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Explore
Your Workshop
Open the CAD app for the first time — learn to orbit, zoom, and find every tool you'll need.
Start Module →Five phases, fifteen modules. Each one builds on the last until you've got a real robot gearbox.
Learn the tools and start drawing
Open the CAD app for the first time — learn to orbit, zoom, and find every tool you'll need.
Start Module →Lines, arcs, circles, and constraints — the flat shapes that become every 3D part you'll ever make.
Start Module →Turn sketches into solid 3D objects
Connect two parts with a joint, learn about degrees of freedom, and see how real mechanisms work.
Start Module →Round sharp edges, hollow out shells, cut patterns, and mirror features to polish your parts.
Start Module →Pick the right materials, set tolerances, and design chassis plates and brackets that survive the arena.
Start Module →Assemble moving systems that actually work
Ground your first part, stack on joints, check for interference, and run motion studies on a full robot.
Start Module →Spur gears, worm drives, linkages, cams, and the drivetrains that make robots move.
Start Module →Name your dimensions, link them with equations, and watch one change ripple through the whole design.
Start Module →Manufacture, present, and document your designs
Go beyond boxes — loft, sweep, and sculpt the smooth, organic shapes that make a robot look professional.
Start Module →Apply real materials, set up studio lighting, and render images so good people think you built it already.
Start Module →Create the flat, dimensioned views that a 3D printer, laser cutter, or machine shop needs to build your part.
Start Module →Design for 3D printing, CNC, laser cutting, and sheet metal — so your parts come off the machine right.
Start Module →Advanced techniques and the final project
File naming, version control, team collaboration — the habits that separate hobbyists from professionals.
Start Module →Run stress tests, find weak points with FEA, and let generative design create shapes you'd never imagine.
Start Module →Design every gear, model the housing, assemble the full system, and prove it's ready to manufacture.
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