GrabCAD Community User Group

Perhaps someone at GrabCad could wander around the library and issue a badge either randomly, or to a model that seems outstanding among the rest on a weekly or monthly basis.

Model of the week has only 6 entries, how long has this site been active?

Badges system is manual so someone on the team has to issue those. But we are working on overhauling the badges system so Badges will be automatic.

I guess that is what Im attempting to say, an automatic presentation of a badge regularly. Might also consider delimiting it as well so not just one person gets the badge 47 weeks in a row. Win one, then you need to wait X number of cycles before you can win again in that category.

Just my two cents here...

GrabCad should issue badges to helpful persons in the community because That´s in my eyes are one of the major things that GrabCad has going for its self.

Thanks for that CadCloud but we are in the process of reworking badges. I will have information on that soon, not timeframe at the moment. We will be looking into giving badges to helpful users as well.

OK thanks

Kesa, Has GRABCAD ever thought about giving Pins to models (such as models with over 1,000 downloads or other distinctions, awards >Goldern Gear, challenges etc) which would appear on the model page. On the User profile page, the number & type of pin could be listed in the statistics. Just a thought - Mark

There is this badge

Badges are a cool feature of this site. They remind me a bit of the medals which would be awarded in games like X Wing vs. Tie Fighter. I always replayed missions to try and get a full case of medals, or upgrade them from bronze to gold.

Badges can work the same way here to motivate some members to contribute, be helpful, share ideas and knowledge...etc.

A screenshot from one of the X Wing games:

Hey Mark, we are currently looking into things such as new pins/badges for CAD Models as well. As a model gets more like/downloads we will give it a badge that will level up as more as people download. Such as Bronze being 1000, Silver 5000, Gold 10,000 etc. But its a new idea that we are currently working on, new details will be announced whenever we have them ready to share.

What about a small scale for the beginner / intermediate user.

Chalk for 10

paper for 50

plastic for 100

something along that line, to add fun and inspiration for everyone of all skill levels.

Mike thats a really good idea, We will look into that.

I know this is the August Checkup and it is now September, but I wanted to mention this great idea which Mark Bruton had. It would be a fantastic addition to GrabCAD.

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