Design
AndyMark – Passion for Robots – Passion for FIRST
AndyMark Inc. develops, manufactures and distributes mechanical and electrical parts for the mobile and competitive robotics market with a passion for both robots and the FIRST Robotics community. I got to talk with president and founder Andy Baker who explained to me
... ContinuedSolidWorks Sponsors FIRST Robotics Competition Recycle Rush for FRC Teams
January 3, 2015 marks the FIRST Robotics Competition FRC Kickoff for the new game, RECYCLE RUSH. SOLIDWORKS is a FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) Crown Sponsor. To all teams that apply for sponsorship at www.solidworks.com/FIRST SolidWorks will provide the SOLIDWORKS Robotics Suite. We have created a
... ContinuedThe Last of Us Journey Through 2014
The Last of Us developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for Play Station is one of the most popular video games ever created and features the journey of two characters, Joel and Ellie. My daughter, Stephanie created this pencil
... ContinuedCNS Solutions 13th Student Design Contest Winners in Poland
SolidWorks Value Added Reseller, CNS Solutions Poland, ran its 13th SolidWorks Student Design Contest. The winners continue to show that Poland is developing a world-class design force. CNS Solutions is host of the oldest SolidWorks design contest in Poland for
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Education App for Teachers and Students
Our SOLIDWORKS Education community asked us to put together an App all about SOLIDWORKS for teachers and students. Educators are busy. Students are busy. So we put together the tools to help teachers and students use SOLIDWORKS more effectively on your
... ContinuedSolidExpert VAR Poland Announces “You Can Design Rebelia” Contest Winners
SolidExpert, our Value Added Reseller in Poland announced the winners of the “You Can Design Rebelia” Student Design Contest. These designs are truly impressive with a high degree of technical detail. The panel jury had a difficult decision in scoring
... ContinuedSimulation Results – Made Easy
This week I was talking to my colleague, Delphine Genourvrier, about ways SOLIDWORKS applications can be used together to make student capstone design projects and competition presentations easier to explain. Delphine reminded me on how SOLIDWORKS Simulation results and eDrawings can be
... ContinuedSIMULIA 1st Academic Forum at MIT November 12, 2014
Announcing: SIMULIA 1st Academic Forum 2014 is for academic users of Abaqus and other SIMULIA software. Where: MIT Campus Activities Complex Room W20-407, 77 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA, USA When: Wednesday November 12, 2014, 8:30AM to 4:30PM Attendees will discover
... ContinuedFrom Engineering Students to Engineering Entrepreneurs
In business, innovators do. Dartmouth engineering students Shinri and Krystyna met in an engineering design class. These entrepreneurial engineers looked differently at a common problem, developed a new solution, created a product, and formed a company. We need to encourage
... ContinuedSolidWorks Japan Hosts Family Day For Kids
The SolidWorks Japan offices in Tokyo and Osaka are housed in very secure buildings. But once a year, the offices and engineers open their doors to DS families. For the children of these families, it is a day of fun, filled
... ContinuedWhat’s New in SolidWorks EDU
The start of a new school year is an exciting time and when you are learning SOLIDWORKS great designs let students explore their own creativity. The new SOLIDWORKS Education Edition is based on SOLIDWORKS Premium 2014, the same software that engineers from
... ContinuedRobot Teams Wired for SOLIDWORKS Electrical
As competitive robot teams continue to push innovation in electro-mechanical design, the SolidWorks Education Community responds with our SolidWorks Sponsorship for robot teams such as FIRST Robotics (FRC FTC FLL), AUVSI, ASEE, ASME, and IEEE featuring the SOLIDWORKS Robotics Suite. The
... ContinuedAutonomous Underwater Vehicles Compete at AUVSI Foundation’s RoboSub
Robots got wet. Engineering teams were challenged. At RoboSub 2014 students design and build autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) capable of performing realist missions in the underwater environment. 1st place winner Cornell AUV team provided us with a SolidWorks model of their
... ContinuedSTEM Tutorial: Junior Solar Car
A new SolidWorks STEM tutorial for the Junior Solar Sprint car has been developed by teacher Pat Haley, Cuda Country. Partners Technology Student Association (TSA) and Army Education Outreach Program (AEOP) bring the JSS model solar car competition to many
... ContinuedNC State Flies High at AUVSI 2014 Aerial Robotics Competition
NC State Robotics Club soared to a first place finish at this year’s 2014 Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International, AUVSI SUAS, Aerial Robotics Competition. The Student Unmanned Air Systems (SUAS) competition provides challenging missions to student teams to design, integrate
... Continued