Datakit Supports Lesage Motors with CrossManager

Datakit provides Lesage Motors, a small start-up which is embarking on automobile manufacturing with thermal and electric versions of a small roadster dedicated to the pleasure of driving, with a license of CrossManager to allow it to import files in STEP format to SolidWorks. 

In a sought-after mobility market, a new car manufacturer's birth in France is a real event. Certainly, Lesage Motors is not a general car maker, but a niche manufacturer who favors the pleasure of driving by offering small roadsters typically in the lineage of the Morgan and other Lotus Seven/Caterhams, dear to our British cousins.



Thermal and electric versions
Embracing the motto of Colin Chapman, the famous founder of Lotus, "Light is right," he decided to adopt aluminum for the structure, which consists of bent, riveted, or glued sheets. Two engines are available.

• The thermal 01T, based on a Peugeot 225 hp engine found on the Peugeot 308 and 508 ranges. It propels this 650 kg car at 170 km / h.
• The other electric 01E couples a permanent magnet synchronous motor of 100 kW (136 hp) with a 50 kWh battery from the same source, thus offering this 950 kg vehicle a top speed of 150 km / h and a range of 340 km. 

The running gears use steel and aluminum double-wishbone suspensions designed by Lesage Motors, the hubs, discs, and brake calipers being standard parts on the market.

The bodywork is made of composite materials, which offer both lightness and freedom of style. In fact, Lesage Motors, who works with an exterior designer, intends to offer a different bodywork every two years. In addition, in conjunction with the designer, the customer will be able to tailor the decoration of his bodywork and his upholstery and rims.

The first prototypes are currently being validated, and mass production should begin in early 2021.

A small racy and elegant roadster that is offered in thermal and electric versions for less than 65 k €.

Import STEP files
It is the integration of external components and engines and working with partners, which requires the import of 3D files in STEP format into SOLIDWORKS. An engine represents 80 to 280 MB of data depending on its level of detail. CrossManager is also used to exchange data with specialists in structural design, as well as electrical schematics. Thanks to the use of CrossManager, Lesage Motors can better focus on its core business, designing vehicles that provide real driving pleasure, without having to worry about transferring and converting data.

CrossManager: convert as you want

CrossManager is a stand-alone data converter supporting 36 different formats, standard or proprietary, in reading and 28 different formats, standard or proprietary, in writing. Each input or output format requires its own license to operate. You can order a custom configuration by purchasing only the formats you need.

Two types of licenses are offered:

• The fixed license, which operates on a single workstation;
• The floating license, installed on a license server in order to be able to use CrossManager on different workstations.

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