[EricH]

Originally Posted by DanielBCR

Let me tell you, it's really frustrating when you make a part in CAD that works and makes system integration easy and then they put it in the wrong spot, making it a nightmare.

Ditto. Had a part in one of my drawings that had to go a certain way to avoid interference. It was welded on backwards. Ouch.

Actually, the CAD team (3 of us, 2 of whom had almost current data on what was being built) got some respect this year, in the form of "Can you do this for me?" At one point we had so many people asking that we had overload. Also, the CAD crew had some idea of what the robot would look like before most people did, so one day "Can you help me find a place for the battery?" from one of the electronics people. We used CAD to figure out approximate areas and interference zones, then headed for the frame (on a table nearby) to get a better idea.