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Originally Posted by DevenStonow
By that logic, should teams release any CAD of their robots ever? 2011, in essence, had a basically identical task to 2007; if another tube hanging game comes up should all CAD from 2011 be released? Same thing for 2006/09/12 and even this year and 2014, with very similar tasks
The only ones being hurt by a team "directly copying part for part" Ri3D/Build Blitz is that team themselves for not testing their personal design abilities. To everyone else, CAD being released is just a cool, fun thing to look at, or to just closer view a certain mechanism.
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Sure it is bad logic if you assume time doesn't matter. With CAD models from teams they are either too late in build season to be effectively copied or are released without any idea of how the final robot will actually perform. With CAD models from previous games the game objects are different enough that designs would have to be changed and there is still end game to think about. If the CAD files are really released just to be cool and fun as you said, is it worth harming the learning experience of other teams for your fun? Yes, it is the teams choice to copy but it is also Ri3D to allow teams to copy. I think how much copying they allow should be evaluated.