About the challenge
The CAD Challenge was created to help aspiring designers gain experience in creating products. We are a team of UC Berkeley engineering students who are passionate about helping our fellow students gain practical, real-world product-designing experience using CAD software.
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Requirements
What to Build
Create a quality of life invention to help mitigate a common problem you’d face. Design for convenience, and design as if it’s a product you would market to others. Also, create a short video (2–3 min) or slide deck (3-5 slides) pitching your product to us/explaining how you made it.
Submission Requirements
A more complete description of what each deliverable should include is on our website: https://sites.google.com/berkeley.edu/the-cad-challenge/competition-guide.
Your Project can be as detailed as you like- note that Projects are visible by the public- but ***judges will only be considering the "File Upload" in the Additional Info section.***
As your File Upload, upload a ZIP file containing the following folders:
1. Create a folder titled "CAD FILE". Upload all .stl files and assembly files that are required to open the CAD for your project.
2. Create a folder titled "RESEARCH DOCUMENTATION". Upload the .pdf of your 1-2 page documentation. Your documentation must include all AI prompts used; this will not count towards your page maximum limit. See website for more details on the AI policy.
3. Create a folder titled "PRESENTATION". Upload ONE of the following: a) an .mp4 that is 3-5 minutes of length, OR b) a .pptx or .pdf that is 3 slides long (+1 title slide permitted).
Lastly, during submission, you can choose to opt into the Mittens Award, presented by Digital Odyssey, if you believe your project supports robotics/programming/streamlining workflow.
Prizes
1st Place
AOPS: $25 off programs redeemable on AOPS webstore (up to 4 recipients)
Polymaker: 3 codes for $50 USD on the us.polymaker.com store
Digital Odyssey: Free website + 3 months free hosting + 50% on monthly hosting ($60 ---> $30) (1 ticket for each member)
2nd Place
Digital Odyssey: Free website + 1 months free hosting + 50% on monthly hosting ($60 ---> $30) (1 ticket for each member)
Polymaker: 1 code for $50 USD on the us.polymaker.com store
3rd Place
Digital Odyssey: 3rd place: Free website + 50% on monthly hosting ($60 ---> $30) (1 ticket for each member)
Polymaker: 1 code for $50 USD on the us.polymaker.com store
Mittens Award
Digital Odyssey: Free website + 6 months free hosting. 1 ticket for the team. Digital Odyssey x FTC Mittens sponsored award/plaque.
All Participants
Camfer: free software
Autodesk: free swag for all
Balsamiq Cloud: free 30-day subscription
Moodfit: free 60-day subscription
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Rishab Melkote
Maya Sriram
Manlin Zhang
Sora Wongsonegoro
Nicole Guan
Anmol Verma
Janani Venkatesan
Winger Zhang
Judging Criteria
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Product Design: Function
3: Product seems easily accessible/simple to use; achieves problem statement 2: Product is unintuitively designed but still achieves problem statement 1: Product does not seem like it would achieve problem statement well 0: No submission -
Product Design: Problem Statement
2: Problem is well-defined and fits under the theme of a common convenience product 1: Problem is a little too open-ended/too “niche” -
Product Design: Aesthetics
1: Product appears refined -
Supplementals: Documentation
3: Clearly shows steps taken, explains design choices and product function 2: Omits one of the three 1: Only one of the three -
Supplementals: Presentation
1: Presentation looks reasonably neat OR video looks somewhat rehearsed/prepared
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