New Offseason Build

[Sperkowsky]

Originally Posted by cxcad

It's a huge step in the right direction and I applaud your effort.
I would recommend perfecting the lift and drive, no embellishments, because it's important to take small steps as you learn. Nothing spells disappointment like over reaching. However, I would recommend designing for flexibility, so that improvements can be made once you have time or see the need to.

Do you have ME mentors with CAD experience? CAD-ing is one thing, but designing is another. Furthermore, I recommend consulting with your sponsor so that your parts are easy on them. Remember, they are giving you an expensive service for free.

We don't have any mentors with current CAD experience. Our main mentor has a lot of paper drafting experience and experience with older versions of Autocad.

Our waterjet sponsor is pretty awesome. He has a pretty crazy machine at his place from what I hear. Is there anyway to make them easier?

I have also been helping him convert .STEP files into .dwg files for cutting. Apparently thats a big problem for him, and with solidworks it only takes a minute.