Quote Originally Posted by ehnriko View Post
Once the prototype is done - kahit 3D model muna - upload it to a video game to compare with cars of it's class - this way - simulated ang virtual environment and performance and feel nung design or concept. (again, this is a low approach pero - acceptable... FEA is more expensive... but necessary - ideal)

Pag - ok na... then have the 3D model CNC milled for life size model.

Magastos ito - pero necessary.
Finite Element Analysis has been available in the country for over a decade in DLSU. In fact the two cars (micro car projects) I had been involved back in college were simulated in FEA for crash and stresses.

Back then, we didn't even use 3D models nor had the need to upload to virtual video games. We made designs on paper and physical small scale models (to aid visualization of the design and parts interaction).

Using high tech tools are fine. But if you end up getting stuck with them and unable to proceed to the next step, then there is something wrong.


then another gastos is when the design engineers gets their assignments to develop each part and components - if there are about 500 major components - distribute these to possible manufacturers... qualify them, make a sort of bidding, supply them the blueprints.
And that is where we start to fail. We fail to make use of globalization. You keep on seeing the need to locally manufacture every single part down to the last component. Why reinvent the wheel when someone can make it to your specifications or better at a cheaper cost? All you need to do is look at re-branding and subcontracting.


then the Assembly engineering work steps in... to study how and what ways to assemble the car quickly in consideration or after consultation with supply chain management staff.
If you can't get a viable prototype off the drawing board, we don't have to bother with the assembly line.


This way - a concept car can be made cheap - the cost of the design and manufacturing process is one time only... the same platform can be used for more designs to come... Platform adaptation/ Technology... with most of the OTC parts can also be reversed engineered if they are simpler to bui;ld and are not exposed out of the cars body.

We did it for a lot cheaper with less technology a decade ago with a bunch of college students in less time. We didn't spend two years playing around with 3D models. We started cutting metal once the major parts were finalized. The prototypes made were never meant to be commercialized but as a stepping stone to something that might.