For over 20 years, SOLIDWORKS has sponsored student teams that partipate in regional, national and international competitions. We have walked the fields, paddocks and pits, in all kinds of weather, to talk to students. The SOLIDWORKS Edu team and our Value added partners cheer on student engineering teams that use our design, simulation and documentation software as they prepare for the job skills needed and the best careers. WPI Formula Electric Tilt Table Our new sponsorship season begins in
After teaching 1000’s of students and writing about SOLIDWORKS for over 25 years, David Planchard, emeritus WPI, is exploring xDesign. Through the SOLIDWORKS xDesign Lesson series, David helps educators understand the differences and similarities between xDesign and SOLIDWORKS through simple examples. He also introduces new apps in the engineering design process. I’ve been excited to explore SOLIDWORKS xDesign and the 3DEXPERIENCE platform with simple examples for the past 11 weeks.
Giacomo De Carli is our 3DEXPERIENCE Works Marketing Specialist for Dassault Systemes in Padova, Italy. He tells the story of Prof. Stefano Tornincasa, Politechnico di Torino and the innovated changes implemented with collaboration amongst his students and the 3DEXPERIENCE platform. What is the main task for one of the most known University in Italy and in Europe? The answer is very simple: prepare the students for their next steps in the best work environment possible.
Meet our xSkills super heroes by SOLIDWORKS R&D. Visit our xSkills site and follow their story through fun activities and binge – watching videos as our heroes help you navigate through design challenges and prepare for great school projects and future careers. These strong characters in mechanical design, industrial design, structural design and manufacturing engineering, illustrate the skill sets required with the latest technology by Dassault Systemes. Maybe you did not learn about sheet
In today’s competitive job market, students need every advantage they can get. With DASSAULT SYSTEMES 3DEXPERIENCE® platform, SOLIDWORKS® Education has expanded its portfolio to bring cloud technology and collaboration into the classroom, boosting students’ employability. My friends Gian and John worked through a Hair Trimmer product design using SOLIDWORKS and our new technology applications, SOLIDWORKS Connected, 3D Sculptor and 3D Creator during a SOLIDWORKS Live event. This workflow shows an
Betty Baker was the only female mechanical engineer to graduate from her college class. She was also the first female product engineer hired at Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc., over 35 years ago. The company is headquartered in Arcadia, Wisconsin, and manufactures and distributes home furniture products worldwide. “There are inherent challenges in being the only woman in the engineering department,” says Baker.
DESIGN I designed the clock in SOLIDWORKS and took advantage of exploded views so I could see how pieces would line up. This was important for this project because The clock needs to be easily opened up for occasional battery replacement. CUT I cut out the pieces out of walnut on the shop bot (CNC router) that we have in the 3DEXPERIENCE Lab. My design is pretty simple for the CNC so I was able to cut all the pieces using vector files that I exported from SOLIDWORKS.
I love the look of stained glass and wanted to make something that would have a similar aesthetic. I made this lantern using wood, clear acrylic, and a disco light! Design I designed my final assembly in SOLIDWORKS to make sure that all of my pieces would fit together perfectly. I chose to make my pieces symmetrical because I think it offers simplicity to an otherwise ornate design and it will greatly facilitate the assembly process.
Educator and Mentor, Trevor Lewis, Voyager Middle School, Everett, WA, USA, teaches design with SOLIDWORKS, digital manufacturing with 3D Printer and laser cutters, and inspires students in his STEAM Lab. STEAM – Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math, when combined with imagination, empower students to direct their future. Faced with the challenge of school closure, the STEAM Lab became virtual as Trevor expanded his YouTube channel for his students featuring xDesign and xShape, cloud
Who’s ready for the 2021 FIRST® Robotics Competition, part of the FIRST® GAME CHANGERSSM powered by Star Wars: Force for Change season? Our team is! We are proud to sponsor over 1,000 FIRST ® Robotics Competition teams worldwide, providing free software and support to teams of all sizes, from rookies to well-established robot builders. We are excited to continue our support during the 2021 season, FIRST® Robotics Competition, part of the FIRST® GAME CHANGERSSM powered by Star Wars: Force for
Easy Animating for a Complex Assembly I created the following animation in SOLIDWORKS by using the Mate Controller to simulate a flying cut off saw. I created this for a final project for one of my courses at Boston University. https://blog-assets.solidworks.com/uploads/sites/3/FDR-animation-Full.mp4 Project Requirements: Cuts aluminum pipe continuously extruded at 0.70 ft/s Must cut pipes of any length between 3 ft and 5 ft Saw must function with pipes between 1 inch and 3 inches in diameter.
As we look to 2021, I know students will learn and be inspired from great educators and engineers to solve problems for our future. Civil Engineer, Gustave Eiffel created the global icon that continues to inspire us. What if Mr. Eiffel used the 3DEXPERIENCE platform to collaborate with his team of engineers? Engineering students today utilize tools like SOLIDWORKS to learn from the past and inspire our future.
As time closes in to end the year, I have met hundreds of educators and students – through video, chat, and email. Educators and students earned a “Perseverance” Award as they continue to learn with SOLIDWORKS on their home computer, the cloud app, xDesign on their school’s Chromebook, or SOLIDWORKS Apps for Kids on a tablet. 2020 explored new software in and out of the classroom, showing that educators, no matter what the obstacles, continue to teach and students continue to learn. Around the
I am always taking on a new maker project and one of my favorite things to make is a new purse. I get to enjoy my new creation almost every day. I have made a few purses in the past and I wanted to make a new one with wooden sides and an interesting geometric profile. I used SOLIDWORKS to decide exactly what shape I wanted.
On February 8-11 2021, SOLIDWORKS will host the virtual event 3DEXPERIENCE World. You will witness thousands of designers, engineers, educators and students unite by the desire to collaborate, explore, and push the limits of how design can influence the future and how you work and learn today. The next generation of engineers and designers must be equipped to solve problems skillfully and efficiently to face the daunting challenges head. 3DEXPERIENCE World will provide students and educators the
We first met Danielle Boyer (Ojibwe) when she was 17. You may know her as one of the Main Stage speakers at 3DEXPERIENCE World 2020, as someone featured in past SOLIDWORKS Educational blogs, or from her appearance in our Born to Design podcast. She is the inventor of Every Kid Gets a Robot (EKGAR), a robot that costs less than $20 and goes to kids for free. Danielle’s Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math (STEAM) outreach continues to expand through her heritage.
New Cloud App Alert: 3DStory and 3DSketch The 3DEXPERIENCE platform is the tool for educators to run virtual classrooms – communicating to your class, teaching cloud CAD, collaborating on team projects, grading assignments and so much more. Our philosophy is to constantly enrich our 3DEXPERIENCE Edu portfolio. This ensures schools and students will always have access to cutting-edge technology to shape the workforce of the future. Now included with all 3DEXPERIENCE Edu roles are two new apps:
Listen! It’s Not Your Mom’s or Dad’s Machine Shop Anymore. The 3DEXPERIENCE Manufacturing and Design podcast series takes students, educators and professionals through the latest in technology. Hosted by my colleagues, John Milbery and Michael Buchli, this month features two innovative manufacturing education programs at the community college and high school level.
Get ready to unleash your creativity with the most widely used 3D design software! Are you a student taking remote classes? Need SOLIDWORKS? Here’s your chance to purchase your own copy of SOLIDWORKS for 10% off!
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
ATTENTION ALL STUDENTS – SHARE YOUR DESIGN PROJECTS! Students, your mission, should you choose to accept, is to embark on the student competition, Project of the Year 2020. For this assignment, you need to share a project created with any Dassault Systèmes solution before June 26, 2020. By accepting this mission, you have the opportunity to earn bragging rights and a large selection of high-tech prizes to win!
By now you have learned how to open a SOLIDWORKS Electrical project and associate components to the SOLIDWORKS part. In today’s tutorial, we will learn how to create a routing path and route cables along the path in SOLIDWORKS Electrical. In the next and final tutorial, we will learn how to flatten the route, create reports and create a drawing from the flattened route. Find the other SOLIDWORKS Electrical tutorials in this series here.
In the previous video, we learned how to do create detailed cabling and connect cable cores to components. In this video, we will learn how to create electrical connection points inside a SOLIDWORKS part in SOLIDWORKS Electrical In the next video, we will learn how to open a SOLIDWORKS Electrical project in SOLIDWORKS and associate electrical components to the SOLIDWORKS Part Find the other SOLIDWORKS Electrical tutorials in this series here. Ajay Vaidya I am the SOLIDWORKS Education Brand
We are proud to announce the winners of the first SOLIDWORKS xDesign Challenge for India! 1600+ students and 249 teams had 41 days to work on their Futuristic Public Transport designs. The submissions we received were amazing! The response from students was overwhelming from the activities posted in SWYM community, Creating Private Collaborative Space & Communities, Selfie Challenge, and most favorite xDesign Model Mania.
