CAD Archive Terminal
A reading room for donated CAD files and design reviews, browsable online so every revision stays where a student can open it.
Why CAD belongs in a museum
A finished robot shows what a team built. The CAD shows what they were still arguing about a week before competition: the pocketing they removed, the frame member they doubled, the version that would have been lighter and did not survive inspection.
The terminal holds models at multiple revisions rather than a single tidy final export, because the interesting part of engineering is the edit history.
Access and licensing
Files are donated with permission from the teams that produced them. Students and mentors can request access to study a model; commercial reuse is not granted through the museum.
Every model in the archive is credited on this page and in the file metadata, and a team can ask for a model to be withdrawn at any time.
More from this program
Chassis Study No. 4
A bare aluminum chassis plate kept unfinished on purpose, so visitors can read the drilling pattern, the countersinks, and every mistake in the metal.
Read the entryThe Wiring Wall
A harness pulled from a retired competition robot, mounted flat so the zip ties, strain relief, and last-minute splices stay visible.
Read the entrySix-Wheel Drive Train
A complete drop-center drive train on a floor-mounted plinth, wheels still carrying the rubber scrubbed off at a district event.
Read the entry