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Title: Cad
Post by: Jaryd107 on May 03, 2009, 10:33:21 AM

I'm new to robotics and I've heard you guys talking about Cad. I need a program to use to design my robots so I was wondering if you could give me some info on how to get Cad. ???

Title: Re: Cad
Post by: Canabots on May 03, 2009, 11:29:47 AM

Well, I'd say you should start with Google Sketch-Up (http://sketchup.google.com/download). It's Free and easy to use, and it also has an online warehouse so you can get pre-CADed parts instead of building them yourself.

There's even a Members Tutorial (http://www.societyofrobots.com/member_tutorials/node/70) about it on the site.

Title: Re: Cad
Post by: Jaryd107 on May 03, 2009, 11:39:42 AM

ok Thankyou so much!

Title: Re: Cad
Post by: Jaryd107 on May 03, 2009, 06:25:59 PM

Which Template do you prefer to use?

Title: Re: Cad
Post by: Canabots on May 04, 2009, 05:36:53 PM

Well, it all depends on the application, though I almost always use the Metric Engineering Template (because I find metric waaaaay easier than Imperial...but then again, that's the unit I grew up with...) :D

Title: Re: Cad
Post by: SmAsH on May 05, 2009, 12:45:58 AM

i like metric, but have gotten used to a bit of imperial too because of all the Americans on here...
metric has smaller units anyway...

Title: Re: Cad
Post by: Jaryd107 on May 05, 2009, 04:10:14 PM

Ok... so i designed my robot. Now, i want to make it to scale. I've read in the tutorial to just type in the numbers but it doesn't seem to work. What should I do. ???

Title: Re: Cad
Post by: Jaryd107 on May 05, 2009, 04:27:43 PM

(http://$50 Robot)
Trying to insert image sorry if it doesnt work :(

Title: Re: Cad
Post by: SmAsH on May 06, 2009, 12:24:21 AM

yeah, didn't work... if you are using google sketchup try drawing a square then click in the bottom right and type something like "12,15" and see if that works... to upload pics click additional options at the bottom of the typing box and click browse... but make sure its in a file format that is allowed.

Title: Re: Cad
Post by: Jaryd107 on May 06, 2009, 05:37:36 PM

Sorry... I guess the file isnt allowed to be loaded or whatever.

Title: Re: Cad
Post by: SmAsH on May 07, 2009, 12:48:23 AM

is it in picture format of google sketchup format?
i don't think sketchup files can be loaded onto here...
try exporting it as an image then loading it onto here...

Title: Re: Cad
Post by: Jaryd107 on May 09, 2009, 01:57:50 PM

ok