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Originally Posted by Doctorwho
The other benefit of using CAD is that with programs such as Solidworks and AutoCAD you can go to the FRC website or other parts suppliers such as Andymark and download 3D CAD files of parts from the FRC kit or from the company's catalog.
On 467 we used a big plotter printer to print out 2-D CAD images which we then cut out and then attached to our sheet aluminum. The benefit of this is that we could more reliably make precision cuts and drill more precisely.
More precision= less wasted material= more money for other stuff.
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Agreed, Also solidworks and other Cad programs can calculate weight, stress, and other important factors. BTW, the programs are pretty close.
If you want to use the don't ask, don't tell logic about asking then you know it is wrong. - Steve W [more] 
28-09-2008, 18:27
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