CAD Parts

Manufacturing-ready, cost-conscious parts that survived real-world fit and play testing. We kept to standard parts wherever possible to hold down cost and stock, and designed custom parts only where the rig needed them.

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Standard-first, custom where needed

Most parts in the simulator are standard, which keeps the cost down and avoids holding extra stock. Where a standard part would not do, we designed a custom one, mostly sheet-metal parts that needed laser cutting and bending. We designed around 34 parts of varying complexity. Most were flat laser-cut parts; the rest were formed sheet-metal parts, for which we generated a flat pattern with the correct bend deduction.

Manufacturing documentation and revisions

Once the parts were designed, we produced the manufacturing documentation. Every dimension had to close out, and each bend had to suit both the material and the nearby cutouts. Cutouts placed too close to a bend line can distort or crack when the part is formed, so we kept them clear of the bend zones and set every bend radius to at least the recommended minimum for that material. We made several revisions after the parts were fit-tested and play-tested on real simulators.

Part of Driving Simulator Design.