Author Archives: Marie Planchard
SolidWorks World 2013 – Design without Limits!
Design without Limits. That is the theme for SolidWorks World 2013. In General Session, Day 1, customers got to experience great designs – without limits. Our commercial customers create amazing products. And students do too. The Uno, was
... ContinuedSolidWorks World Celebrates Educators and Their Students
SolidWorks World 2013 is only a few days a way and I wanted to share with you the featured speakers at the Education Breakout Sessions. Justin Lai, Lemelson MIT InvenTeams and Dan Schab, math teacher, Michigan teacher of the year (2005-2006) and mentor, Williamston
... ContinuedSoidWorks Student Design Winners in Poland from CNS Solutions
SolidWorks Reseller, CNS Solutions of Poland posted the winners of their 11th design contest. They are pretty impressive models – so I am so glad Dawid shared with all of you. 1st Place: Peter Jans – Gdansk University of Technology
... ContinuedSolidWorks – Helping Students with the Fundamentals of CAD and Simulation
How do you prepare your students to work for talented SolidWorks customers, like Franck Muller Watchland? You need to start with the fundamentals. My colleagues from the SolidWorks Web Team put together a series of 200 videos to help our
... ContinuedSolidWorks Japan Starts Young Engineers At Age 9
SolidWorks Japan has raised the bar in engineering education. My Japanese colleagues have introduced SolidWorks to students starting at age 9 during "Kids Engineer" in Yokohama. Organized by the Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan and major Japanese automobile companies,
... ContinuedChristmas Tree Bulb in SolidWorks
This bulb was a fun and festive project. I used a couple of Thin Revolve features to make the globe and the cap, and the clip and hanger are done with Sweeps. Enjoy this bulb; use it to decorate your
... ContinuedSolidWorks Extends Engineering Outreach to Kuwait Educators and Students
When colleges and industry combine to share trends and ideas in engineering education, great things happen. The College of Technological Studies (CTS) and SolidWorks Value Added Reseller, CAD CAM CIM, joined efforts to host an engineering educators conference to showcase trends in education with SolidWorks
... ContinuedGalileo, Physics and SolidWorks Motion
Galileo climbed 290+ steps in the Tower of Pisa to tests his theory of mass versus time. I've been to the beautiful Tower, now leaning, it's a long way up. What if Galileo had SolidWorks Motion to illustrate the path of a
... ContinuedSolidWorks Animation From A Buckeye
When you get a SolidWorks animation from a buckeye, you know it’s going to be good. The Ohio State University mechanical engineering students, Kyle Steinkerchner, Clinton Lehotan, and Matt Taylor exceeded in this year’s ME5680 Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing
... ContinuedNew Certification Exam: Certified SolidWorks Simulation Associate – FEA
SolidWorks introduces a new certification exam based on the SolidWorks Simulation application and the Finite Element Method. The Certified SolidWorks Simulation Associate – FEA (CSWSA-FEA) exam is a 2 hour, on-line exam that evaluates knowledge in linear static analysis theory and
... ContinuedCAD Final Exam. Made Easy for Instructors. Made to Last for Students.
Save time. Let SolidWorks create your CAD final exam. Instructors need to create a final exam for their CAD course. Students need to build their resume or CV to prove to employers they have SolidWorks skills. The Certified SolidWorks
... ContinuedDestination Zero Carbon Powers the Generation of ECO-Imagineers
We need clean energy. Students have creative energy. As Eco-Imagineers, they explore science, engineering and math, to overcome our challenges. SolidWorks reseller, 3D ClassWorks and Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Singapore held the global premier of Destination Zero Carbon (DZC) Inter-School Competition.
... ContinuedThanksgiving Dinner from SolidWorks
This is part two of Dave and my joint project. We finally put dinner on the table for Thanksgiving. We had a few challenges to overcome when designing the food. This was due to the difficulty of designing natural shapes.
... ContinuedPolish “You Can Design!” Contest Announces Student Winners
Student Igor Kozlowski, Poletecnika Bialostocka, Poland, took first prize in the "You Can Design!" contest with his "Oldskulcruiser" SolidWorks model. The SolidWorks contest, hosted by our value added reseller, SolidExperts, announced the results this week. You don't have to understand a word of
... ContinuedRobotics Engineering Advances at WPI
Robots are everywhere at WPI. Last week I visited WPI and met the VP of Manufacturing from Rethink Robotics, who introduced me to Baxter. Baxter is an adaptive manufacturing robot. It contains cameras, sensors and sophisticated software that enable it
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