3D models

[roboticsperson]

Why do people make a 3D model of their robot?

[kmmohn]

CAD system

Why use CAD? Here are some thought based on 30+ years of engineering experience (long post). “D” is for design. Without doing any design, you are just tinkering. Granted, VEX lends itself to building tinkerbots with all the convenient hole-spacing and pre-engineered gear systems, but a little design goes a long way, whether it be on paper or by a CAD system. I’m older than dirt, and when I worked for La-Z-Boy for a few years, we built cardboard models of mechanisms pined with thumbtacks…

[kmmohn]

“Real world”:

Dankest Vex Memes?

Uhhh, maybe everyone who does any engineering for a living? We don’t build a single thing in my company without models and drawings…for example: [image] Is this: [image]

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just gonna do me like this bro? SMH. It was just a joke man.

Seriously though, my teammates can only build something if it is specifically designed down to the screw. So I have to CAD everything or I am the only one ever making anything. CAD can also show you design flaws that you would’ve noticed after you had built it.