Customer Stories
Steampunk 1577 Changes Lives with Electric Wheelchair Kit Designed in SOLIDWORKS
FIRST Robotics Competition Team Steampunk 1577 started the FRC revolution in Israel and their mission is to impact people who were not previously interested in STEM, and help them grow. They are one of the most influential FIRST teams in Israel, both with their robots and their community outreach projects. One of those projects, of which the team is incredibly proud, is their creation of a low-cost electric wheelchair kit, designed in SOLIDWORKS.
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Certification Celebrates 400,000!
Sometime over this weekend, we passed 400,000 certified SOLIDWORKS users and sometime between leaving work in a Boston snowstorm and traveling to DS HQ outside of Paris we reached 401,134. Wow! What an accomplishment for SOLIDWORKS users all over the
... ContinuedRookie Tales from Formula SAE: Day 4
Alex Van Overbeeke-Costello is an intern in the 3DEXPERIENCE Lab and a passionate member of the UMass Lowell Formula SAE team. Recently, she joined her team in Barrie, Ontario to represent SOLIDWORKS and compete in Formula North, where 45 teams from across North America showcased their small, formula-style vehicles. All Formula SAE vehicles are conceived, designed, fabricated, and developed by students
... ContinuedRookie Tales from Formula SAE: Day 3
Alex Van Overbeeke-Costello is an intern in the 3DEXPERIENCE Lab and a passionate member of the UMass Lowell Formula SAE team. Recently, she joined her team in Barrie, Ontario to represent SOLIDWORKS and compete in Formula North, where 45 teams from across North America showcased their small, formula-style vehicles. All Formula SAE vehicles are conceived, designed, fabricated, and developed by students
... ContinuedReaching New Heights with the University of Toronto Aerospace Team
Want to know how to make history? Ask the Space Systems division of the University of Toronto Aerospace Team (UTAT). Not only have they developed and are preparing to launch a Cube-Satellite into space in 2020, they are the only fully student-funded satellite project in Canada.
... ContinuedRookie Tales from Formula SAE: Day 2
Alex Van Overbeeke-Costello is an intern in the 3DEXPERIENCE Lab and a passionate member of the UMass Lowell Formula SAE team. Recently, she joined her team in Barrie, Ontario to represent SOLIDWORKS and compete in Formula North, where 45 teams from across North America showcased their small, formula-style vehicles. All Formula SAE vehicles are conceived, designed, fabricated, and developed by students
... ContinuedRookie Tales from Formula SAE: Day 1
Alex Van Overbeeke-Costello is an intern in the 3DEXPERIENCE Lab and a passionate member of the UMass Lowell Formula SAE team. Recently, she joined her team in Barrie, Ontario to represent SOLIDWORKS and compete in Formula North, where 45 teams from across North America showcased their small, formula-style vehicles. All Formula SAE vehicles are conceived, designed, fabricated, and developed by students
... ContinuedRandom Designs with Stefan Ulrich
Stefan Ulrich is the award winning artist behind RandomDesign, a prop shop that specializes in functional designs. He created the show-stopping X-Wing model featured at SOLIDWORKS World 2019, after only using SOLIDWORKS Education Edition for six months. And he’s excited to explore more modeling and making possibilities.
... ContinuedLimitless Possibilities with Josh Shires and Mous
Most students dream of jobs that will utilize their talents to the fullest. SOLIDWORKS Education Edition 2019-2020 helps students achieve those goals, no matter the ups and downs. Josh Shires, CTO of Mous, started his student journey with SOLIDWORKS and
... ContinuedRapolas Gražys and Lava Drops in Harmony
A student’s journey can venture down many paths. Students dream big, and SOLIDWORKS Education Edition 2019-2020 helps turn dreams into reality. Rapolas Gražys learned how to use SOLIDWORKS as a student in Lithuania, and his love of CAD and
... ContinuedJackie Tan Teaches Future Makers with SOLIDWORKS Apps for Kids, Part Three
Part Three: 3D Tech Squad Takeover and Sharing a Legacy Jackie Tan is a Maker Lab teacher at South Tahoe Middle School in South Lake Tahoe, CA. After discovering and falling in love with 3D printing, she is in
... ContinuedJackie 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,
... ContinuedA Cosmic Collaboration on Mauna Kea
The only way for astronomers to collect data is by gathering the light of the cosmos. To do that on Earth, they need massive ground-based telescopes. The summit of Mauna Kea, a dormant volcano that makes up almost a quarter
... ContinuedLucas Crupi: 15 Year Old CSWE
This post was written by Neeta Sharma, Account Manager at Javelin, a Preferred SOLIDWORKS Educational Reseller. Lucas Crupi is a CERTIFIED SOLIDWORKS EXPERT (CSWE) at the age of 15. While most young people are getting through exams, or playing Fortnight, Lucas
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS User Spotlight: Ed Hernandez Masters Teaching. Part Three: Project
Ed Hernandez left a boring, unfulfilling, and well-paying job to become a high school science teacher. He teaches his students to use SOLIDWORKS and be self-sufficient, and his program at Tustin High school has had some major success stories. Check
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