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From car design to car construction

Now that you've aerodynamically refined your car design, it's time to transform it into an actual, physical car. This is a two-step process:

• CAD to CAM: You convert your CAD file into a CAM (Computer-Aided Manufacturing) file that can be read by a CNC (Computer Numerical Control) system.
  
  UGSNX, Pro/ENGINEER and other CAM software programs prepare CAD designs for automated manufacturing processes by enabling toolpaths to be plotted over complex 3D shapes.
• CAM to CNC: The CNC system shapes the balsa wood block into a physical car based on the design specifications in the supplied CAM file.

As teams are unlikely to have a CNC system at home or at school, several universities and third-level colleges have agreed to make their facilities available as Make Centres for F1 in Schools teams.

 

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