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Old 10-10-2020, 06:04 PM   #137 (permalink)
sgtlethargic
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Originally Posted by freebeard View Post
You have a paid seat for Solidworks? If you had a computare at home, you could take Blender home on a thumb drive.
No. I've taken several Solidworks classes at the very local city college. I believe I have a current code to use the student version at home. The Sunswift article is good and talks about CFD with ANSYS. I wonder if Solidworks has (or has available) a suitable CFD function (I believe it does). With that I could draw and hopefully test different total car ideas to decide which direction might be best. For example:
  1. AST-based
  2. BOcruiser-based (solar car cruiser class)
  3. Rebodied Model T (similar to the one featured here at Ecomodder, highboy, open wheel with skirts)
  4. Modified '61 Ranchero
  5. Modified AMC/Hudson/Nash Metroplitan
  6. Modified '49-'53 Hudson (Hornet, Wasp, Pacemaker)
  7. LSR (land speed racing) pumpkin seed with a bigger passenger compartment
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