The Formula SAE Michigan event tests students’ engineering skills in automotive design, business practices, presentation skills and teamwork. The students here are from all over the world and have been working tirelessly for months to get their cars ready to compete. Formula SAE competitions challenge teams of university undergraduate and graduate students to conceive, design, fabricate, develop and compete with small, formula style vehicles. For the SOLIDWORKS Edu team, it’s all about meeting
Do you like planes? Do you like to fly? We wanted to share with the SOLIDWORKS community the results of talented engineering students from around the world. This past weekend, the best in aerospace, mechanical, systems and design students gathered in Lakeland Florida to compete in SAE Aero East.
Students get ready for the most exciting event in your engineering, manufacturing and design career! https://blog-assets.solidworks.com/uploads/sites/3/Greg_Bejtlich_Goggles.mp4 On February 12-15, 2023, DASSAULT SYSTEMES, 3DEXPERIENCE Works, and the SOLIDWORKS team will host 3DEXPERIENCE World 2023. You will witness thousands of designers, engineers, educators and students united by the desire to collaborate, explore, and push the limits of how design can influence the future and how you work
3DEXPERIENCE World is a virtual free event and everyone can register to attend live and recorded activities. For the students you would have seen in Atlanta, I would like to share their innovation and dedication with the SOLIDWORKS community. DASSAULT SYSTEMES Living Heritage From Instituto Technologico Y De Estudios Superiores De Monterrey Mexico, Juan Pablo Rojas Ibarra, Zyanya Verónica Zúñiga Medina, Luis Osornio Ugalde, Michelle Sánchez Guerrero recreate the Garden of Babylon for the
Student Teams work all year long to prepare for grueling competitions. Designs are perfected over years for the ultimate machine. Long before the students take to the track, they design, analyze, and then re-design/re-test their components and vehicles. I was fortunate to interview TEAM Eta, a Shell Eco Marathon team from Somaiya Vidyavihar University (SVU), in Mumbai, India.
Seven videos are up on airplane stability! Ever wonder why aiplanes have stabilizers on the aft of the tail? How do they work? Why are they there?
In this 1st video in a series on airplane stability, we introduce the concepts that we’ll cover. We continue where we left off in the series on airfoils. Using SolidWorks for model demonstrations, we get a feel for the forces involved in aircraft stability and control. Look out for the next videos in the series throughout the coming weeks 🙂 Matthew Gruber Matthew Gruber is an alumni of Concordia University's Aero Design and Design/Build/Fly teams in 2015 through 2017, having joined after
Axlr8r Formula Racing SW Education sponsors over 4,000 teams a year worldwide. I recently had the pleasure to virtually meet the team leaders of Axlr8r Formula Racing from IIT Delhi India, Deepansu Kaushik and Vivek Mahindrakar. Axlr8r Formula Racing is the first Indian Formula Student team ever to pass all five scrutinies at Formula Student Germany in electric category. After many trials and tribulations, this team has shown resilience, perseverance, and the importance of working as a team to
In this 4th video in a series of 4 about airfoils, we search for a physical understanding and interpretation of the coefficient of moment “Cm” of airfoils. This parameter is often confusing to grasp at first, but a physical understanding of it helps us to select airfoils, planform layouts and incidence angles for the wings and stabilizers&control surfaces of our aircraft that we’re designing in SOLIDWORKS to assure that it can fly in a stable manner. Look out for the next series on stability! We
In the first 2 videos about airfoils we have imported airfoil curves into SolidWorks from airfoiltools.com. In the 3rd and 4th videos in the series of 4 we delve into physical interpretations of the performance parameters of airfoils. In this video we’ll deal with the coefficients of lift and drag Cl and Cd. Keep an eye out for the 4th video which deals with the most confusing performance parameter: coefficient of moment Cm.
Matthew Gruber Matthew Gruber is an alumni of Concordia University's Aero Design and Design/Build/Fly teams in 2015 through 2017, having joined after gaining an interest in helicopters and airplanes from living in Alaska. Now is in his 3rd year in the airframe stress group of the 525 helicopter program at Bell and with 1 year of internships at Bombardier behind him, he credits the hands-on learning and team project experiences in SAE and D/B/F as the most formative in his path towards aerospace
Matthew Gruber Matthew Gruber is an alumni of Concordia University's Aero Design and Design/Build/Fly teams in 2015 through 2017, having joined after gaining an interest in helicopters and airplanes from living in Alaska. Now is in his 3rd year in the airframe stress group of the 525 helicopter program at Bell and with 1 year of internships at Bombardier behind him, he credits the hands-on learning and team project experiences in SAE and D/B/F as the most formative in his path towards aerospace
I was fortunate to be the keynote at the SolidProfessor Virtual Education Summit. Now I want to share with all educators some topics to help you prepare for the upcoming semester. SOLIDWORKS Student Access Licenses Qualified schools with SOLIDWORKS subscription can provide their students individual licenses of SOLIDWORKS Student Access. Students can install SOLIDWORKS on their own home computers.
Welcome to the Aero Design Video Series created by Matthew Gruber in collaboration with SOLIDWORKS and SolidXPerts! This first series is for beginners using SOLIDWORKS for the SAE Aero Design and Design/Build/Fly competitions. In the previous tutorial, we learned how relative references can be used to efficiently transform one finished stock part into another similar stock part. This is the final video where we will discuss the next steps in Aero Design Series Find the other Aero Design Video
Welcome to the Aero Design Video Series created by Matthew Gruber in collaboration with SOLIDWORKS and SolidXPerts! This first series is for beginners using SOLIDWORKS for the SAE Aero Design and Design/Build/Fly competitions In the previous tutorial, we focused on setting the mass and adjusting the appearances of the part. In this tutorial, we will learn how relative references can be used to efficiently transform one finished stock part into another similar stock part Find the other Aero
Welcome to the Aero Design Video Series created by Matthew Gruber in collaboration with SOLIDWORKS and SolidXPerts! This first series is for beginners using SOLIDWORKS for the SAE Aero Design and Design/Build/Fly competitions. In the previous tutorial, we learned how to make tire thread cutouts and detailing. In this tutorial, we will focus on setting the mass and adjusting the appearances of the part Find the other Aero Design Video Tutorial in this series here Matthew Gruber Matthew Gruber is
Welcome to the Aero Design Video Series created by Matthew Gruber in collaboration with SOLIDWORKS and SolidXPerts! This first series is for beginners using SOLIDWORKS for the SAE Aero Design and Design/Build/Fly competitions. In the previous tutorial, we focused on the fillets of the wheel as well as going back up the tree and fixing previous mistakes, for example in the rim wall In this tutorial, we will focus on mirroring features Find the other Aero Design Video Tutorial in this series here
Welcome to the Aero Design Video Series created by Matthew Gruber in collaboration with SOLIDWORKS and SolidXPerts! This first series is for beginners using SOLIDWORKS for the SAE Aero Design and Design/Build/Fly competitions. In the previous tutorial, we learn about how to do the right plane cutouts that form the spokes of the wheel. In today’s tutorial, we will learn to focus on the fillets of the wheel as well as going back up the tree and fixing previous mistakes, for example in the rim wall
Welcome to the Aero Design Video Series created by Matthew Gruber in collaboration with SOLIDWORKS and SolidXPerts! This first series is for beginners using SOLIDWORKS for the SAE Aero Design and Design/Build/Fly competitions. In the previous tutorial, we learned how to save and rename parts In this tutorial, we will learn how to do the right plane cutouts that form the spokes of the wheel. Find the other Aero Design Video Tutorial in this series here.
Welcome to the Aero Design Video Series created by Matthew Gruber in collaboration with SOLIDWORKS and SolidXPerts! This first series is for beginners using SOLIDWORKS for the SAE Aero Design and Design/Build/Fly competitions. In the previous tutorial, we learned about the initial mockup to a detailed front plane sketch and revolve feature. In this tutorial, we will focus on saving and renaming parts.
In the previous tutorial, we learned about an initial mockup of the features used for a stock wheel. In this tutorial, we will go from the initial mockup to a detailed front plane sketch and revolve feature. Find the other Aero Design Video Tutorial in this series here. Matthew Gruber Matthew Gruber is an alumni of Concordia University's Aero Design and Design/Build/Fly teams in 2015 through 2017, having joined after gaining an interest in helicopters and airplanes from living in Alaska.
Welcome to the first in a line of Aero Design Video Series created by Matthew Gruber in collaboration with SOLIDWORKS and SolidXPerts! This first series is for beginners using SOLIDWORKS for the SAE Aero Design and Design/Build/Fly competitions. We will reproduce a stock part typically used in these competitions. In this case, we will be reproducing a wheel in SOLIDWORKS based on measurements of the actual part.
Dassault Systèmes 3DEXPERIENCE Project of the Year (POTY) 2020 is a virtual design competition for students. The 3DEXPERIENCE is our latest solution on the Cloud, which brings together CATIA, SIMULIA and SOLIDWORKS all in one place! Sign up now. Students, do you have a new product idea to help with COVID-19?
In the previous video, we learned how to create a new project or make our own custom template. In today’s tutorial, we will learn how to insert and create a line diagram symbol. In the next video, we will learn how to assign, create and modify Manufacturer Part. Find the other SOLIDWORKS Electrical tutorials in this series here.
