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[Mike Schreiber]

Originally Posted by ttldomination

If you don't know how it works, how did you create the CAD in the first place?

The argument here is the base definition of pointless.

My argument is that if you say it goes this fast and they say how'd you get that number and you are stumped, what have you accomplished? You aren't getting that job.

The students who post well thought out designs with chain runs planned, ratios thought out, structural consideration, etc. are doing wonderful. They know how it works. I'm not saying you need every number, but if there's a number given it needs to be backed up. Pulling 11ft/sec out of nowhere is pointless. There are people who don't know how it works who are posting stuff. As Chris said:

Originally Posted by Chris is me

I've seen plenty of chassis CADed with gearboxes just dropped in place, without any thought to the gearing whatsoever. There are things you can make CAD of without understanding.

Chris' situation is what I'm referring to as the base definition of pointless. The students who learned mate and downloaded a bunch of stuff of AM...

Yes learning the basics of CAD is important. But there aren't many people who sit around and CAD all day without knowing anything about what they're drawing. There's a lot of those on CD.

As Adam said...A lot of "what" and very little "why"

Do I believe saying anything about these students posting random things will do anything? Not even the slightest.