Protobot Beta 1.3 is now available!

No, its a Windows only app. Had you read the thread, you would have seen the first post says Windows. Farther down there is sadness over lack of Mac’ness support.

Windows apps do not run on iStuff. You could load it onto a Windows (not Linux) PC and then use VNC to let you use it from your iPad.

May be possible on Linux if you run it using Wine

According to other users it may work on Windows mobile phone, however, keep in mind it wasn’t optimized for a mobile / touch format.

Looks great! Definitely saves my team from my horrible drawings. Can’t wait for the Mac edition.

@DaveG! I hadn’t checked back on this project but just found it again with worlds on :slight_smile:

It would be awesome to get the VEX disks and roller added to Protobot to help teams model around the new game.

This is a cool tool! Is there any way to bend objects like plates?

I want to build an X Drive using your program, but I need 45 degree gussets to make it. So can you make the next update have gussets.

Also when are you got to release the update (1.4).

Any update on the mac download?

Are you going to make an export function?

You can click save as and then share the file anywhere you’d like, unless you’re talking about still file or something of that sort.

I’m talking about a .stl file you can open in other programs

I’d like to see a measuring tool and a parts list on protobot. Otherwise, it’s a great software and I look forward to continue using it.

See LDcad VEX

Looks like an awesome toot. I have installed it for one of my students and she tried it today, after following the tutorial. She has used LDCad Vex for IQ before, so she’s got enough experience with tools like this, but one thing we couldn’t figure out was how to fix both sides of a standoff.

Think of a drivebase half with two C-Channels spaced by 2" standoff. The tool has happily attached a standoff to one of the C-channels by a scree (so they formed a ground), but while it has automatically aligned the second C-channel using the move tool, the second screw, which nicely popped into the place, failed to turn the added parts into the same group. How can one fix the C-channels on both sides of a standoff?

@DaveG : Pretty amazing in its simplicity and ease of use. Thank you. One request:

Can you please add the new (? not sure if new but I just saw them) 48T and 72T high strength gears to the options?

Also, if you have any spare time, could you add the new “antistatic” omni wheels? VEX has the CAD files on the site. They are skinnier and have holes for mounting stuff.

Thanks!!

Hey nenik!
The current version (Beta 1.3) has a bug related to standoffs where you can’t connect objects are both sides. This is going to be fixed in the next version (Beta 1.3.1) expected to release in early June!

Thanks, cool!
Would you happen to have a public bug tracker of some kind?

I love the software! I just started using it a few days ago and found it to be for the most part very user friendly and fun to build with. However, I am trying to make an X-Drive and there is no 45 degree angle bracket. I used a 2x1 and angled it but this messes with the spacing so it is no longer accurate. A few more pieces like this could go a long way.

He is going to add them in the next version

really cool software, but im struggling to delete screws and the grouping system does not seem to work. I place screws through holes of 2 different C - Channels, but they dont stay together. does grouping only work for non c-channel parts?