who here uses autocadd to design their robot if not everyone

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Posted by Ken Patton.   [PICTURE: SAME | NEW | HELP]


Engineer on team #65, The Huskie Brigade, from Pontiac Northern High School and GM Powertrain.

Posted on 1/30/2000 1:49 PM MST


In Reply to: who here uses autocadd to design their robot if not everyone posted by Matt Dickhaut on 1/27/2000 6:55 PM MST:



We have used UG for all of our robots since we started in 1997. I am a closet UG user - its not part of my engineering job to use it, but I do anyway. Comes in handy in January and February...

I think its a huge advantage to be doing the design in 3D. One problem we occasionallly have is that people who aren't super comfortable with looking at the design in 3D (before we have hardware built) don't really come to grips with the design decisions they must make until they see it in hardware. So we try to take care to make sure everyone understands the CAD design.

Another thing: We've been able to write .dxf files directly from UG for the animators to use - it helps them create geometry quicker. Its not as smooth as it could be though, I've heard past animation teams say they models were too detailed for the animation anyway.

Ken