August 22, 2007
CONCORD, Mass., Aug. 22, 2007 – A monstrous vehicle developed in SolidWorks® 3D CAD and COSMOSWorks® design analysis software and used to detect and remove mines in troubled areas around the world is an “actor” in the recently released “Transformers” movie. Force Protection, Inc. designed its Buffalo Mine Protected Clearance Vehicle (MPCV) to be a lifesaver, but the vehicle’s resume now boasts a Hollywood part as the evil Decepticon Bonecrusher.
Already deployed globally and in use since 2003, the Buffalo MPCV several months ago made a trip to the DreamWorks movie studio where engineers and creative artists inspected the vehicle, which is 27 feet long, 10 feet wide, and 13 feet tall. It has a long hydraulic arm with a rake attachment that can scoop up roadside explosives. The studio’s creative designers constructed a digital model of the vehicle used to put the Bonecrusher
in motion.
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