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Forge House Models - Road Safety Car Recent News ArticleChildren are starting to see the consequences of not being belted up thanks to a family that goes by the name of the Dims. In actual fact the Dims are not a real family and the fictional idea of Middlesbrough Councils Road Safety Officer Dave Milford, which has been brought to life thanks to Forge House Group, Darlington. The idea was gained from the memory of his old school teacher who used to fire chalk at (Dave) Milford and other classmates some forty-seven years ago. Mr Milford still says to this day that he never forgot the chalk or the catapult, the proof being the transformation of the chalk into the Dim's family. Today the catapult is the car and the chalk the family, and the purpose behind the model is to demonstrate to children the fatal consequences of travelling without a seatbelt. Without the aid of a seatbelt the family will travel down the ramp and smash through the window screen demonstrating the effects of not wearing a seatbelt. To demonstrate the safe aspect the officer shows the how the family will stay perfectly safe if they wear a belt.
Forge House Engineering - VAI Mill Stand - 3D Model in AutoCAD.
20 years ago, upon securing a contract for the design and detail of all pipework associated with a Steel Mill stand, the first job would have been to produce a scale model of the stand and foundations to allow the piping study to start.
For this project, the 3D extensions to AutoCAD were utilised to produce a virtual full scale model of the stand quicker and more accurately than could ever have been made with a physical model.
The model grows with the project, adding pipe supports, equipment and piping virtually as they are studied and finalised.
Clash, access and installation problems can be easily highlighted by studying the model.
The big advantage is that as the whole model is in AutoCAD, drawings can be pulled direct from this model increasing productivity and generating accurate drawings from any angle (including conceptual isometric views which are great for design reviews).
Forge House Engineering - Peterhead Powerstation - 3D Model in AutoCAD and Presented in Powerpoint.
The 3D facilities in AutoCAD were used here to graphically highlight the problems incurred during the installation of tube bundles in a large boiler.
By turning on 3D blocks made of the bundles in turn and extracting a snap-shot view of the model, a story-board was made showing the installation sequence that was planned at tender stage and which was enforced during construction.
These two storyboards were collated into powerpoint presentations that were used in meetings opposite lawyers, clients and engineers.
