I’ve been checking hte virtual kit of parts streamline repository and as far as i can tell its empty. Does anyone know when FIRST will put up the kit of parts. I really want to start modelling with their new gearbox and chassis.
~Ian
When Phil Dollan was giving his Training Sessions there was always a question asked at the end: “When will the Virtual Kit of Parts be posted?” The answer was always “Mid to Late Next Week” They are probably modeling them as we speak
what is the user name?
It was in the Email that was sent to you, hopefully. If you didn’t get it then the username is: (public)
Yes with the parentheses. No password
Man they need to get on it! I want them Files!
Well you can always draw the parts you want /need anyway… 
If you need them soon, get the parts you need and draw them!
well the big advantage of the digital parts for me, is that I don’t need the actual parts on hand. We have a limited number of hours in our lab and i’m not able to take parts home(i use a New York City subway) so i’m limited in my access to details. ah well i guess i can wait…
Most of the parts are still online from previous years. Look on the CD portal at the links. If they are not ther, PM me and I will post last year’s.
The 2005 VKoP is now up on streamline…
Just a heads-up that the posted VKoP is not complete yet, but a little birdie informs me that the parts from IFI (drivetrain system and kit frame) will be posted very soon.
Also, the flasher that is in the posted VKoP is the wrong one for this year’s competition - it is the old rotating beacon from 2003 and earlier.
This is the first year I’m doing the virtualbot stuff, so I have a feeling that I’m going to get an obvious answer to this question, but nonetheless:
Up on streamline? What/Where/Huh? Where do I find this?
Ah, very good sir. bows
I downloaded the VKoP from streamline but none of the files wold open for me. Do they require Inventor 8? We are running Inventor 5 becuase our computers are horible. :mad:
Unfortunately for you, yes they are in Inventor 8. You might be able to use the STEP files IFI has posted on their site (kit frame, wheel & trans). Much of the VKoP is similar to last year’s, though the fuse panel is new.
I did not see the Fuse Panel when scanning through the VKOP. Did I just miss it or is it there?
I got permission to install the trial of Inventor 8 on my home computer, but it crashes when trying to work with assemblies and some other comands. My computer is powerful enough though. The trial of Inventor 4 (Yes I know it’s old :o ) worked fine. Did this problem happen with anyone else? Or is there a work around to open the files anyway?
What are the specs of your machine? Inventor requires a lot of RAM, my machine is a 1.5 GHz Pentium 4 with 640 MB of RAM and 60 GB of free disk space, and it still bogs down after several hours of heavy assembly work 
. I can’t imagine working with less than 512 MB of RAM.
I too noticed that the fuse panel wasn’t in the Virtual Kit of Parts on Streamline. Maybe somebody will post one 
I have a 1.9 GHz AMD with 768 MB of RAM runninng Win XP. I could have large assembly open with shiny materails rotating with very little of slowing down in Inventor 4.
It doesn’t seem to be crashing becase I did too much, but that there is a problem with the program. Inventor just quits on me.:mad: Only when it crashed with a part tool did it give me a message about sending a report to Autodesk. Becuase we have dial up, I couldn’t sent it then with someone on the phone (not me 
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I would appreciate help so I can open the VKoP. We want to know exactly how heavy our bot is going to be.
Yeah, your computer should definitely be good enough. You might want to check your graphics card settings on the “Hardware” tab of the “Application Options” (under “Tools”) making sure it’s compatible and such.
If all else fails, you could try reinstalling, but I’m not sure what this entails as far as keeping your license. I’ve used Inventor for four years, and I’ve found it to be fairly reliable and crash-resistant in my experience. Hopefully someone else has more insight on problems like this 