After teaching 1000’s of students and writing about SOLIDWORKS for over 25 years, David Planchard, emeritus WPI, is exploring SOLIDWORKS desktop and the integrated 3DEXPERIENCE Platform. Through the 3DEXPERIENCE Works Lesson series, David helps educators understand the 3DEXPERIENCE Engineer, Fluid Scenario Creation App (CFD) with simple examples and industry practices. The Platform offers are available thru your Education Partner (VAR). In this lesson, analyze a simplified electronic enclosure.
Today’s story in technical education is given to us by our SOLIDWORKS reseller partner, PLM Group, Gerli Parve, Marketing Specialist and Martin Johansson, Early Engagement Team Leader. The small Estonian town of Kadrina recently hosted the 14th iteration of CADrina, its flagship IT and technology festival of the local high school. Designed to promote engineering and technical education, CADrina has evolved from a local drafting competition to an expansive festival featuring robotics, science
After teaching 1000’s of students and writing about SOLIDWORKS for over 25 years, David Planchard, emeritus WPI, is exploring SOLIDWORKS desktop and the integrated 3DEXPERIENCE Platform. Through the 3DEXPERIENCE Works Lesson series, David helps educators understand the 3DEXPERIENCE Engineer, Fluid Scenario Creation App (CFD) with simple examples and industry practices. The Platform offers are available thru your Education Partner (VAR). The example illustrates a simplify abstract shape of a race
For this SOLIDWORKS tutorial I designed this wooden toy clock, if you want to follow along, the assembly for this tutorial is available to download here. You can watch the result of the animation from the beginning through the end of this tutorial. I began my assembly by lifting all of the number blocks out of the clock by 100mm, ready to create an exploded view. With this I selected each shape starting with number 1, and drag them down with the arrow to select the Y-axis for the move direction
After teaching 1000’s of students and writing about SOLIDWORKS for over 25 years, David Planchard, emeritus WPI, is exploring SOLIDWORKS desktop and the integrated 3DEXPERIENCE Platform. Through the 3DEXPERIENCE Works Lesson series, David helps educators understand the 3DEXPERIENCE Engineer, Fluid Scenario Creation App (CFD) with simple examples and industry practices. The Platform offers are available thru your Education Partner (VAR). In the previous CFD Lesson 4: SOLIDWORKS Duct and
The following story is provided by our Value Added Reseller, SolidVision , Czech Republic. SolidVision advocates quality education through partnerships. What should a modern secondary school offer? During our visit to the Olomouc Region, at the Industrial High School in Hranice na Moravě, we witnessed that a combination of vision, diligence, and quality partners is a key to success.
Suchit Jain, Vice President of Strategy and Community for 3DEXPERIENCE Works, welcomed today’s first customer, Ian Roy, the Founding Head of the Brandeis University’s MakerLab and an adjunct professor at the Brandeis International Business School, as well as the pioneer behind Brandeis’s inaugural Engineering course. After suffering a personal tragedy, Ian set off on a mission to “use design to positively impact our community. His focus at Brandeis has been on ‘Design to Repair the World.” “
There are so many exciting things happening in Dallas during 3DEXPERIENCE World, February 11-14th. One new experience we are offering this year for the first time is a Meet and Greet session with no other than the Titans of CNC in the Playground at 3DEXPERIENCE World. Join us immediately following the Manufacturing general session, in the Playground on Tuesday, February 13th, from 4pm to 6pm CT for this very special event. In fact, we’re so excited about this particular event, we are offering
If you cannot make it to Dallas, this February for 3DEXPERIENCE World 2024, believe me: there’s still time. Before I get into the planned agenda for the virtual showing of 3DEXPERIENCE World 2024, I want to say: I cannot wait to meet, learn from, and see many of you again – IN-PERSON – in just a few weeks! For the past few years, the SOLIDWORKS LIVE team has aimed to bring some of the best aspects of being at the event directly to you, all across the globe. And thankfully, thousands of you have
For over 25 years, SOLIDWORKS educators have led the way in engineering and design teaching and learning for their students. These students go on to the best careers for our commercial customers. Educators can register for 3DEXPERIENCE World in Dallas, February 11-14, 2024. Find out other reasons why for educators in my last blog post here.
At DS SOLIDWORKS we focus a lot on being connected as we know we are stronger together as one than the sum of any of our individual parts. During the pandemic, we had to discover new ways to remain connected to one another, relying on various technologies and new means of collaborating as a team and remaining productive. Every year at 3DEXPERIENCE World, I witness the power of the connection between our users, when they are physically together, face to face, sharing stories and trading tips and
Do you teach SOLIDWORKS? Educators, on February 11-14, 2024, SOLIDWORKS is hosting 3DEXPERIENCE World, (3DXW24) in Dallas, Texas, USA. We have some great things planned for you to learn and network! 3DEXPERIENCE World brings together thousands of designers, engineers, manufacturers, educators and students united by the desire to collaborate, explore, and push the limits of how design can impact the future.
Howdy and Happy New Year! The beginning of 2024 also marks my 5th anniversary at Dassault Systèmes! My name is Mariana St. Germain, and I am responsible for go-to-market on the SOLIDWORKS brand team. As part of this, I help launch new products and new releases, working very closely with my friends in the SOLIDWORKS portfolio management team.
Happy New Year! As my first post of 2024, I am excited to announce Dassault Systèmes, SOLIDWORKS, and 3DEXPERIENCE EDU sponsorship, to all FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) teams, with FREE software and student community support. Kickoff CRESCENDOSM presented by Haas, is this Saturday January 6, 2023 12PM ET. With the help of the 3DEXPERIENCE EDU team, we are providing all FRC teams our latest software technology with SOLIDWORKS for your Windows PC, the same technology used to design the FRC
In the Dassault Systemes family, we have free student software tools – no matter what your grade level. You may use SOLIDWORKS or you have no software experience. You may be an engineer or an artist. You may attend university or Kindergarten.
3DEXPERIENCE World is not just a conference; it’s an immersive journey into the realm of innovation, collaboration, and cutting-edge technology. Among the many highlights of this event, the Playground stands out as a dynamic space where creativity knows no bounds. In this blog, we’ll explore the wonders of the Playground at 3DEXPERIENCE World and how it fosters an environment where imagination takes flight.
On February 11-14, 2024, SOLIDWORKS is hosting 3DEXPERIENCE World, at Dallas, Texas, USA. We have some great things planned for our education community! 3DEXPERIENCE World will bring together thousands of designers, engineers, manufacturers, educators and students united by the desire to collaborate, explore, and push the limits of how design can impact the future and how you work and learn today. General Sessions During our General Sessions, you will hear from customers, notable industry
Engineers. Designers. Manufacturers. No matter where in the world, we hear from our commercial clients that they need more graduates with SOLIDWORKS and technical skills.
The future of innovation begins with nurturing young minds, and we are thrilled to share some exciting news from Ahmed Abdelnaser, SOLIDWORKS User Group (SWUG) Committee Leader for Africa, the Middle East and North Africa. SOLIDWORKS is embarking on a transformative journey in Egypt, in partnership with Mansoura Motorsport and Mansoura SWUG (SolidWorks User Group), to introduce SOLIDWORKS to primary school students across the country. Here is the story of a remarkable collaboration with Mansoura
Are you looking to boost your skills, explore the latest technologies, expand your skillset and connect with like-minded peers and industry experts? Look no further, 3DEXPERIENCE World is the must-attend event for anyone involved with product development. We are getting very excited to see you all in Dallas, and are happy to announce that the agenda for the extensive program of technical sessions is now live so it’s time to start building your agenda. You’ll find hundreds of technical sessions
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. Team Zenith Baja – India This year we support over 250 organizations
For over 12 years, SOLIDWORKS Edu team has provided the SOLIDWORKS Military Veterans Program (MVP) to US and Canadian Veterans. We also support Veterans in our Start-up program and manufacturing training organizations like Workshop for Warriors. MySolidWorks provides free online training to Veterans. MakebyMe is a free DIY software application for wood working.
Team Bumblebee from the National University of Singapore (NUS), continues to succeed in international competitions and autonomous systems development. Mechanical design team member, Quek Wei, shared with the SOLIDWORKS EDU team their latest accomplishments. Team Bumblebee recently participated in the Maritime Robosub Challenge 2023 held at the US Naval Transdec facility in San Diego, California with a total of 35 teams from 5 countries. They have emerged as Champions, along with the other listed
Next month, thousands will participate in the ancient Hindu festival of Chhath Pooja or Chhath Puja. The festival honors Surya, the Sun God and his wife Usha (Chhathi Maiya). The festival is celebrated in the Indian states of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, providences in Nepal, and other Asian communities. Chhath Pooja is also celebrated in the United States by Indian Americans.
