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Re: FRC pocketing

There are times where pocketing is the best practice, and some times when you don't need it. There is a reason steel bridges are built with beams that have space between them, and not thinner-but-of-equal-mass plates. If you are optimizing for weight, your best bet is to add structure that provides support only where you need structure, and not support every load in every direction, because that would be what I would call egregious. Sure, sometimes a solid plate can be the right decision (under the right circumstances), but to say that either you should pocket everything or nothing is extremely misleading for 99% of teams.
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