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[petek]

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[Stu Bloom]

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Originally Posted by petek

I really can't understand why my wife thinks I spend too much time on the computer and playing with robots!

Very nice detailed model Petek. My wife feels the same way but I don't have anything this cool to show for my efforts ...

[Matt Krass]

Is that CADed or 3DS Max/etc?

If its CAD, Inventor or SolidWorks or even AutoCAD?

and are models available?

[Francis-134]

Hey, that's mighty sweet. I would really like to see the entire robot when/if you are finished.

[Michael Leicht]

i am thinking that is Autodesk Inventor.

nice job on the parts.

could i get those parts for inventor to plan my vex robot ahead instead of testing and cutting the metal the wrong size?

amazing job.

[petek]

Get 'em while they last:
http://home.epix.net/~pkiesel/inventor/vex_parts.zip
There are just a few parts so far, but I'll put more up as I model them. They are in Inventor 10. And sorry, but I will not be creating versions with older revs of Inventor. Other caveats: the 60T gear isn't complete - I still have to do the curved slots, no guarantees on accuracy (let me know if you find errors).

My ISP is still living in the 90's (10 MB on their server) and there aren't many choices here in the wilds of upper Bucks, so this will only be up until the next time I need the disk space.

[Rich Kressly]

Hey, for those of you with server space and a hunger for Inventor Vex parts, I suggest you hop on board with Pete and offer to host what he models. FRC Team 103 won the Inventor Award under Pete's leadership and I know him well enough to say that if he gets a reliable offer, he'll probably be more motivated to model parts. Right, Pete?

[petek]

Originally Posted by Rich Kressly

Hey, for those of you with server space and a hunger for Inventor Vex parts, I suggest you hop on board with Pete and offer to host what he models. FRC Team 103 won the Inventor Award under Pete's leadership and I know him well enough to say that if he gets a reliable offer, he'll probably be more motivated to model parts. Right, Pete?

That's the Kres we know and love: commit someone to something and then ask them to volunteer! Yeah, I'll be making some more models, and if someone with server space wants to host them, fine with me. Is that a VEXCADlibrary kicking in the womb?

[Rich Kressly]

Originally Posted by petek

That's the Kres we know and love: commit someone to something and then ask them to volunteer! Yeah, I'll be making some more models, and if someone with server space wants to host them, fine with me. Is that a VEXCADlibrary kicking in the womb?

... I prefer the title "Facilitator"

Muhahahahaha

As long as I'm pushing buttons out there, why not REALLY press my luck and suggest something ...

Don't forget Sevaa's gracious hosting offer for FIRST related sites for free...
Boy would it be great for somebody out there to register a domain for a tiny sum through Sevaa (cough .... vexcadlibrary.com OR petesvexparts.com OR ...)

It looks like we've got 2-3 people here that would share the site creation/admin duties and I'm sure Pete's efforts will encourage others to get in on the fun...

[Greg Needel]

www.vexcadlibrary.com was just registered and will be up shortly.

[Rich Kressly]

Originally Posted by Greg Needel

www.vexcadlibrary.com was just registered and will be up shortly.

Greg, You rock!!!! Pete, tell your wife it's all my fault. She's used to that explanation by now ...

[petek]

Stay tuned! I'll be sending files to Greg to post on vexcadlibrary shortly - after I get done purging unused styles, etc. and compressing them. Following Greg's suggestion, we will post STEP as well as Inventor 10 versions to accomodate users of other applications and earlier versions of Inventor.

-Pete

[artdutra04]

Originally Posted by Rich Kressly

Hey, for those of you with server space and a hunger for Inventor Vex parts, I suggest you hop on board with Pete and offer to host what he models. FRC Team 103 won the Inventor Award under Pete's leadership and I know him well enough to say that if he gets a reliable offer, he'll probably be more motivated to model parts. Right, Pete?

I can probably permanently devote about 10-20 megabytes on my team's website to Vex Inventor parts by Pete. I am not sure of the exact size of the space on our server, but right now I have about 620 MB worth of files on there. Would 10-20 MB be enough? The parts so far are only 2.4 Mb, so a complete Vex Inventor Library shouldn't be too big.

Nice job so far on the parts!

[Vince lau]

what if you just use gmail? use it as a server? just send an email to yourself
just set up an account like VEX parts or something and have a password that you pass around

I have 100 Invites to give out, so if you need one let me know

[Greg Needel]

i will host them on my www.midnightinvention.com server...but if the bandwidth gets to high we will have to find other options.