How do you make a 5m long, 5 door passenger car fit a 3m long space frame racing chassis and still resemble the original car?

This was the challenge set to Wysiwyg 3D when approached by Aussie Racing Cars. (www.aussieracingcars.com.au)

Toyota TRD had approached Phil Ward of Aussie Racing Cars to have a Toyota TRD Aurion compete in his Aussie Racing Car category alongside the miniture Commodore and Falcon. The two requirements were that it looked “Better” than the other 2 cars and that it was ready for released at Indy 2009 on the Gold Coast.

Using 3D scanning technology, high end CAD and 5 axis CNC mills, the Aussie Racing TRD Aurion was born.

The term “Boys and Their Toys” applies only too well when you are the proud owner of a B186 Formulae 1 1986 Benetton Racing Car. Les Wright, a racing car enthusiast and proud owner of this historical race car.

‘Having the 3d laser scans makes all things possible, the transaxle is a complex design requiring not only external patterns but a large number of intricate internal core box's needed to cast a new transaxle, using the scans we can C and C all the items required for the foundry’.

Advanced 3D inspection software from Geomagic coupled with optical scanning technology is helping Italy-based Scuderia Toro Rosso improve the performance and reliability of its Formula 1 racing cars.

“There’s no doubt that the use of Geomagic Qualify has brought us a   number of very real benefits,” says Magaldi. “For a start, we are now more confident that parts conform correctly to what was designed. We are also able to inspect parts that previously we couldn’t inspect fully, either because we didn’t have the technology or because of time constraints or a combination of both of these.

Wysiwyg 3D is the master distributor for Geomagic and the certified trainer for Australia-New Zealand.

Case Study and pictures courtesy of Geomagic www.geomagic.com