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Originally Posted by Temper Metal
I would love to be able to draft out our entire robot in detail. The only problem is that I am the sole person using Inventor on my team. I have used it so far to test all of our individual ideas before starting on it. My question is how many of you use inventor to design rather then just drafting the results after the design is already made? I ask this with utmost respect for those teams that are able to do what I am not.
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I don't use Inventor (I use Pro/E, since that's what USC uses), but I did use it to design 1618's drive system this year. I took a few liberties (using an IFI 24T sprocket when I was using the kit one, "bolts" were a couple of extruded cylinders, I left out wheel spacers and chains, etc.). Truthfully, some things that I left off were more necessary than I thought...but it was a nice way to make sure what you think will work will work. Just keep in mind that at some point, you'll have to hit the export to reality button.