CAD Exchange?

[ZeroValue]

I am the main CAD and design kid on my team, and this is my first year. After seeing many awesome bots I have a idea:

As far as I can tell, every year you need to drive somewhere, pick up something, lift it, and place it somewhere else.

I have seen some very awesome Ideas for drive trains and lift arms, and I would like to start a CAD swapping thread where people can go to post their designs, look at other designs, and discuss the merits of each one.

Last thing: Lets try to keep everything in .step files so that everyone can participate.

I would like to start with a few Categories:

Drivetrain/Frame
Lift Mechanism/Arm.
Wheels


I will start it off with our 2008 Robot, Tatorbot2:

The base design for the Tator Lift.

The base design for the Tator Drive.

[ZeroValue]

Umm...Maby I am doing something wrong....
I wanted to start a thread whare people could share designs and learn about effective cad work, but no one has replied in over a week....

Can someone please inform my ignorance?

[Ed Sparks]

Originally Posted by ZeroValue

Umm...Maby I am doing something wrong....
I wanted to start a thread whare people could share designs and learn about effective cad work, but no one has replied in over a week....

Can someone please inform my ignorance?

Just give it a little more time. Right now, everyone is focused on the weekly competitions and the upcomming Championship.