• Chezy CAD is a virtual CADathon hosted by FRC Team 254
• Like traditional FRC CADathons, teams will be presented with a unique game challenge and will have a limited amount of time to design, model, and submit a solution that effectively addresses the challenge.
• However, Chezy CAD also pulls inspiration from traditional Hackathons, having teams present and receive feedback from experienced judges.
• The challenge presented will be for a single mechanism, not an entire robot, and the time allowed limited to a single weekend enables deeper analysis and feedback on specifics from judges.

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• Opening Ceremonies and Game Announcement
• Friday, November 20, 6pm PST - 6:30pm PST
• Submissions Due
• Sunday, November 22, 9am PST
• Submit a link to GrabCAD repository or Onshape link
• Presentations with Judges
• Sunday, November 22, 10am to 5pm PST
• 25minute, first-come-first-serve signups for presentations and feedback from Judges
• Closing Ceremonies with Award Announcements
• Sunday, November 22, 6pm PST

Ceremonies and judging held via Microsoft Teams virtual rooms, link to room sent to team via email included on signup

• Team size of 5 pre-College students
• Challenge is for a single mechanism, so limited team size is to ensure all students get full participation
• Lots of students interested? Register multiple teams!
• Adult mentor support is allowed, but mentors not allowed to attend judging presentations
• Teams need at least 2 students to attend judging presentation

• 4 rooms each with 2 professional industry adult mentors
• Each room has a minimum of 15 years combined FRC experience
• Judges are Mechanical Engineers who work at Auris Health Inc., a surgical robotics company in Silicon Valley
• Exact judging criteria and submission requirements will be presented during Opening Ceremonies on Friday evening
• Primarily emphasizing strong effectiveness, manufacturability, and performance metrics (weight, speed) with a bit of supporting analysis
• Less emphasis on aesthetics, excessive/unnecessary detailing, or “creative” but silly/less-performant designs

• $100, $75, and $50 prizes for top 3 submissions
• Extra non-monetary recognitions / shout-outs on our website and social media for top Aesthetics, Presentations, Analysis, and others