This vendor has lots of parts that we can use for our project. They are not part of the First(FRC) but do have the kind of things that we are going to need.
This is a FRC page that talks about CAD, It has a link to the Kit of Parts modeled in AutoDesk Inventor. It also has lots of other links CAD resources.
Main entry page to the 2013 Robot Builder Java code generator. We get this tool as part of the Java programming interface to the robot controller. It is graphical code generator written in Java. It will automatically create all the basic java classes and methods that you can edit to create the robot program. It also has built in code for doing the download to the robot. So when you run the code in the Netbean's IDE it will compile and upload the result to the robot. Very cool.
I like this system but during build season will need to be able to get ready for ordering quickly. Not sure we have funds to pre purchase any quantity of this based on the current funds available. Looks like a minimum of 5 days shipping unless we pay more.
Webbing to use in a pulldown wench. break point 1250 lbs for a 1 inch wide webbing. We can spring load an arm then use a small winch with this webbing to pull the arm into position. Fast and easy. Accurate with an encoder on the winch.