Team Standards Design

[Koko Ed]

Our former lead teacher put up an interesting link that made me completely rethink using out team logo in our standard,

[dubiousSwain]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

Our former lead teacher put up an interesting link that made me completely rethink using out team logo in our standard,

Excellent presentation. I had forgotten about this, thank you for bringing this up.

[Foster]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

Our former lead teacher put up an interesting link that made me completely rethink using out team logo in our standard,

That was a really great talk, well worth the 15 mins. (Plus it's a gold standard in how you can do a great podcast)

I have to confess the first time I saw "Vexillological" I said "Yep, seen that, illogical designs of VEX robots, good to know there is a word."

Can't wait to see how simple and clean some of these designs will be.

[James1902]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

Our former lead teacher put up an interesting link that made me completely rethink using out team logo in our standard,

[COMPLETE TANGENT] This guy's podcast called 99 Percent Invisible is about design in all forms of life. Buildings, way finding, challenge coins, all covered. It's so good. Listen to this episode to get an idea of how it is if you're interested: http://99percentinvisible.org/episod...l-integrity-2/ [/COMPLETE TANGENT]

[JoshWilson]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

Our former lead teacher put up an interesting link that made me completely rethink using out team logo in our standard,

While I agree with the guy, and think it's amazing, I still think that the team logo and number should be present on the standards. Most teams are easily identified by their numbers, and the symbol pretty much defines the team. Also, most teams don't have any other forms of symbolism to add, making it very hard to do. Although I still think that everyone should keep it simple and clean, and shouldn't put to much onto the standards.

[guniv]

I dunno, I think MOST teams are gonna have their logo covered on their shirts, while their number is still gonna be displayed there on the drivers' station panel anyways. Having a cool, custom design for your standard seems like a no-brainer to me.

[PerryParadox]

I'm currently working on the standard for my team (paradox 2102) and i think its looking pretty good. Here's a link if you want to check it out, everyone else's is great too! https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5X...ew?usp=sharing

[GMeyer]

Our team designed this double-sided standard, with these dimensions. Also, just so Starwarsguy2 (and others) know, I've already started a thread similar to this one.

[Kevin Thorp]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

Our former lead teacher put up an interesting link that made me completely rethink using out team logo in our standard,

Excellent Ted Talk. Reminds me of the "Death by Powerpoint" tips for good design. Working in industry I keep seeing people that agree with these concepts in theory, but have some reason why the rules don't apply to them.

Check out the evolution of the Apple logo:


It's going to be fun seeing all the cool Standards at the Regionals!

[Linkathon1986]

This is our design that was created by our resident media department.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_S...ew?usp=sharing

[Chief Hedgehog]

Originally Posted by Linkathon1986

This is our design that was created by our resident media department.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_S...ew?usp=sharing

I love this design. Simple - yet easily identifiable. Always top notch work 2512!

[Elgin Clock]

What are you folks using for the actual vertical & horizontal poles to meet the 1/2" OD criteria?

No PVC pipe is exactly 1/2". The closest I found was very flimsy hot water tank material. (Pex).

I think I've finally come to the conclusion that we should resort to using 1/2" OD wooden dowels to meet all FIRST criteria.

Am I missing something or am I heading in the right direction??

[GeeTwo]

Originally Posted by Elgin Clock

What are you folks using for the actual vertical & horizontal poles to meet the 1/2" OD criteria?

No PVC pipe is exactly 1/2". The closest I found was very flimsy hot water tank material. (Pex).

I think I've finally come to the conclusion that we should resort to using 1/2" OD wooden dowels to meet all FIRST criteria.

Am I missing something or am I heading in the right direction??

I drilled a thru hole for 1/2" PVC schedule 40 pipe last night and 13/16" was a snug fit - pipe is measured based on inside diameter.

I suspect we'll see either be 1/2" dowel or 1/2" OD aluminum tubing from a lot of teams.

[bmire3206]

Originally Posted by Elgin Clock

What are you folks using for the actual vertical & horizontal poles to meet the 1/2" OD criteria?

mcmaster.com has a whole bunch of 1/2 in OD material you can look through including pvc.

[Elgin Clock]

Originally Posted by bmire3206

mcmaster.com has a whole bunch of 1/2 in OD material you can look through including pvc.

Not sure where you are stumbling across those.
Even pvc pipe named 1/4" is coming up with a .540" OD dimension.

I just bought some Oak 1/2" Wooden Dowels for use on ours, and we'll make a custom fitting to attach the 3 poles (2 horizontal & 1 vertical) together with our EXOCYCLE 3D printer we received last year through the FIRST linked donation.

I cringe every time I see the Standard criteria drawing since there really is no fitting to link 3 poles together like the way shown in the "sample".

I also think a lot of teams will (mistakenly) be making their standard out of "1/2in." PVC pipe not realizing it's the ID dimension, and not the required OD dimension.

We shall see...