[Michael Hill]

I do a lot of things in the offseason that helps to CAD faster during the season. I've built up a decent library of COTS components, all with proper material and mass details (gears, bearings, sprockets, etc) and corrected features That way I don't need to waste time going to vendor sites to download step files, fix them and look at bunch of boring grey components. Second, I do a lot of CAD practice in the off season making drivebase a, gearboxes, or other components. That way, all (or most) of the problems are already solved for the season for a particular design. Lastly, I watch a good amount of YouTube videos on new SolidWorks features and look out for things that can save time. Another good thing you can do is download other teams' CAD, not just to look at, but examine why they made the design choices they did so that you can apply them to your own design (but don't outright copy, that's not cool). A lot of problems in FRC that you'll face have already been solved, it's just a matter of building up a knowledge base that you can pull these solutions from.