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1.2.4 - Stage 1C (Practice Mechanisms)

Objective: Model isolated FRC mechanisms and practice layout sketches, consistent origins, and COTS integration.

This is the last stage of basic CAD training. You can sketch, extrude, and transfer power. Here you model real robot subsystems.

Step 1: Open the practice exercises

Section titled “Step 1: Open the practice exercises”

This stage has 8 CAD exercises. Use the classroom workbench so mentors can review your layout sketches and assembly logic.

  1. Open the Stage 1C workbench.
  2. Review the 8 mechanism outlines, then complete them one at a time.
Enter the Stage 1C workbench

Step 2: Design standards

Section titled “Step 2: Design standards”

Read the FRCDesign introduction before you model. It covers two Team 2064 standards: layout sketches (one master sketch drives the model) and consistent origins.

Open the Stage 1C introduction

Step 3: Return checklist

Section titled “Step 3: Return checklist”
  • Every mechanism has a layout sketch on the Top or Front plane
  • Assemblies use standard content (bolts, nuts, and spacers) where it applies
  • Motion is limited with mate limits (an elevator slide cannot leave its track)
  • The assembly origin is centered so subsystems can be mirrored

Step 4: Final checkout

Section titled “Step 4: Final checkout”
  1. Name every part, and fully constrain every sketch (black lines, no blue).
  2. Click Submit in the Onshape Classroom.
  3. Tell a CAD mentor or your subteam lead that the portfolio is ready for Level 1 CAD sign-off.