The Autodesk Top Five

[Robert Thacker-]

Hey, does anyone know when the top five are suppose to be announced? I know that FIRST is saying something like two weeks before nationals, but that's a little vague. Anyone know for sure?

[neslo89]

They will be announcing the top five entries of the Autodesk Inventor Award this year for all teams to vote for the best entry on the FIRSTbase site.

I have also heard two weeks before the nationals...nothing more specific than that as far as I know.

[pmax]

We are in the middle of the judging process now, and hope to make an announcement in the near future. My apologies I can not be more specific at this moment.

We have over 91 entries, and the competition is fierce this year. Great work everyone!

-Pete
Inventor Award Coordinator

[JaneYoung]

Originally Posted by pmax

We have over 91 entries, and the competition is fierce this year. Great work everyone!

-Pete
Inventor Award Coordinator

YaY

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by pmax

We are in the middle of the judging process now, and hope to make an announcement in the near future. My apologies I can not be more specific at this moment.

We have over 91 entries, and the competition is fierce this year. Great work everyone!

-Pete
Inventor Award Coordinator

91 out of 1300+ teams?
I thought the AVA was underepresented.
How dissapointing and perhaps a good indicator of this.
It would be interesting to see the collective record of the 91 teams who entered (and see how much larger their trophy case has gotten) because they used CAD to assist in designing their robot. A tool that was available to all teams! Not just the rich HAVES.

[JaneYoung]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

91 out of 1300+ teams?
I thought the AVA was underepresented.
How dissapointing and perhaps a good indicator of this.
It would be interesting to see the collective record of the 91 teams who entered (and see how much larger their trophy case has gotten) because they used CAD to assist in designing their robot. A tool that was available to all teams! Not just the rich HAVES.

so...why aren't teams participating?
any ideas?

[Alex Cormier]

Originally Posted by JaneYoung

so...why aren't teams participating?
any ideas?

Lack of know how, amount of time, skill? I think all have a reason for the amount of teams who don't submit. I'm sure there are many teams who use it to make stuff for the robot but don't submit.... hopefully.

[Daniel Brim]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

91 out of 1300+ teams?
I thought the AVA was underepresented.
How dissapointing and perhaps a good indicator of this.
It would be interesting to see the collective record of the 91 teams who entered (and see how much larger their trophy case has gotten) because they used CAD to assist in designing their robot. A tool that was available to all teams! Not just the rich HAVES.

Keep in mind that this is way up from just 57 entries two years ago, if I remember correctly.

Also, not all teams that use CAD submitted for the award. Teams use other software, or didn't see fit to submit for the award (such as 125).

[JaneYoung]

Originally Posted by Daniel Brim

Also, not all teams that use CAD submitted for the award. Teams use other software, or didn't see fit to submit for the award (such as 125).

Would it be worthwhile to put a poll in the General forum and ask for teams to post why or who not?

[Guy Davidson]

I know we used Solidworks and didn't want to move to Inventor in the middle of the season. Maybe next year.

[Lil' Lavery]

This is 116s first year submitting, but we have used it (and some other software) in the past without submitting for the award. Many other teams use AutoCAD, Solidworks, and other software.

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by JaneYoung

Would it be worthwhile to put a poll in the General forum and ask for teams to post why or who not?

It couldn't hurt to ask.

[Frenchie]

Team 469 is not participating because only one person on our team uses Inventor. The majority of the students use Solidworks and one of our mentor uses Unigraphics.

Francois.

[JaneYoung]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

It couldn't hurt to ask.

OK let's say we make a poll -
what are the questions?

Did you submit an entry for the Autodesk Inventor Award?

Yes

No

Please give reasons if you selected No

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How's that for starters?
Or do you want to add:
if Yes, how many years have you submitted?

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[Dan Petrovic]

We submit an animation, but no inventor submission.

We use Pro-E Wildfire simply because it's what BAE Systems uses and they can easily train students on it. Also... it's installed on all of the computers in the lab we have access to. Getting things installed on the school computers is a rough process and we'd rather not deal with it.

Sorry, Inventor.