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Originally Posted by Billfred
My theory: It lets them know if they're being too conservative with it or not. If you slam your frame into fifty cinderblocks without so much as a ding, perhaps you can afford to get a little crazier with it for the competition robot. But if your robot caves in by so much as breathing on it the wrong way, then it's time to dial it back.
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Even in prototypes weight is always an issue. How much material can we eliminate? How will the drive react to the frame? With the ablity to download autodesk files to CAM and to estimate weight with autodesk this really helps us in not always starting over completely at times.