FRC Simulator Features Ideas

[BXD Autodesk]

This summer, my fellow interns at Autodesk and I have continued the development of our FRC game simulator, known as BXD: Synthesis and are releasing a Beta in a few weeks. Synthesis applies robot code onto a CAD model. We will be releasing the 2016 version in a couple of weeks. We now need to know what features that you want to see in next year’s release.

Current Features are:

Robot Exporter, from Inventor
• Includes the capabilities of moving parts such as elevators, wheels, and pneumatics
• Includes varying levels of wheel traction
• Mecanum, Omni, and Traction wheel support

Field Exporter, from Inventor
• Can make your own field
• Includes the ability to change levels of friction for different parts of the field
• Includes game piece exportation

Simulator
• Includes diagnostic window
• Re-orient robot feature
• Driver station implementation
• Java and C++ implementation