{"id":33859,"date":"2015-04-06T09:51:43","date_gmt":"2015-04-06T14:51:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/swcommunity\/?p=1663"},"modified":"2015-04-06T09:51:43","modified_gmt":"2015-04-06T14:51:43","slug":"engineering-students-heres-what-happens-at-a-solidworks-user-group-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/2015\/04\/engineering-students-heres-what-happens-at-a-solidworks-user-group-meeting.html","title":{"rendered":"Engineering Students: Here's What Happens at a SOLIDWORKS User Group Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Greater Evansville SOLIDWORKS User Group meeting March 12th<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Last month nearly 50 people, including students, met at\u00a0the Southern Indiana Career & Technical Center<\/a> for the Greater Evansville SOLIDWORKS User Group<\/a> meeting.\u00a0 Students from SICTC and, thanks to Nashville SOLIDWORKS User Group<\/a> leader Rudy Ottway, students from Murray State University joined the regular members of the group for a really great meeting.<\/p>\n

Instructors Kevin Williams and\u00a0Andy Beadles, along with\u00a0SICTC student Christian Mills provided a tour of the facility, as well as some information about the program offerings at the school.<\/p>\n

“I enjoyed being able to show local companies about the different opportunities and activities performed at the Technical Center. I also believe that it was a great opportunity for students to network with the companies and discover different jobs that are offered in the Evansville area.”<\/em>
\n– Christian Mills, SICTC Student<\/em><\/p>\n

Students were showing off their work too:<\/p>\n

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Alva Waelde using a Faro arm to reverse engineer an Adirondack chair.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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I used SOLIDWORKS to convert measurement data gathered from a Faro arm to recreate an Adirondack chair so that it could be manufactured at The Southern Indiana Career and Technical Center. The data collected from the Faro arm consisted of 2D lines, circles, and planes that were then inserted into\u00a0SOLIDWORKS as x.t files. Once the files were inserted I then converted them into useable data.\u00a0SOLIDWORKS made this process very easy and allowed me to convert and create parts in a shorter period of time then alternative programs. Once the parts were created I then used the assembly feature to rebuild the chair as well as find and fix any problems that occurred. This process was quite simple and allowed me to see how the chair would be put together and where the problem areas would be. Thanks to\u00a0SOLIDWORKS I now have a lifelike functioning model to work with and will be on the fast track to building these chairs very soon.<\/em>
\n– Alva Waelde, SICTC Student<\/em><\/p>\n

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3D printed model of a plastic extrusion line.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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“Creating our model of a plastic extrusion line relied heavily on SOLIDWORKS. I modeled various components of the model in\u00a0SOLIDWORKS based on\u00a02D drawings.\u00a0SOLIDWORKS made it easy to see what needed to be modified in order to create quality parts on our rapid prototype machine. Some parts were able to be imported into\u00a0SOLIDWORKS directly from another CAD system. The feature recognition in\u00a0SOLIDWORKS allowed for the parts to be modified without starting over on the entire part. After making the correct modifications in SOLIDWORKS, I exported the parts as STL files and fabricated them on the rapid prototype machine. Without SOLIDWORKS, our model could not have been created.”
\n– Trent Owens, SICTC Student
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Rudy had this to say:<\/p>\n

“Mr. Kevin Williams and Mr. Andy Beadles at the Southern Indiana Career and Technical Center in Evansville, IN are doing a phenomenal job in preparing students for careers in design and engineering using SolidWorks. The students are marrying their classroom skills with real-world applications and this creates an outstanding learning opportunity. Students are earning SolidWorks Associate level certifications and proving that their generation will take design and engineering to the next level. We hope to capture these talented individuals by showing them opportunities in our Engineering Graphics and Design program in the Institute of Engineering at Murray State University.”<\/em><\/p>\n

And Mr. Williams from SICTC:<\/p>\n

“I enjoyed watching my students present to professionals from industry.\u00a0 It gave them a great opportunity to showcase their talent.\u00a0 As a result, three of them have had interviews for internships.”<\/strong><\/em>
\n– Kevin Williams, Pre-Engineering & Project Lead the Way Instructor, SICTC<\/em><\/p>\n

Students attending SOLIDWORKS User group meetings isn’t\u00a0a new idea, but it is one that’s catching fire.\u00a0 Students get a chance to mingle with professional engineers and designers, and the professional users get to see what’s coming up in the industry behind them.\u00a0 Exciting times for all!<\/p>\n

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