paper: GUS Team 228 - 2009 FRC Robot "Gus 11" CAD Assembly

[Jamie Kalb]

Originally Posted by artdutra04

The only reason why there aren't too many sub assemblies is because I used folders to organize parts in Solidworks and used patterns whereever possible. There will most likely be more sub assemblies in our 2010 robot, as 2009 was the first year we modeled our entire robot and was a learning experience for us.

I see. I like to build CAD models in lot of small sub-assemblies, then put all those sub-assemblies together in one big assembly. The main advantage is that most of the time, you only have to work with a small assembly, rather than having to open up the whole thing to make changes. The downside is that if you move or rename a file, its whole sub-assembly starts complaining, and it can take a little longer to isolate the problem.

Once again, very nice!. I can't wait to see your 2010 CAD!