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Re: Discussion: Release Team Field Drawings Early

I think releasing the field drawings early is a bit of an unnecessary action, but there are steps FIRST should take to lessen the burden on teams in years where the field is especially complex. As many people have mentioned, the field drawings have to be correct, easy to interpret, and easy to make wood* versions of. Oftentimes, the people reading these drawings have no experience in drafting or CAD or have even seen engineering drawings. I know FIRST HQ is an extremely busy place, but it might help if they created a series of videos of building wood versions of field elements with hand tools and the resources available to most teams. If they release this with the slew of materials also available to teams on Kickoff, teams might be able to create field elements much more similar to what they'll actually see at a competition.

Some have mentioned releasing a bill of materials for the field elements early. I think this could also be helpful, as teams can go ahead and buy materials over Christmas break and be ready to go for game reveal.


*I realize some teams build field elements out of other materials, but I'd say the vast majority of teams that need help building the field elements are building them out of wood.
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