Background
For the Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant Formula 1 team, every millisecond counts – not just on the track but at every stage of the car’s life from design inception to the last race of the season.
It’s all about achieving the ultimate edge over the competition. Design teams must continually improve the cars performance:
- To create performance enhancing components
- To constantly refine and fine-tune
- To upgrade and replace parts
- To produce as many design iterations as possible
- To achieve aerodynamic enhancements
“We apply a creative and bespoke approach to every opportunity. Collaboration with aspirational clients and ambitious design teams is key to harnessing the knowledge and expertise required to create powerful yet pragmatic solutions.”
– Chris Brassington, CEO of ebb3
The Problem
Design-to-launch workflow is time-consuming in the motor industry. It takes up valuable development time and engineer resource.
Aston Martin F1TM use Dassault Systèmes CATIA V5 for projects.
To improve performance they introduced Dassault Systèmes 3DEXPERIENCE platform because:
- Parts design and analysis can be done in a virtual environment
- Design data can be re-used
- Engineers can focus on innovation
- Designs move directly from pencil sketches to CAD
- Development times reduce
Running CATIA V5 and V6 simultaneously was crucial in maintaining current project success. Aston Martin F1TM’s migration from Windows 7 to Windows 10 at the time added further complexity to the programme.
“We knew we needed a service provider with the expertise to bring together the right combination of new technologies which would pave the way for our digital transformation. It was crucial that our existing platform was uninterrupted during the rollout and through consultation with ebb3, we knew we were in safe hands.”
– Bill Peters, Chief Information Technology, Aston Martin Cognizant Formula OneTM Team
