Thread: How do you know when to CAD vs draw up on paper quickly
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Re: How do you know when to CAD vs draw up on paper quickly
On 234, our manufacture and our CAD proceed in parallel paths. If there are complex mechanisms which require CAD before manufacture, we will do that, but again, only if required. This year, we have made an effort to keep the robot simple, yet elegant. Doing this has made it possible for us to build two robots for the first time. Admittedly, R2 has much fewer holes than R1

My advice...do what works for you. If you don't have the people/resources to CAD everything, you don't have to. The great thing about FIRST is that every team has such a unique identity...and they all work. Only in FIRST could so many answers to the same question be right answers.
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