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For the Love of Engineering: FIRST in Michigan Transforms Education
Transform. This is the word to describe engineering and science education in Michigan. The leaders, mentors, teachers, students and industry professionals behind FIRST in Michigan lead in providing the largest reach across any US state for FIRST Robotics. After
... ContinuedHow Much Is It? When Can I Get It?
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... ContinuedCreating a Log Cabin in SolidWorks – Part 14: Assembling Doors
This is a tutorial for SolidWorks Education Edition 2013-2014. It is intended for students that are 8+ years old. This part will show how to insert a door and assemble it for your log cabin assembly. The next blog post
... ContinuedCreating a Log Cabin in SolidWorks – Part 13: Assembling Logs
This is a tutorial for SolidWorks Education Edition 2013-2014. It is intended for students that are 8+ years old. This blog post will show you how to stack the logs for your log cabin. By choosing the size of the
... ContinuedCreating a Log Cabin in SolidWorks – Part 12: Importing Parts into an Assembly
This is a tutorial for SolidWorks Education Edition 2013-2014. It is intended for students that are 8+ years old. This step goes over how to import the parts you have created in the previous steps into a SolidWorks Assembly. In
... ContinuedCreating a Log Cabin in SolidWorks – Part 11: Creating Pins
This is a tutorial for SolidWorks Education Edition 2013-2014. It is intended for students that are 8+ years old. This part will show how to create pins. Once you have completed this part, you will have finished creating all the
... ContinuedMaker Galaxy Features SolidWorks + STEM
I was fortunate to be interviewed by Simon Martin, Maker Galaxy TV, by SolidSmack on SolidWorks in Education, STEM, and our upcoming sponsorship of US FIRST Robotics tomorrow. Click here for the complete interview. Thank you Simon for sharing with
... ContinuedCreating a Log Cabin in SolidWorks – Part 10: Creating Roofing
This is a tutorial for SolidWorks Education Edition 2013-2014. It is intended for students that are 8+ years old. This part demonstrates how to create roofing for your log cabin. The next blog post will explain how to create pins.
... ContinuedCreating a Log Cabin in SolidWorks – Part 9: Creating the Third Type of Roof Support
This is a tutorial for SolidWorks Education Edition 2013-2014. It is intended for students that are 8+ years old. This is the third type of roof support that you could create for your log cabin. If your log cabin is
... ContinuedCreating a Log Cabin in SolidWorks – Part 8: Creating the Second Type of Roof Support
This is a tutorial for SolidWorks Education Edition 2013-2014. It is intended for students that are 8+ years old. This part will explain how to create the second type of roof support. Depending on your log cabin size, you might
... ContinuedCreating a Log Cabin in SolidWorks – Part 7: Creating the First Type of Roof Support
This is a tutorial for SolidWorks Education Edition 2013-2014. It is intended for students that are 8+ years old. This part will explain how to create the first type of roof support. There are three types of roof supports, however,
... ContinuedCreating a Log Cabin in SolidWorks – Part 6: Creating Windows
This is a tutorial for SolidWorks Education Edition 2013-2014. It is intended for students that are 8+ years old. This part explains how to create a window that can later be imported into the log cabin assembly. The next blog
... ContinuedCreating a Log Cabin in SolidWorks – Part 5: Creating Doors
This is a tutorial for SolidWorks Education Edition 2013-2014. It is intended for students that are at least 8 years old. This part explains how to create doors that can later be imported into the log cabin assembly. The next
... ContinuedSolidWorks Sponsors US FIRST Robotics Teams
Robots are everywhere. Our commercial customers design and manufacture great robots and automation systems. Now all US FIRST teams can use the same software tools as our commercial customers. Use our easy application apply for sponsorship process for SolidWorks Sponsorship
... ContinuedCreating a Log Cabin in SolidWorks – Part 4: Cutting Logs for the Base
This is a tutorial for SolidWorks Education Edition 2013-2014. It is intended for students that are 8+ years old. This part will show you how to cut the logs you created in the previous steps so that they can be
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