Getting Started
New To FTC?
Hardware/CAD Resources
CAD Cheat Sheet
Basic tips for using Autodesk Inventor.
3d Printing Cheat Sheet
Start using 3d printed parts on your robot.
GrabCAD Cheat Sheet
Use GrabCAD to track you CAD.
Rookie Hardware Manual
An overview of hardware best practices.
Blender
Blender Manual: The official guide to getting started with Blender.
Blender Guru: Tutorials for a bunch of really cool animations you can do with Blender.
Blender Stackexchange: For finding the answers to any problems you're having with animations.
CAD
Autodesk Inventor: Download a student version of Inventor for free.
GrabCAD: Analogous to GitHub, this program allows for collaboration and version control of our CAD.
Standard Screw Sizes: A helpful reference when CADing.
Machining
Thingiverse: Great website for finding parts to 3d print.
Autodesk Instructible: How to cut acrylic with a CNC.
Software and Strategy
GitHub Cheat Sheet
An overview of using Git and GitHub.
Software Workshop
All of the resources from our workshops.
Control System Cheat Sheet
Troubleshooting the control system.
Bosch IMU Library
The libraries we use with the Adafruit Gyro.
GitHub
Git Shell Cheat Sheet: More advanced git shell functions.
GitHub Pages: A guide to using GitHub to host your website.
Competition
FTC Forums: Diligently keeping up with rules and updates will ensure you don't ever get penalties you didn't know applied.
Scouting
Scouting Sheet
The forms we use when doing stand scouting.
Powerscore Scouting
A program to analyze match scores.
Our Scouting Data
Our current data from our league meets.
FTC Stats
Global rankings for all teams.
Data Collection
Scouting Template w/ Form: Template for using our scouting platform with an integrated Google Form.
Scouting Form: Google from to help get everyone on the team involved in stand scouting. Make copies to use yourself!
Calculating OPR: An overview of how Offensive Power Rating (OPR) works.
Data Visualization
Tableau: If you have a school email you can download this powerful data visualization tool.
Tableau for FIRST Teams: A guide on how FIRST teams can use Tableau to improve their scouting.
Project Management
PM Workshop
All of the resources from our PM workshop.
Gantt Chart Template
Template to make your own gantt chart.
QuadX's Team Plan
Our very own team business plan.
5096's Team Plan
Another great example of a business plan.
Team Communication
Trello: An online to-do list on steroids that you can divide into "boards" based on subteams, track progress, and more.
Slack: For team communication in an official setting, we use it for digital Scrum meetings when we cant all meet.
Scrum: A massive, in depth explanation of what Scrum is (daily updates on progress), how to run a meeting, and what you'll get out of it.
Engineering Notebook
QuadX's EN
Our online EN, update monthly.
How to EN: A Guide
Our presentation on writing good EN entries.
Marketing and Judging
Marketing Cheet Sheat
An overview of EN, communication, and business plan.
Other
Veteran Team Judging Resources
Chris Rake's presentation from Kickoff.