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Jackie Tan Teaches Future Makers with SOLIDWORKS Apps for Kids: Part One
Part One: Making a Maker Lab The background of my phone call with Jackie Tan was filled with the soft whirring of 3D printers. In the South Tahoe Middle School Maker Lab, the first dedicated makerspace in its school district,
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Apps for Kids How-To: Changing Colors
When you’re changing the colors of a body in SOLIDWORKS Apps for Kids, it’s good to keep in mind that any stickers or painted lines won’t be erased when you add the new color. Let’s learn some tips and tricks
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Apps for Kids How-To: Split a Face
What’s the best way to add arms, legs, tentacles, and more to a model? By splitting a face! In today’s tutorial, we’ll learn how to split faces in SOLIDWORKS Apps for Kids. Check out our blog throughout the fall for
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Apps for Kids How-To: Selection Tools
There are a lot of ways you can select parts of your model in SOLIDWORKS Apps for Kids. In today’s tutorial, we’ll learn all the ways you can select (and deselect) bodies and faces! Check out our blog throughout the
... ContinuedMake a Pumpkin with SOLIDWORKS Apps for Kids!
Halloween is next week and if you haven’t already bought a pumpkin to sit on your steps, you’re running out of time. Fortunately, with SOLIDWORKS Apps for Kids you can design and even carve your very own Halloween pumpkin! Let’s
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Apps for Kids How-To: Move and Rotate Bodies
Bodies in SOLIDWORKS Apps for Kids can move and rotate like clockwork! In today’s tutorial, we’ll learn all the ways you can move bodies in three dimensions! Check out our blogs throughout the fall for more SOLIDWORKS Apps for Kids How To videos.
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Apps for Kids How-To: Mirror Tool
Adding mirrors to a model is one of the easiest ways to control its shape. Today we’re going to reflect (get it?) on how to use the mirror tool, and learn some helpful tips and tricks in SOLIDWORKS Apps for
... ContinuedCarve Your Own Jack o’ Lantern in SOLIDWORKS Apps for Kids!
October is the best month of the year because it means Halloween is near! But there’s nothing worse than carving your pumpkin too early and having to watch it rot as the month goes by. Want to practice your pumpkin
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Apps for Kids How-To: How to Scale
There are a lot of ways to move and change the size of your model in SOLIDWORKS Apps for Kids. One of those ways is to scale a face, either by stretching it out or squishing it down. Today we’re going
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Let’s Play Soccer and Football with SOLIDWORKS Apps for Kids
Football season (the kind where you kick and the ball and can’t touch it with your hands) is winding down, and football season (the kind with the helmets and the tackling and the weird scoring) is ramping up. You can
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Apps for Kids How-To: Creasing and Smoothing Edges
A lot of models look great when they have both smooth and sharp edges. Today we’ll learn how to crease and smooth edges and faces in the Shape It app. Check out our blogs throughout the summer for more SOLIDWORKS Apps
... ContinuedBack to School with SOLIDWORKS Apps for Kids
September is here, and you know what that means — it’s time to go back to school! Students everywhere are slinging their backpacks over their shoulders and climbing into buses to start another school year. A new school year also
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Apps for Kids How-To: Bridge Tool
How do you connect two parts of a model in SOLIDWORKS Apps for Kids? Today, let’s learn how to bridge gaps in our designs by using the bridge tool. Check out our blogs throughout the summer for more SOLIDWORKS Apps for
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Apps for Kids How-To: Add and Remove Material
In SOLIDWORKS Apps for Kids, you can use the Shape It app to create 3D projects. Adding and removing material is the simplest way to shape bodies and bring your ideas to life. Check out our blogs throughout the
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