How to design a Ferrari: Italian designers use Alias/Wavefront software to put style and power into Ferrari's Modena 360 sports cars. (News & notable: CAD/CAE).

From: Product Design & Development | Date: November 1, 2002 | Copyright information

The Modena 360 is the first Ferrari to make extensive use of computers not only in the detailing of its main engineering specifications but also in the subsequent development of its styling.

Ferrari has been working with the Pininfarina Group, a leader in the development of high-quality cars, since the 1950s. Pininfarina's engineering division produced the initial technical drawings for the Modena 360, and then the company's styling and modeling departments developed and...

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