Author Archives: Marie Planchard
Christmas 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
... ContinuedF1 in School Greece Team Succeeds at World Finals
Congratulations to the students from Team Ground Force Project that won two awards Best Newcomer Award Best Use of Social Media in the F1 in Schools 2012 World Finals in Abu Dhabi. The success of the Greek team will inspire
... ContinuedSolidWorks Design of a Tip-Enhanced Near-Field Optical Microscope
Everyday the SolidWorks EDU team is fortunate to work with great university researchers. They share their ideas and projects with the SolidWorks Community. One such physics research team comes from Portland State University where A.J. Lawrence, Derek Nowak and Erik
... ContinuedSolidWorks Engineers Go Underground in Paris
My colleagues and I decided to take the metro to Paris on Sunday. So what landmark does a group of engineers visit first? The Eiffel Tower? The Louvre? No. We decide to go underground to the "Le Musée des Égouts de
... ContinuedLeverage Freedom Chair wins100K Diamond Prize at MassChallenge
I first saw a prototype of the Leverage Freedom Chair a few years ago at the De Florez student competition at MIT. Then, student Amos Winter, showed how his design, from bicycle parts could be manufactured, maintained and used over the rough terraine
... ContinuedHan University Drives Education Success with SolidWorks
This week, members of the global SolidWorks Education team visited Han University of Applied Science in Arnhem, Netherlands. We truly were impressed with their curriculum that uses SolidWorks and SolidWorks Simulation. The director and engineering instructors shared information about the
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