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So initially the software I got for solidworks worked, but it was the version for xp and I have Vista. It meant that I could only launch the program from the installer after an install.
So this past week I was able to virtualize a copy of XP inside Vista and then reinstalled it in XP and my problems are gone, and currently it runs quite well without any performance issues.
I think I have decided to change my mind about building a car for now though and decided to design an electric motorcycle in it's place. The are many benefits over car for doing this.
Simpler design.
Lower overall weight
Lower CdA.
All of which contributes to much significant savings for construction and shortens the design time.
The first thing I need to do is spec out approximations for weight and CdA so that I can estimate the battery pack watt-hours.
I think for now I will use google's web designer since it also hosts for free. I can post designs and images there and hopefully get some feedback here. However if anyone would like to get more involved in this and perhaps help create a site to run this (and I would like to advertising on the site to help fund the project) it would be great.
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