Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of Model Mania
Model Mania® is a fun and challenging competition, where contestants model a predetermined part, including an edit, and the fastest modeler wins. This year is the 25th Anniversary of Model Mania! Time flies when you’re having fun, I guess!
The first Model Mania took place at SOLIDWORKS World 2000 in New Orleans. Every year since then, we have hosted the official Model Mania challenge at each annual conference. Check out this blog to see all the models from each year. Of course, the Top-Secret Model Mania 2025 part is not there yet. You’ll have to come to 3DEXPERIENCE World 2025 or wait until after the winners are announced to try it yourself.
3DEXPERIENCE World 2025 will be in Houston this year at the George R Brown Convention Center. It takes place from Sunday, February 23rd to Wednesday, February 26th.
This year, we are very excited about the Model Mania area in the 3DEXPERIENCE Playground. We have several booths placed close together – it’s going to be the place to be! If you are attending 3DEXPERIENCE World in Houston, be sure to go into the Playground. Walk into the Playground hall and stay to the right to join us!
Of course, we will have the “OG” Model Mania booth. This is the beloved challenge where contestants model a part, along with an edit once you’ve completed the initial design. Just like in real life, there’s always changes that come later. Contestants are judged on accuracy first, then on speed. The winners will be announced on Wednesday, February 26th at 12:30 PM CST in the 3DEXPERIENCE Theater and will be broadcast live on SOLIDWORKS Live.
In addition, we’ll also have a brand-new Model Mania Xtreme booth, where you can watch and compete in head-to-head speed-modeling battles. Step into our custom built, CAD-boxing ring to compete for epic prizes, claim bragging rights, and maybe even get featured on SOLIDWORKS Live!
We’ll also have a Simulation Mania booth where we will host two easy-to-play, fun games; Jenga and Kluster. Through these games, we will showcase how physics-based simulation can help solve real world engineering problems.
We’ll additionally have a 30 Years of SOLIDWORKS booth, where everyone can travel back to the ‘90s and try using SOLIDWORKS ’95, as we’ll have several laptops set up with experts to guide you. Can you believe SOLIDWORKS came out 30 years ago! I feel old.
If you will be attending 3DEXPERIENCE World this year, we look forward to speaking with you, and we hope that you enjoy our Model Mania area. There’s so much to see and do at 3DEXPERIENCE World. We hope to see you there!
To prepare for the 25th Anniversary of Model Mania, here are some past examples. For more information about Model Mania, go to my.solidworks.com and search for “Model Mania.”
Note: The models, drawings, and other materials created for the Model Mania® Challenge and distributed by Dassault Systemes SolidWorks Corporation (DS SolidWorks) are intended for the sole use of DS SolidWorks, its partners, and customers, and may not be used for commercial purposes except by DS SolidWorks partners without written consent from DS SolidWorks.
For a list of model drawings and solution videos by year, check out this previous blog.