Switching to Onshape
Like many teams we faced a tough decision in the summer of 2023 with the sunsetting of GrabCAD; switch to Onshape or find substitute file sharing software. After much consideration, testing, and speaking with others in the community we came to the conclusion that Onshape was our best path forward.
Onshape Training
For the 2023 - 2024 season, we relied on existing resources to train our team and couldn’t be happier with the results. You can find the general outline below, but overall we found that after the first 3 Steps, letting the kids learn Onshape and FRC design by designing single subsystems worked extremely well and we hope to refine our examples for next year:
- Intake (this varied from student to student)
- Hooded Shooter (similar to a 2017 ball size)
- CADathon (optional)
KrayonCAD
KrayonCAD is a project I worked on with other members of the community to simplify the Crayola CAD process. This project would not be possible without using Onshape and following in the steps of projects such as MKCAD. If you haven’t tried out KrayonCAD and you use Onshape, give it a try! We’ll be posting about it soon after kickoff as we explore various types of robot architectures.
