I was just wondering so I could make a model of my bot before I waste time building

[image] team1532B: The reason we are gonna loose the time is because the 6th graders can no longer travel with us and are getting their own time in the club. That and our schools program manniger said we couldn’t bring parts home early when our new coach asked. This is a universal challenge -…

Autodesk Fusion 360 and Inventor are good options with community-provided part libraries. They can both be downloaded for free as a student [image] VEX CAD Fusion 360 Parts Library Release Log VRC Version 1.0.0 Aidan and George from @thirddegree , @andrewef2000 ,…

Here’s a thread from a few weeks ago: RobotMesh Studio with New Chrome Versions - #9 by kmmohn You’ll find general information about all the available CAD systems with free educational licenses (you don’t need to limit yourself to Fusion and Inventor) in this document: CAD for VEX Robotics.pdf - G…

I would highly suggest OnShape. It is very intuitive to use and it can run on almost any device as it is run in a browser. Also, education accounts are free. The one downside, is that you will not be able to render your CAD in the program. But, I think OnShape may be developing that.

Here is a link to a video training series about using Onshape for VEX Robotics:

Inventor, Fusion 360, and Solidworks are incredibly good software as what I heard. I highly suggest one of these if you want to learn CAD, and you should check out the CAD discord server for github repositories and CAD assistance for these. As for me, I am working on learning Fusion 360. But if you …

Another option is Protobot. It’s very basic but imo much easier to use than robot mesh. [image] Protobot Beta 1.2 is now available! (Windows version delayed) VEX V5 General Discussion Hello! Protobot Beta 1.2 is now available for public beta testing! Head on over to http…

[image] Bob132: Another option is Protobot. It’s very basic but imo much easier to use than robot mesh However, it’s not finished- the next beta should be coming out in the next few weeks. [image] Protobot Beta 1.2 is now available! (Windows version delayed) VEX V5 General Di…

I will vouch for Fusion 360 as being pretty amazing. Great features, easy to work with, and excellent for collaboration across users. It may be a bit much for a beginner though. I have used Inventor for Vex modeling. It was fine. Similar to Fusion, but without the cloud-based storage that really ta…

Ok, I am going to put my head out here - good 3D modeling programs should NOT be limited to computer/digital medium. Learning about drafting and technical drawing by hand may seem bizarre to do now, but really it is a good practice to engage in and will allow you evaluate the digital tools better. …

this is very useful but where do you get the part diagrams

Are there any good 3d modeling programs

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Another option is Protobot. It’s very basic but imo much easier to use than robot mesh.