3d models?

[Damelvin]

I heard that FIRST has already made 3d models of stuff that came in our robot kit, but I can't find them anywhere. This is the first year our team is trying animation and I am still trying to learn stuff. I doubt I will ever have time to learn how to create the 3d models. Does anyone know where I can find them or get tutorials on making stuff like that?

Also I think it is funny that FIRST said they got a contract deal with microchip to get a C-compiler software for free and that FIRST teams can only get them through a special URL that came with our manual. But I found on their front page for everyone to see a direct link to download that software.

[MConte05]

www.firstcadlibrary.com

[Damelvin]

This is all ladt years stuff I cann use it but is there any of this years or am I going to have to create them. I dont know how to use cad and autodesk but I am getting the basics of 3ds max any good tutorials out there on animation, texturing, modeling, and backround?

[Kevin Thorp]

If you have access to Inventor there's a 22 meg zip file of the "virtual kit of parts" on the Autodesk Streamline site:

https://projectpoint.buzzsaw.com/_bz_web

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