Hi Frank, And that was 1978 that I did that. It was a LOT of work, but was used for, then newly developed, FEM demonstrations. Regards, Austin Original Message: ----------------- From: Frank Dernie Frank.Dernie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 20:26:33 +0000 To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [rollei_list] Re: TALES OF ANCIENT COMPUTERs Wow! that is truly impressive! I was the first person to use CAD and CAE in F1 racing. It took me an age to model the surfaces (that is when I learned to back-up often). We did not model the whole car then, just those areas where a 3-D model would allow us to reduce clearances in ways which would yield performance. The first car to benefit from this was the Williams FW11 of 1986. I used Calma and I-DEAS software at that time. Williams still use I-DEAS. best regards, Frank On 12 Jan, 2009, at 19:57, austin.franklin@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > BTW, I had an entire Lotus Europa digitized on the CADDS 3 system... --- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web.com ? What can On Demand Business Solutions do for you? http://link.mail2web.com/Business/SharePoint --- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list