Tribecraft AG wanted to develop a highly fuel-efficient vehicle for competition in the annual Shell Eco-Marathon. The company uses parallel development process using NX master model with all processes based on CAD models and NX system-level product control structure, referred to as WAVE technology, maintained assembly dependencies even through design changes with extensive freeform modeling and surface analysis capabilities helped optimize body design.
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