Digitizing motorsport vehicles with CADPen
Use case: Capturing chassis geometry for racing motorcycle suspension R&D
Workflow: DXF → CAD / simulation tools
For the development of new racing motorcycle dampers, accurate baseline data such as wheelbase, steering head angle and swingarm length is essential. With the CADPen, these characteristics can be digitized directly on the vehicle.
Optical markers are placed on the bike so the stereo cameras can be positioned freely around the vehicle. A sketch plane aligned with the vehicle axis is defined; all captured distances and angles are recorded and exported as single DXF.
3D geometries and additional sketch planes can be added to capture further spatial features. Using the CADPen – including the extended tip – you can easily touch recessed points such as axle centers or hard-to-reach frame nodes.
The exported DXF file contains all relevant lengths and angles needed to feed a suspension or kinematics simulation, providing a clean basis for designing and optimizing new dampers for motorsport applications.
(Software: Autodesk Fusion)
