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Originally Posted by cxcad
It's a huge step in the right direction and I applaud your effort.
I would recommend perfecting the lift and drive, no embellishments, because it's important to take small steps as you learn. Nothing spells disappointment like over reaching. However, I would recommend designing for flexibility, so that improvements can be made once you have time or see the need to.
Do you have ME mentors with CAD experience? CAD-ing is one thing, but designing is another. Furthermore, I recommend consulting with your sponsor so that your parts are easy on them. Remember, they are giving you an expensive service for free.
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We don't have any mentors with current CAD experience. Our main mentor has a lot of paper drafting experience and experience with older versions of Autocad.
Our waterjet sponsor is pretty awesome. He has a pretty crazy machine at his place from what I hear. Is there anyway to make them easier?
I have also been helping him convert .STEP files into .dwg files for cutting. Apparently thats a big problem for him, and with solidworks it only takes a minute.