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Dino-Might: How We Made Adrian’s Pterodactyl Take Flight

By Hannah Gilmore May 2, 2025
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Dino-Might: How We Made Adrian’s Pterodactyl Take Flight

The SOLIDWORKS Magic Wheelchair team explored many ideas and iterations for Adrian’s transforming costume. With 3D CAD, mechatronics, 3D printing, and much more, they were able to bring Adrian’s dreams to life.

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Dino-Might: The Masterminds Behind It All

By Hannah Gilmore February 7, 2025
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Dino-Might: The Masterminds Behind It All

Back in October, Adrian Diaz swooped around the spooky streets of Salem, MA, with his transforming pterodactyl costume. Let’s go behind the scenes and learn about the dedicated team that made his costume a reality.

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Dino-Might: The Magic Wheelchair Reveal

By Sara Zuckerman October 31, 2024
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Dino-Might: The Magic Wheelchair Reveal

The Magic Wheelchair team at SOLIDWORKS gave Adrian Diaz the “best day ever” so read on to learn more about how he was bestowed the honor of leading the famous Haunted Happenings Grand Parade in Salem, Massachusetts.

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Music is Magic: Creating a Custom Chair

By Sara Zuckerman October 14, 2024
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Music is Magic: Creating a Custom Chair

The SOLIDWORKS Magic Wheelchair build team is back at it again, designing and building the most epic and most complex Magic Wheelchair yet.

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Dino-Might: Meet Adrian

By Sara Zuckerman September 13, 2024
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Dino-Might: Meet Adrian

The SOLIDWORKS Magic Wheelchair Build Team is back at it again, creating an epic costume for an epic kiddo: Adrian. Adrian is a nine-year-old boy from Massachusetts who we are pretty sure will one day be a celebrity. With a

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Princess Power: Making More Magic

By SOLIDWORKS May 17, 2024
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Princess Power: Making More Magic

This blog was originally written by Annie Cheung of the SOLIDWORKS Product Definition Team and Magic Wheelchair Build Team. It was originally posted in the Magic Wheelchair community on 3DSwym. After Freyja’s costume reveal, there was still more magic making

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SLUGME7 Workstation Reveal – One Year In The Making

By Dan Wagner July 14, 2023
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SLUGME7 Workstation Reveal – One Year In The Making

Learn more about this special desk design, which was completed live during SLUGME7, and then brought to life by maker Jeremy Fielding who used it to physically create this amazing desk with a combination of woodworking, metal work, and 3D printing.

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Princess Power: Bringing Cats to Life with CAD

By Sara Zuckerman December 9, 2022
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Princess Power: Bringing Cats to Life with CAD

How do you create an organic shape like a cat using CAD software? Check out how the SOLIDWORKS Magic Wheelchair build team designed and fabricated realistic cats for Freyja’s epic princess castle.

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Music is Magic: Base Building

By Sara Zuckerman October 28, 2022
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Music is Magic:  Base Building

Learn how the SOLIDWORKS Magic Wheelchair build team designed and fabricated Savannah’s epic costume. With 3D Creator and xDesign, they were able to create their smallest frame ever.

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That’s a Wrap – SLUGME 7 Recap

By Dan Wagner October 17, 2022
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That’s a Wrap – SLUGME 7 Recap

FInd out what you missed at last month’s SLUGME 7 global user group meeting that took on seven charitable projects from across the world.

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Music is Magic: The Reveal

By Sara Zuckerman October 14, 2022
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Music is Magic: The Reveal

The SOLIDWORKS Magic Wheelchair build team turned Savannah into a pop princess! take a look at the intimate costume reveal for her family and see how they wowed the world in the Salem Haunted Happenings Parade.

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Music is Magic: Meet Savannah

By Sara Zuckerman August 12, 2022
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Music is Magic: Meet Savannah

SOLIDWORKS and the 3DEXPERIENCE Lab are partnering with the non-profit Magic Wheelchair to create an epic costume for a kiddo in a wheelchair. Please welcome Savannah to the stage! For her, the build team is hard at work making a costume that really pops!

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Princess Power: Creating a Castle in the Clouds

By Sara Zuckerman May 6, 2022
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Princess Power: Creating a Castle in the Clouds

What does it take to design an epic princess castle? Check out how the SOLIDWORKS Magic Wheelchair Build Team took Freyja’s passions and turned them into her dream costume!

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Princess Power: The Reveal

By Sara Zuckerman October 29, 2021
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Princess Power: The Reveal

The time has come to crown a princess! Check out the reveal of Freyja’s Magic Wheelchair costume and see how the build team and her community came together to celebrate a special girl, a special birthday, and inclusion for all.

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SOLIDWORKS Champions Made a ‘Fire’ Costume for This Kiddo!

By Sean O'Neill October 11, 2021
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SOLIDWORKS Champions Made a ‘Fire’ Costume for This Kiddo!

Several members of the SOLIDWORKS Champions Program, all located in the U.K., came together to create a Magic Wheelchair costume build for George, an avid Lego and dragon enthusiast (as debuted during SLUGME6)!

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