[cadandcookies]

I was recently looking through some pictures of robots I took for research purposes, and I noticed a rather large variety of ways that teams will pocket their gusset plates for superstructure or chassis-specific components. I ran a quick search and the closest I could find to discussing this was the discussion of 100's offseason robot this year.

As a team that tends to just use rounded rectangles when we pocket our parts (gussets and frame members), I'm curious as to what reasoning goes behind what shapes teams use to pocket their materials, as well as whether anybody has noticed performance (weight/stability) gains from different lightening patterns (specifically regarding gussets, but I suppose it also applies to frame members and the like as well).

So, what pattern(s) does your team use for gusset plates, what materials/thicknesses do you use where, and what has your experience been with these methods?