ANSYS is proud to be the simulation partner of Formula Student worldwide. Being the sole provider of simulation software to the motorsport industry who works in all engineering disciplines, we’re in a unique position to help your team out and cans of Red Bull are just the start of that story.

We are also happy to offer you the same software as Red Bull Racing use for their car design. Please contact me for links to download full installation DVDs and also a DVD containing animated tutorials, full training material and other resources that will be useful to you in writing any thesis or paper that you’re basing on your work on your car.

In order to get the software working you’ll also need a licence file from me, and in order to make this file I need to know some details of the computer on which you’re hoping to use it. The details can be gathered using some software that’s on our website at the link below. Please download this, and fill in as much information as you can on the first screen, though you can leave the customer number blank.

Machine Information Capture tool: http://bit.ly/90Hdf3

Once you’ve got everything installed and worked through the training material on the information disks we’ll also be holding some free product training. At some point in August, September or October we’ll be running an advanced training day to help you use the software to its maximum potential. The training day will be held in Sheffield, on a date which is most convenient to as many of you as possible. In order to work out that date, I’ve started a simple meet-o-matic survey on which I’d like all of you to enter your availability, please enter as many dates as possible though: http://www.meetomatic.com/respond.php?id=FGIE0F

You are, of course, welcome to share this event with as many members of your team as you like. The licences are only intended for work on your car though, and you will all be asked to sign a declaration to this end during the year.