pic: Another concept study

[cgranata]

Originally Posted by Tom Ore

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With what program did you make this with? About how much money is it to have the program and how much skill is needed to create this?

Our team is looking into this kind of designing.

[Tom Ore]

Originally Posted by cgranata

With what program did you make this with? About how much money is it to have the program and how much skill is needed to create this?

Our team is looking into this kind of designing.

I used Creo Parametric 2.0. It's free to First teams. It does take skill but no time like the present to start learning.

[cgranata]

Originally Posted by Tom Ore

I used Creo Parametric 2.0. It's free to First teams. It does take skill but no time like the present to start learning.

Does this program come included in the Kit Of Parts? Or must we request it separately? Also, how do you get FIRST pieces into the program (ex: the CIM motors, omni wheel)?

[Tom Ore]

Originally Posted by cgranata

Does this program come included in the Kit Of Parts? Or must we request it separately? Also, how do you get FIRST pieces into the program (ex: the CIM motors, omni wheel)?

Start here:

http://www.ptc.com/company/community/first/

[Siri]

Originally Posted by cgranata

Does this program come included in the Kit Of Parts? Or must we request it separately? Also, how do you get FIRST pieces into the program (ex: the CIM motors, omni wheel)?

I don't see the FIRST KoP on there (Tom's PTC link), so I'll just mention that you can get the files from Autodesk FIRSTbase (you want the STEP format if you run Creo). AndyMark and McMaster-Carr also have a lot of CAD files available for their products.

FIRST teams have access to a lot of free CAD software: Autodesk Inventor, Creo, and SolidWorks, at least. You can do things like this in any of them, if you practice! People here would be happy to help you (but you'll want to find/make the relevant threads).

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And now back to our regularly scheduled ogle-at-octocanum thread. This is gorgeous! I never even thought about doing a concept study like this; brilliant insight. What's your cylinder bore?