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Originally Posted by Cl
Well, Id say the only thing an NDA guarantees is that the car maker can hold the 3D studio liable in case of a »leak« ...
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in theory, but that "leak" ca be anything from the 3D model, to simple information, or even giving their name as a client (if they really want to get anal)
I've known people do work for companies, and not been alowed to even speek of the projects for 4 years afterwards.
I have seen how a big company builds and tests the engineering data on big vehicles (ironically I cant say which because of an NDA) lol
all of the components are built in CAD, each worker will have a seperate section to do (eg cab, chasis etc), they are then all put together into one model, which is then exported into the simulation software that tests everything from suspension, heat wear, and movement stress on panels.
after that im not sure what happens, but my guess is they export a watered down version of the model into a raw format such as dxf and hand it over to the company.
I have worked with this method before, but for water valves rather than cars... I was given a dxf file, had to import it, "clean" the mesh (remove / turn bad edges, smoothgroups, mats), and then render some simple views of the valve.
it basically all works on how professional you are willing to be i guess.... a professional company would never put themselves into a position to get sued for every peny by handing out one of Fords meshes lol