Oliver Winterbottom Interview

[theelanman]

Don't know if this has been posted before.....
But just incase it hasn't

https://www.facebook.com/cardesignarchi ... 411286300/

[richardw]

Nice find!

Thanks for posting, Richard

[MetBlue]

Good watch.
Really relate to his latter comments about the benefit of CAD over a drawing board - or not. Being a dinosaur who avoided learning AutoCAD, I couldn't agree more. I met many 'designers' once CAD drawing came out who quite simply weren't. They just knew how to drive a software programme well. In my experience, if your not born with a design brain, don't become a design engineer.

Tony

[AndyD]

I'm with you on that Tony. I learned my trade on the board, then AutoCAD and latterly SOLIDWORKS.

Whilst the capability of the software is amazing, a lot of today's designers are software drivers, not Engineers in the true sense.

Unlike Mr Winterbottom who did indeed possess a true design engineer's brain and the fortunate we all are for it.

Andy

[richardw]

I tend to agree with you. I remember him telling me that a problem with CAD was that you couldn’t effectively visualise the whole design.

[bash]

One of the reasons I came out of being a design draughtsman was the arrival of computers. But, Adrian Newey still uses an 'analog' drawing board and it hasnt done him any harm.
Bash
Ps, Adrians book is a cracking read if you are interested in racing car design.

[AndyD]

+1 on the book, Bash. I really enjoyed it too.

Andy