This is very interesting. Great that you have covered the organisational side of getting the project done, rather than jumping right into the stuff that may look exciting.
Usually the organisation stuff is not all that fun, but can make the overall project much more enjoyable. Good organisation can magically make more time and money appear.
Yeah I have heard bad things about the NSW experience. Would have been much easier doing this when I was living in the US. Homebuilt lightweight sportscars are more a risk to their owners than anyone else, and if they go through a proper process then I think they make way more sense on the road than a 2.5T truck. As someone passionate about building diy skills and attitudes there are some things that would be good to change in our governance.
Love the series so far Kev. I'm a UQR alumni (15-18) and have huge respect for the UWA cars of your time and ECU's cars were a great inspiration as well. A question I have for you is how you manage or plan to manage revisions/versions/releases without something like PDM. Do you do a zip of the project to create a snapshot when you intend to do a substantial release of parts for manufacturing? Are you doing a save as of files, changing the rev in the file name, and moving on? With the few personal projects I've done, I haven't struck the balance in the early phases where I might be sharing multiple iterations with collaborators. Looking forward to seeing more progress, I'm sure this sort of project has been on the minds of many FSAE alumni.
Great to have someone from UQ watching, love what you guys do. Working with a PDM definitely helps version control. There is an overhead to set it up though. I don't mind having separate files for major revisions, you never know when you might what to go back and take another look at an older design and maybe go in a different direction. So revision is in the file name. It does mean occassionally doing a part replace. I'm also quite okay with losing some of the part file history, I don't need a save state of every time it was modified. If some information is lost it is usually quick enough to recreate it. For backups every so often a pack and go zip file is saved. Hope that answers the question. A lot of progress doesn't make great video content, and I really want to try and use this channel probably more for showing the process rather than just be a progress tracker. This will be a multi year project. Happy to hear suggestions of stuff people are interested in, I have a working list of upcoming videos and I don't think there is a shortage of upcoming content. Also feel free to spread the word about the channel :) Formula Alumni of any team share a heck of a lot in common.
Nice one, its important to think wider. Data management, other people input. Thanks a lot. Going back to SolidWorks. Nice to see how to organize more parts.
I much prefer working in a team environment, where information management is vital to do well. By the time this project is done I'm hoping to have engaged a few people I know that are incredibly skilled in their particular areas, I just hope that I have built up enough good will beforehand :)
Awesome project. I'm just at the end of building a car of a similar concept over in New Zealand. Using SOLIDWORKS as well. I'm really looking forward to watching your car come to life.
This is very interesting. Great that you have covered the organisational side of getting the project done, rather than jumping right into the stuff that may look exciting.
Usually the organisation stuff is not all that fun, but can make the overall project much more enjoyable. Good organisation can magically make more time and money appear.
Great series. I got excited about ICV and then saw the WA Government header on the form. I am from NSW ICV is a dirty word.
Yeah I have heard bad things about the NSW experience. Would have been much easier doing this when I was living in the US. Homebuilt lightweight sportscars are more a risk to their owners than anyone else, and if they go through a proper process then I think they make way more sense on the road than a 2.5T truck. As someone passionate about building diy skills and attitudes there are some things that would be good to change in our governance.
Love the series so far Kev. I'm a UQR alumni (15-18) and have huge respect for the UWA cars of your time and ECU's cars were a great inspiration as well. A question I have for you is how you manage or plan to manage revisions/versions/releases without something like PDM. Do you do a zip of the project to create a snapshot when you intend to do a substantial release of parts for manufacturing? Are you doing a save as of files, changing the rev in the file name, and moving on? With the few personal projects I've done, I haven't struck the balance in the early phases where I might be sharing multiple iterations with collaborators. Looking forward to seeing more progress, I'm sure this sort of project has been on the minds of many FSAE alumni.
Great to have someone from UQ watching, love what you guys do. Working with a PDM definitely helps version control. There is an overhead to set it up though. I don't mind having separate files for major revisions, you never know when you might what to go back and take another look at an older design and maybe go in a different direction. So revision is in the file name. It does mean occassionally doing a part replace. I'm also quite okay with losing some of the part file history, I don't need a save state of every time it was modified. If some information is lost it is usually quick enough to recreate it. For backups every so often a pack and go zip file is saved.
Hope that answers the question. A lot of progress doesn't make great video content, and I really want to try and use this channel probably more for showing the process rather than just be a progress tracker. This will be a multi year project. Happy to hear suggestions of stuff people are interested in, I have a working list of upcoming videos and I don't think there is a shortage of upcoming content. Also feel free to spread the word about the channel :) Formula Alumni of any team share a heck of a lot in common.
Nice one, its important to think wider. Data management, other people input. Thanks a lot. Going back to SolidWorks. Nice to see how to organize more parts.
I much prefer working in a team environment, where information management is vital to do well. By the time this project is done I'm hoping to have engaged a few people I know that are incredibly skilled in their particular areas, I just hope that I have built up enough good will beforehand :)
Awesome project. I'm just at the end of building a car of a similar concept over in New Zealand. Using SOLIDWORKS as well. I'm really looking forward to watching your car come to life.
Thanks, I have been subscribed to your channel for a while. Looking forward to seeing how yours turns out.