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Originally Posted by Madison

I just mean to say that a lot of people design through mimicry and don't really seem to understand a lot of the 'why' behind the choices they're copying. The west coast drive is my favorite example since it's the thing that everyone here likes to model in CAD over and over again.

I think that, instead of modeling another iteration of a drive train, some folks could use a crash course in general, simple principles of design that can help guide them when there isn't a really prevalent, successful design for them to copy.

Amen. Thank you for verbalizing something I've been thinking for a long time. (Though, it is good that people are at least CADing something...)