Dassault Systèmes’ ‘3D Design Challenge’ won by 3 Indian Designers

Pune, India – Dassault Systèmes named Ayush Agrawal, Atharva Dingore, and Kiran Nikwade from India among the winners of the ‘3D Design Challenge’. Individuals were encouraged to demonstrate their 3D talents by precisely creating a 3D functioning model of an invention from Leonardo da Vinci’s codices in real-life dimensions using the company’s CATIA, SOLIDWORKS, or xDesign tools.

Five winners were chosen from 45 projects based on how accurately their entry matched the original codex, how well their 3D modeling and mechanics articulated the movements intended by Leonardo in his original sketch, and how readily their submission could be 3D printed. Each winning creation will be 3D printed and featured in ‘The Inventor,’ the new animated film about Leonardo from Jim Capobianco, the Academy Award-nominated writer of the Pixar film ‘Ratatouille.’ 

The five winners are, Alain Dugousset (France) - swing bridge; Ayush Agrawal (India) - paddle boat; Atharva Dingore (India) - cannon; Daniel Deoreo (France) - paddle boat; and Kiran Nikwade (India) - car.

Project submissions and voting took place in the Open Codex Community, an open online community built by Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE Lab that allowed nine jury members to report on each design and provide insight on its strengths, weaknesses, or why it was chosen. Jim Capobianco was on the jury, along with representatives from Foliascope, Château du Clos Lucé - Parc Leonardo da Vinci, Curiosity Studio, CNAM, Ultimaker, and Futura Media, as well as technical experts.

Argentina, Brazil, Canada, France, India, Italy, Pakistan, Turkey, and the US were among the countries that submitted projects. The paddle boat was the most popular codex, followed by the cannon, the Archimedes screw, the swing bridge, the roasting jack, the car, and the crane.

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