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Originally Posted by Yov
By the way, I see there is a lot of 3d modeling involved in robot design, would 3dsmax7 be good for this?
Or should I start learning Inventor? :/
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Inventor is the CAD program, 3dsMax is the animation program.
If you are concerned about the design, learn Inventor.
That said, you don't have to model any of your robot. Some teams don't, some do. The teams that do tend to do better, but there are other factors involved. Such as the teams that are organized enough to CAD their robot, tend to be more organized overall. Other teams model only parts of their robot. 116 has modeled parts, but the only fully CADed part that I've ever seen get done is the gearbox, which because of the complexity is a very good idea. The rest have been drawn up, but not as an overall robot.
With Inventor, there is also the benifit of being able to share your CAD files with everyone here.
Wetzel