Community Resources
CAD/OnShape
Onshape FeatureScripts, CAD organisation standards, and modeling tutorials shared by FRC teams.
CAD / Solidworks / Onshape
Section titled “CAD / Solidworks / Onshape”Onshape
Section titled “Onshape”- FRCDesign.org
- Onshape for FIRST Robotics
- The official free educator plan, plus CAM Studio, current season field models, and Kitbot and Everybot CAD documents.
- FRCDesignLib and FRCDesignApp
- Community maintained Onshape COTS parts library and inserter app, with vendor filters and configurable part visibility. The successor to MKCad.
- FRC FeatureScripts List
- Curated index of 40+ FRC relevant FeatureScripts organized by function - structure, power transmission, pocketing, and manufacturing.
- KrayonCAD
- Configurable simplified assemblies for rapid low detail robot architecture concepts during kickoff week.
- FRCBOM.com
- Live BOM and manufacturing dashboard driven by the Onshape API - parts, materials, processes, and quantities appear per subsystem seconds after a designer edits CAD.
- RoboChargers FRC#3005 CAD Class
- Free ten unit Onshape course pairing engineering and COTS theory with hands-on CAD lessons, structured for weekly offseason training.
- Greybots #973 - RAMP Tutorials (Solidworks and OnShape)
- CMP Conference Slides: Onshape Best Practices for FRC Design
- PenguinCAM 2.0
- CNC Router CAM for Onshape.
- High Fidelity Block CAD (FIRST Mentor Conference 2024 Presentation - Orion DeYoe)
Solidworks
Section titled “Solidworks”- How to get Solidworks for your team
- Simbot Solidworks Series
- FRC#1678: Advanced Solidworks
- SolidProfessor - Every FRC team gets a free account with their virtual kit of parts. They have very good CAD tutorials.
- Greybots #973 - RAMP Tutorials (Solidworks and OnShape)