- CAD – Websites, hints, tips
- Naming Convention
- Why CAD? Let’s build.
CAD Tips
CAD- Websites, Hints and Tips
teknigroup.com/tutorials/Inventor/Parameter-iProperties.html This link shows how you can automatically bring a size into a part description. – Neat! Finally figured out how to make a dimension drive an entire assembly. *ugh* ( I love ProE) Create an excel file. Create a name, and a value. Link this excel file in with Parameters. Dynamic Inventor bumper frame created. …
Naming Convention
A good idea is to have a common naming system. http://www.caddmanager.com/CMB/2009/06/cad-standards-file-naming-convent… I’d like to recommend that we use subsystem prefixes- So all files associated with the drive base would be named DR-. For example DR_side_rail Drive base DR Hang H Ball Control BC Shooter Sh Try to get the name right to begin with. Moving …
Why CAD? Let's Build.
For many members of the robotics team is having to CAD (designing a component in a Computer Aided Design program) a piece before building. “Let’s just do it, and then we can CAD”, “I want to start fabrication, enough of this”. And the worse part, after CADing, the piece is then placed onto the virtual …