Creating the 'American Design' for Motorcycle Aficionados

Automotive Design & ProductionVol. 117 Nbr. 03, March 2005

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Foraxis Design Solutions LLC and Confederate Motor Co are working to capture "true American design" for the ultimate American machine -- an American motorcycle. But not just any American motorcycle. It is Confederate's latest bike: the Wraith. The think3 9.0 product suite consists of three products; thinkdesign, thinkteam, and thinkID. think3 Inc is one of the first hybrid modeling kernels that lets designers work in 2D and 3D, and work on wire frame, surface, and solid models in the creation of complex shapes. thinkID capabilities helped Confederate and Foraxis halve the time it took to take the Wraith from concept to completion. Confederate and Foraxis solved the problem of moving the weight of the bike forward and maintaining the bike's design by creating by creating a fuselage, a large flat piece of sheet metal folded around the underside of the bike and bolted to the backbone.

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Creating the 'American Design' for Motorcycle Aficionados

"There's a true American design. We've just gotten away from it," says Brian case, president and CEO of Foraxis Design Solutions, LLC, (Pittsburgh; www.foraxis.com), a three-year-old industrial design firm, speaking about working with Confederate Motor Co. (New Orleans; www.confederate,com). They're working to capture "true American design" for the ultimate American machine-an American motorcycle. But not just any American motorcycle. It's Confeder...

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