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Originally Posted by Ngang
So my team is looking to use CAD to build custom parts on the robot next year or even develop a CAD subteam. We figured that veterans on departments with light or close to no workloads during the early weeks of build season could model stuff that can't easily be built by hand.
Any tips on where to start, especially with what program(s), teaching methods, or how to practice CAD in the postseason?
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Solidworks and Autodesk Inventor are both excellent CAD programs to use in robotics. Both have free student versions of their programs that you and your team can use. I personally use Solidworks but they are pretty much identical in most regards.
You can find the signup for Solidworks licenses here.
https://www.solidworks.com/sw/educat...s-students.htm
I'd also recommend you familiarize yourself with GrabCAD and the GrabCAD workbench. GrabCAD Workbench and its app basically lets you share and upload CAD files with other team members. Its kinda like DropBox but specialized in CAD.
https://grabcad.com/library
As for training? Simbotics has a few good training tutorials you can get started with:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...JfAHsCVbe3fpXG
How you implement CAD into the team really depends on the machining tools you have available to bring your designs to reality.