtractions within overall body part file to
simplify modeling of complex geometries
Use Part Painter feature to give body par a more
realistic appearance
Create your own custom colors for items such as
lights and windows
Create separate parts for emblems and decals and
apply textures for realistic appearance
Dont forget to turn on Reflections and Textures
in rendering set-up

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FABCAR Project

Component Design
Begin by building a few part compound parts to
quickly establish a design flow
Construct or import files for vendor parts or
previously design parts to be used
Once the overall design concept is established,
start breaking compound parts down into
individual parts
Design connector parts such as brackets,
mounts, wiring and plumbing in place. Xpress
Route is an excellent tool for this

Insert a chassis bitmap image
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FABCAR Project

Analyses
Determine the optimum file format to import to
each analysis program
Determine which parts and assemblies are targeted
for each type of analysis
Stress and stiffness
Frequency response
Kinematic study
CFD
Heat Transfer
Save copies of each file to allow simplification
to be made to optimize the overall analysis
process
Save copies of these manipulated files in the
formats required for each analysis program bind
information to Part files through Insight

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FABCAR Project

Manufacturing
Use renderings of complex part and assembly
concepts to discuss manufacturing options before
finalizing the designs
Discuss formats/file types required by
manufactures early in design process to simplify
the transition bind information to Part files
through Insight
In addition to their native format, save parts in
file types required by the manufactures
Create associative drawing files of parts and
assemblies using SE Draft as required

Insert Upright Rendering
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FABCAR Project

Documentation
Use Exploded and Cutaway tools in SE Assembly to
create images and diagrams for manuals and
assembly/disassembly guidelines
Place views of sub-assemblies in SE Draft and use
the Parts List and Ballooning tool to easily
create associative BOMs
Use the Rendering tools in SE Assembly to create
photo-realistic image files for use in manuals,
sponsorship packages, programs, presentations,
proposals, and reports

Show an exploded view dft file w/ BOM
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FABCAR Project
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Racecar Design Using Solid Edge