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Obviously they use computers. My point is that Newley, (claims at least) to do his design work on paper. Which, is not that surprising. If you're good enough t

Obviously they use computers. My point is that Newley, (claims at least) to do his design work on paper. Which, is not that surprising. If you're good enough to have a draughtman digitize your designs for you, you're free to draw what you want on a five by four foot surface and not fiddle with a GUI and a 30?, 40? inch screen. Overnight they print you the latest drawing on the plotter and you're back to you doing you. Id live to have a secretary print me my work and then digitize it in the evening.

kingkongjaffa 4y ago
His name is Newey BTW. What you're describing is not how engineering is done. There's no overnight printing of the drawings. The 3D CAD models are designed and available in real time, they are used in various CFD and FEA models. The only time drawings are printed out are dimensioned production drawings sent to manufacture the parts. https://fractory.com/engineering-drawing-basics/ https://fractory.com/engineering-drawing-basics/ There are no digital draftsmen, it's sort of semantics but design engineers are working directly with parametric 3D models, they can produce 2D drawings from the models. As a senior engineer Newey is likely reviewing Wind tunnel data, CAD designs of concepts, CFD/FEA Data, laptime sim results, and collaborating "over the shoulder" of less senior engineers responsible for specific aerodynamic packages, who then feed that info in collaboration with design engineers and surface modelers to update the CAD models.
- sbaiddn 4y ago
  Im sure the workflow is complicated, just like you said. Im sure lots of Console licenses and Ansys licenses are being used. And yet here's Newey drawing on a piece of paper. And he hardly looks like a young chap in the 80s. Who knows, maybe this photo was for the cameras. Maybe he lies that he draws his cars to throw off the competition. But, for what it's worth he claims in interviews that he draws his cars in pencil. https://www.racetechmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-19-at-14.12.33-e1484835414730.png https://www.racetechmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Scree...

kingkongjaffa 4y ago

His name is Newey BTW. What you're describing is not how engineering is done. There's no overnight printing of the drawings. The 3D CAD models are designed and available in real time, they are used in various CFD and FEA models. The only time drawings are printed out are dimensioned production drawings sent to manufacture the parts. https://fractory.com/engineering-drawing-basics/ https://fractory.com/engineering-drawing-basics/ There are no digital draftsmen, it's sort of semantics but design engineers are working directly with parametric 3D models, they can produce 2D drawings from the models. As a senior engineer Newey is likely reviewing Wind tunnel data, CAD designs of concepts, CFD/FEA Data, laptime sim results, and collaborating "over the shoulder" of less senior engineers responsible for specific aerodynamic packages, who then feed that info in collaboration with design engineers and surface modelers to update the CAD models.

sbaiddn 4y ago
Im sure the workflow is complicated, just like you said. Im sure lots of Console licenses and Ansys licenses are being used. And yet here's Newey drawing on a piece of paper. And he hardly looks like a young chap in the 80s. Who knows, maybe this photo was for the cameras. Maybe he lies that he draws his cars to throw off the competition. But, for what it's worth he claims in interviews that he draws his cars in pencil. https://www.racetechmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-19-at-14.12.33-e1484835414730.png https://www.racetechmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Scree...