This is a very informative page on the FRC website. It list everything that you will need to know to build our robot. A must read for all team members.
Autodesk is a big supporter lf first(FRC). They are a diamond member. ie 200k to 500k per year. They offer free CAD design software for the students. Be sure to watch the main video. It shows one of the guys from MythBusters showing how CAD works for designing our robot. This page also has links to other important resources.
Go to this page and create an account. With this account you will be able to access the Autodesk 360 cloud services. With these services we can share our design and collaborate with other people using tablets, browsers, cell phones, etc.