{"id":45297,"date":"2020-11-09T08:00:54","date_gmt":"2020-11-09T13:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/?p=45297"},"modified":"2020-11-06T15:49:54","modified_gmt":"2020-11-06T20:49:54","slug":"model-mania-returns-to-3dexperience-world-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/2020\/11\/model-mania-returns-to-3dexperience-world-2.html","title":{"rendered":"Model Mania Returns to 3DEXPERIENCE World"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Model Mania\u00ae returns to the all-digital <strong>3D<\/strong>EXPERIENCE\u00ae World 2021 and next year, this annual competition will be divided into three different challenges.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The SOLIDWORKS Challenge<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Back for its 22<sup>nd<\/sup> year, Model Mania will be the place to display your talents to the greater SOLIDWORKS community. This annual design challenge pits user against user and reseller against reseller in a battle of SOLIDWORKS skills to see who can accurately model and analyze a part the fastest.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/mm_graphic.png\" width=\"700\" height=\"265\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>The 3DEXPERIENCE Challenge<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Model Mania will also be the place to show off your modeling skills in the cloud. In this challenge, resellers and users will use <strong>3D<\/strong>EXPERIENCE roles, such as 3D Creator and 3D Sculptor, and share their models to the <a href=\"https:\/\/r1132100503382-eu1-3dswym.3dexperience.3ds.com\/#community:nOmXoruDTtGEuNbrTeuHdQ\"><strong>3D<\/strong>EXPERIENCE World community<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Student 3DEXPERIENCE Challenge<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Students are invited to participate in a Model Mania challenge using the <strong>3D<\/strong>EXPERIENCE platform. All participating students will get access to the platform for FREE for 6 months. Refine your design skills using 3D Creator and 3D Sculptor and share your designs on the <a href=\"https:\/\/r1132100503382-eu1-3dswym.3dexperience.3ds.com\/#community:AH6Out1lTB2kjqDkm0S-Qg\">Student community<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/mm_blog_2.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Interested in participating? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When you register for <strong>3D<\/strong>EXPERIENCE World, you will be asked about participating in Model Mania. If you have already registered, edit your profile to make sure you\u2019ve answered appropriately.<\/p>\n<p>Check out <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/2020\/03\/20-years-of-model-mania.html\">this tech blog<\/a> for a walk down memory lane for 21 years of Model Mania.<\/p>\n<p>You can also check out <a href=\"https:\/\/r1132100503382-eu1-3dswym.3dexperience.3ds.com\/#search:Model%20Mania\">the models<\/a> created from last year\u2019s <strong>3D<\/strong>EXPERIENCE Challenge.<\/p>\n<p>Register today for free for <strong>3D<\/strong>EXPERIENCE World 2021 <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/361L4JJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>or click on the banner below.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/361L4JJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-45322 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/3DXW_blog_961x250.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"961\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/3DXW_blog_961x250.jpg 961w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/3DXW_blog_961x250-300x78.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/3DXW_blog_961x250-615x160.jpg 615w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/3DXW_blog_961x250-768x200.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/3DXW_blog_961x250-728x189.jpg 728w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 961px) 100vw, 961px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A fan favorite, Model Mania, our annual design challenge that pits user against user in a battle of SOLIDWORKS skills, will return for 3DEXPERIENCE World 2021.<\/p>\n... <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/2020\/11\/model-mania-returns-to-3dexperience-world-2.html\">Continued<\/a>","protected":false},"author":107,"featured_media":45294,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2933,3355,3285,563,3,826,14,2783,18],"tags":[3012,2989,3356,2069,452,1073,2233,19],"class_list":["post-45297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-3dexperience","category-3dexperience-world-2021","category-3dexperienceworks","category-cloud-computing","category-community","category-dassault-systmes","category-design","category-product-designers-and-mechanical-engineers","category-solidworks","tag-3d-creator","tag-3d-sculptor","tag-3dexperience-world-2021","tag-community","tag-education-2","tag-model-mania","tag-skills","tag-solidworks-2"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45297","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\/107"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45297"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45297\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}