Rulebook release candidate 2 posted on the KVRC site - http://www.khamsinvirtualracecarchallen ... lenge-2015. No real rule changes, but extra wording was added to the K1.* rules concerning units, and how parts should be split and named before submitting. The option for submitting one half of the car has been removed since OCCFD now performs a simulation on the full car.
I don't anticipate any more rule changes, other than if changes are necessary to the submission process, etc.
One thing which may still need to change is the units of the supplied files. To make sure that any exported STL files are in the correct scale, you can open the STL in paraview and click 'apply' to display it. Then in the information panel, there is a section showing the bounds in the axes. If this shows something like -1 to +4 in Y, then the units are correct. If it shows something like -1e3 to +4e3 then the file has been exported with 1 unit = 1mm, and it needs to be 1 unit = 1m.
To export STL files from sketchup, I've been using an older version of the sketchup-stl plugin which doesn't provide an option for which units to use on export. When I export, it appears to use 1 unit = 1mm and so I need to scale the model down by a factor of 1000 before exporting.
Let me know if any STL files you are producing can easily be exported in the correct units, or whether you are needing to manually scale the model down by 1000 before exporting. If so, I'll scale down the guide files so that no extra re-scaling is necessary.
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