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Originally Posted by spc295
there is no rule that says we cant draw chassis in CAD Programs, we just cant start milling any of the drawings, or building anything yet.  |
FIRST has been pretty clear in stating that you should not be preparing any final, detailed, dimensioned designs (or fabricating final parts, etc) before the start of the build season. Both the referenced portion of Section 8.3.4 of the previous rules, and the entry in
Bill's Blog give information regarding this intent. But when you state, as you did in your original post, that "I have put way to much time into designing a universal chassis, and come Jan 3 I dont want to have to start over, or make any changes" then you make it unambiguous that is exactly what you are doing. FIRST's intent and those actions are obviously in conflict. Based on the advice from Bill's Blog, you might want to think carefully about just how much time you want to invest in developing a detailed final design that you may not be able to use.
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Originally Posted by synth3tk
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and that's what we, in the engineering world, call a completely unnecessary statement.
-dave
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