[ChrisH]

I used Inventor to do low resolution sketches for the initial design. So C-channels get modeled as square bars, motors might be just a cylinder slightly larger than actual size etc. The key here is to use the parameters to figure out the relative size of things then go back and do all of the detailed nuts and bolts.

I've started learning ProE, because we can get enough copies so everyone on the team can have one. Eventually we want to do everything in ProE.