Design
Random 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.
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Apps for Kids How-To: 4 Bar Linkage
Now that we’ve seen how all the components of Mech It work, it’s time to put them all together! Today we’ll learn how to make a 4 bar linkage, a great starting point for amazing creations!
... ContinuedFull STEAM Ahead with Danielle Boyer: STEAM Connections
Danielle Boyer is a STEAM advocate and SOLIDWORKS user. Learn more about her student journey in part one. When we last spoke for her SOLIDWORKS Women in Engineering feature, Danielle Boyer told me about her FIRST Robotics Competition team’s special
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS xDesign Challenge for INDIA
Announcing the SOLIDWORKS xDesign Challenge for INDIA! This is the first design challenge using SOLIDWORK xDesign for all students across India. Student teams will have the opportunity to design and collaborate to win a Mega Sponsorship Award. The top three
... ContinuedCheers to Creativity and #ShaperilWithSOLIDWORKS!
It’s the last day of April, which means it’s time to round up all the amazing #ShaperilWithSOLIDWORKS creations! All month long, we asked SOLIDWORKS users to share their SOLIDWORKS Apps for Kids, SOLIDWORKS, SOLIDWORKS xDesign, and SOLIDWORKS xShape models with
... Continued“Art Can Make Engineering Beautiful”: Ela Kurowska Brings Art to Life with Light Forms, Part Three
Ela Kurowska is a Canadian scientist-turned-artist who utilizes scientific principles to create Light Forms, a photography art project exploring the abstract origins of life using the photoelastic effect. Read her story from the beginning and learn more about the process
... Continued#ShaperilwithSOLIDWORKS Round Up!
It’s the middle of April, and #ShaperilwithSOLIDWORKS is in full swing (just like spring)! The models below were created in SOLIDWORKS, SOLIDWORKS Visualize, SOLIDWORKS xDesign, and the free, kid-friendly SOLIDWORKS Apps for Kids–there are so many designs for springtime! Check out
... ContinuedArt Experiments: Ela Kurowska Brings Art to Life with Light Forms, Part Two
Ela Kurowska is a Canadian scientist-turned-artist who utilizes scientific principles to create Light Forms, a photo-based art project exploring the abstract origins of life using the photoelastic effect. Read part one of her story here. Art Experiments What do you
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Apps for Kids How-To: Pin Shapes and Add Motors
One of the best parts of making Mech It designs in SOLIDWORKS Apps for Kids is animating them using motors. Today we’re going to learn how to add pins and motors to our mechanisms! Check out our blog throughout the
... ContinuedDiscovering Art and Science: Ela Kurowska Brings Art to Life with Light Forms, Part One
In the age of digital design, how rare and thrilling is it to look at a photograph and have no idea what you are seeing? To be unable to decipher what methods and materials were used to create an image?
... ContinuedCelebrate Spring with SHAPE-ril!
This year, April is SHAPEril! To celebrate the season, SOLIDWORKS invites kids of all ages to use SOLIDWORKS Apps for Kids and create fantastic springtime projects. Parents or educators can share those projects on social media with the hashtag #ShaperilWithSOLIDWORKS
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Apps for Kids How-To: Getting Started with Mech It
Today we begin learning about an app that’s way different from Shape It or Style It. It’s time to learn how to make things move with linkages, motors, and more using Mech It! Mech It is an awesome app that
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Apps for Kids How-To: Style a Dinosaur
Time to put together everything we’ve learned so far! We’ve already shaped a dinosaur, now it’s time to style it in the Style It app! Check out our blog throughout the winter for more SOLIDWORKS Apps for Kids How To videos. To create
... 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 Apps for Kids How-To: Shape an Airplane
We’ve learned so much about how to shape models in SOLIDWORKS Apps for Kids over the past few months, it’s time to put it all together! Not everything you want to make can be done with a single body; sometimes
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