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Re: CAD Drawings?

Posted by Daniel, Student on team #192, Gunn Robotics Team, from Henry M Gunn Senior High School and NASA Ames.

Posted on 4/15/99 9:29 PM MST


In Reply to: CAD Drawings? posted by Rick Gibbs on 4/15/99 8:44 PM MST:



My team uses CAD for everything on the robot.

In the past, we CADed individual components before we built them, but we always turned out having bolts or even bigger parts conflicting with other components. We solved that problem this year by CADing the entire robot in one file. It was a basic three view isometric drawing and a HUGE headache. I was in charge of CADing on my team so take it from me, it's easy to burn out. I came VERY close. But in the end it was well worth it. The parts fit together, and the clearances were right. It was a dream come true.

Unfortunately, CAD doesn't take weight into account, so we had to take off a whole system at the end of the last week. But that's a whole different problem. ;-)

Anyway, back to the point: Use CAD. It is amazingly useful not only for the packaging of your 'bot but also for designing. I'd never do it any other way.


-Daniel


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