Solidworks

I was lucky enough today to find on some of our school pcs there is solidworks. i went through a tutorial and found it a really great product

hopefully ill be able to get a a student version free from school, just wondering how people make robot realted parts in it?

things like claws etc i have a basic understanding of the simple buttons am i aiming to far ahead?

any info or tutorials people have on this software would be good

Thanks Alex

Robotcombat.com has some of its parts in solidworks models

I use Solidworks everyday at the moment, if you have any trouble send me an email.
I would start with just modelling your components as simple rectangular or cylindrical blocks to start with. Thats usually enough to help layout robots and get rough ideas for weights of armour etc. Once youre happy with them you can add more detail to make them more realistic with fillets and cutouts etc.
There€™s some great resources online where you can just download ready modelled parts and it saves you loads of time:
http://www.teamrollingthunder.com/Solid_Models/body_solid_models.htmlwww.teamrollingthunder.com
http://www.3dcontentcentral.comwww.3dcontentcentral.com
http://www.teamvelocityrobotics.com/K2components.htmwww.teamvelocityrobotics.com
You€™ll learn a lot if you try to disassemble their files.

Heres whats possible if you go overboard:

http://www.teamvelocityrobotics.com/Final%20Huge%20Render.jpg www.teamvelocityrobotics.com/Final Huge Render.jpg (~7mb)

Umm...WOW!!!

Insane, nice one Mark:)

Unfortunately, I cant take any credit.

It was done by Kevin Barker from Seattle
( http://www.teamvelocityrobotics.com/About.htmhttp://www.teamvelocityrobotics.com/About.htm )

thanks Mark

that looks like a photo amazing skill thats must have taken a while

cheers

Sweet!!

very good

oi thats amazing im going to show my teacher at school and say can u do this u fool cus he thinks hes amazing on cad