{"id":43281,"date":"2020-01-29T08:00:29","date_gmt":"2020-01-29T13:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/?p=43281"},"modified":"2020-01-30T09:14:06","modified_gmt":"2020-01-30T14:14:06","slug":"build-memories-with-the-magic-wheelchair-reveal-at-3dexperience-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/2020\/01\/build-memories-with-the-magic-wheelchair-reveal-at-3dexperience-world.html","title":{"rendered":"Build Memories with the Magic Wheelchair Reveal at 3DEXPERIENCE World!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/jonah_maxd.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sunday or Monday\u2014which is the best day to arrive at <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/3dexperienceworld.com\/\">3DEXPERIENCE World<\/a><\/strong>? If you want to experience something truly magical, we suggest Sunday, February 9, so you can join SOLIDWORKS and Magic Wheelchair in making real magic happen.<\/p>\n<p>What happens when you mix magic and science? You get incredible organizations like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.magicwheelchair.org\/\">Magic Wheelchair<\/a>, a non-profit that builds costumes for children in wheelchairs. But these aren\u2019t your average store-bought costumes. Teams of enthusiastic makers volunteer to build epic creations and reveal them to kiddo\u2019s and their families, gifting them with not just a costume but also an amazing day and memories that will last forever.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/ben_bike.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Memories from <strong>3D<\/strong>EXPERIENCE World will also last forever, and attendees have the chance to be part of the magic. For two years, a group of volunteers at SOLIDWORKS has been working with Magic Wheelchair. The <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/search\/magic+wheelchair\">SOLIDWORKS build team<\/a> has built and revealed two amazing costumes for two amazing kiddos: <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/2018\/06\/keep-on-monster-truckin-the-reveal.html\">Jonah\u2019s<\/a> radical mini-Max-D monster truck, and <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/2019\/06\/motorcycle-madness-the-reveal.html\">Ben\u2019s<\/a> fantastic and futuristic motorcycle. Now the SOLIDWORKS team and Magic Wheelchair have come together to bring you the reveal of two more epic costumes at the first ever <strong>3D<\/strong>EXPERIENCE World.<\/p>\n<p>This year at <strong>3D<\/strong>EXPERIENCE World, there will be a <strong>double reveal <\/strong>of two costumes designed and built by SOLIDWORKS customers \u00a0for two awesome kiddos in Nashville! Christian Bagg and Will Gill from <a href=\"https:\/\/bowheadcorp.com\/\">Bowhead Corporation<\/a>, Luke Daley and Karen Daley from <a href=\"https:\/\/lukedaleyprops.com\/\">JJ Industries<\/a>, Jonny Harrison from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KesselRunCreations\/\">Kessel Run Creations<\/a>, and prop builder and SOLIDWORKS power user <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kirbydowney.com\/\">Kirby Downey<\/a> are working on a Star Wars themed build for a great kiddo named <a href=\"https:\/\/www.classy.org\/team\/276140\">Jacob<\/a>. And a lovely kiddo named <a href=\"https:\/\/www.classy.org\/team\/276128\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trinity<\/a> will be receiving a <em>Beauty and the Beast <\/em>themed costume built by Matt Long from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.madscientistws.com\/\">Mad Scientist Workshop<\/a> and Sean Fields from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.project842.com\/\">Project 842<\/a>. No spoilers for what they look like, but these costumes are going to be beyond epic.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-container\">\n<div class=\"entry-content-asset\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Custom Star Wars wheelchair.\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fi3Nb2lVkSY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The costumes will be revealed on Sunday, February 9, at the Welcome Reception event, starting at 5:30PM in the <strong>3D<\/strong>EXPERIENCE Playground. The build teams are not giving out any information about what their costumes are so they can surprise the kiddos and their families, but here\u2019s a taste of what one of our teams built for another child last year\u2026<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/liv_destroyer.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re still planning your trip to <strong>3D<\/strong>EXPERIENCE World, make sure you come in time for the Magic Wheelchair reveal on Sunday. You won\u2019t want to miss this year\u2019s welcome reception and the chance to be part of this emotional and exhilarating event! <a href=\"https:\/\/3dexperienceworld.com\/\">Register<\/a> for <strong>3D<\/strong>EXPERIENCE World today!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/3dexperienceworld.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-42726\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/RegisterNowBanner_Designer_965x250.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"965\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/RegisterNowBanner_Designer_965x250.jpg 965w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/RegisterNowBanner_Designer_965x250-300x78.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/RegisterNowBanner_Designer_965x250-768x199.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/RegisterNowBanner_Designer_965x250-615x159.jpg 615w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/RegisterNowBanner_Designer_965x250-728x189.jpg 728w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 965px) 100vw, 965px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two epic Magic Wheelchair costumes will be revealed at 3DEXPERIENCE World 2020! Be part of the magic on Sunday, February 9.<\/p>\n... <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/2020\/01\/build-memories-with-the-magic-wheelchair-reveal-at-3dexperience-world.html\">Continued<\/a>","protected":false},"author":409,"featured_media":43278,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2933,2967,18],"tags":[2966,3030,2881,3035,3031,3043,2768,2843],"class_list":["post-43281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-3dexperience","category-3dexperience-world-2020","category-solidworks","tag-3dexperience-world","tag-3dxw20","tag-costume","tag-costume-reveal","tag-epic-costumes","tag-kirby-downey","tag-magic-wheelchair","tag-wheelchair"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/409"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43281"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43281\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}