Summary

Congratulations on completing Stage 1B! Keep up the good work! Remember that practice and review are key - the only way to get better is to model more.

Here is a quick summary of what you have achieved in stage 1B:

Learned about speed, torque, and mechanical advantage
Learned the basics of motors, bearings, shafts, gears, chain and sprockets, and belt and pulleys
Learned how to model basic power transmissions
Learned how to use the Belt & Chain Gen, Shaft, and Part Lighten Featurescripts
Learned how to use the Origin Cube FRC functions Featurescript for chain and belt c-c's
Learned how to insert Standard Library components and mate bolts and nuts
Learned how to use the Replicate tool
Learned how to insert models into assemblies using the MKCad parts library

Again, it should be noted that Stage 1B is a very basic introduction to modeling power transmissions and some details were glossed over. Stage 2 will introduce how to design power transmissions - selecting motors and calculating optimal ratios.

In stage 1C, you will be practicing the skills you've learned so far by modeling a number of different mechanisms. These mechanisms will focus on introducing some COTS parts, refining CAD skills, and introducing more useful Onshape tools to use when modeling.

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