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SOLIDWORKS Interns Get Certified
There are over 300,000 certified SOLIDWORKS users worldwide, and this summer two SOLIDWORKS interns in the Waltham office were added to their number. Maxime Boyer and Marta Puig García-Capelo are international students who spent their summer in the 3DEXPERIENCE
... ContinuedHit the Beach for Summer Fun with SOLIDWORKS Apps for Kids
Summer’s here and so is the summer sun. Where’s the best place to beat the heat? The beach! With SOLIDWORKS Apps for Kids, the littlest sandcastle engineer can design, style, and print their very own beach gear. Dig this! In
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Apps for Kids How-To: Find, Open, and Create New Projects
SOLIDWORKS Apps for Kids introduces children from ages 4 to 14 to the excitement of imagining and designing their own creations. A collection of apps breaks down the design process into bite-sized tools to create, style, design, and engineer a
... ContinuedKeep On (Monster) Truckin’: SOLIDWORKS Meets Jonah
For the past few weeks, members of the R&D department at SOLIDWORKS have been pouring over monster truck designs. They’re now cozy with the designs and dimensions of some of the regulars at Monster Jam, a massive event where monster
... ContinuedFab Lab Valletta – Malta’s Community Space for Designers and Makers
The island nation of Malta has a rich history and culture. It’s capital, Valletta is a European Art City and a World Heritage City. Fab Lab Valletta brings together education and entrepreneurship for a community of designers and makers. Director,
... ContinuedMagic Wheelchair – Let’s Make Magic
When the SOLIDWORKS team was introduced to the Magic Wheelchair organization at Maker Faire, we found our new design-make project! Magic Wheelchair builds epic costumes for kiddos in wheelchairs at no cost to families. SOLIDWORKS is a sponsor of the
... ContinuedThe Cubie Awards: A SOLIDWORKS Story
If you ever have the chance to visit the DASSAULT SYSTEMES campus in Waltham, MA, you’ll initially be greeted with what looks like an ordinary office. Inside the Water Building, pods of cubicles dot the wide, open floor plan.
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS World – XDESIGN SOLIDWORKS FabConnect the Fabrication Interface MIT MODS for Fab Labs
Mods is a fabrication platform developed by MIT Center for Bits and Atoms, Dr. Neil Gershenfeld. Mods provides a set of software tools for personal fabrication, intended for use with machines common to Fab Labs, Shawn Liu introduces mods and
... Continued8th Graders from Dana Hall Spend Career Day with SOLIDWORKS
When most of us were kids, Career Day meant impatiently jiggling our legs under our desks, while Tommy Y.’s dad droned on about selling insurance, only to be followed by Laura V.’s mom trying to get us amped up
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS World – Education Breakouts Feature Student Success Stories
SOLIDWORKS World 2018 February 4-8, Los Angeles, CA brings educators and researchers to share student success stories at all levels of instructions. We are fortunate this year to have Paul Clinton and Ben Nubel from Engineering Technology teachers from Cherokee Trail
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Entrepreneur: DS 3DEXPERIENCE Lab Supports Innovators
The Dassault Systemes 3DEXPERIENCE Lab Boston, located in the North American Headquarters at Waltham, MA, has two components – a Startup Accelerator and a Fab Lab. The Accelerator works with early to mid-stage startups that focus on new technologies and
... ContinuedSAE AERO Design West Competition in TEXAS with SOLIDWORKS
This year’s SAE AERO Design West competition took place in the heart of the USA, nestled right in Fort Worth Texas. Students from all around the world and from different walks of life, filled the hotel lobby with propellers, DC motors, and aerodynamic fuselages,
... ContinuedFAB 12 Shenzhen Fabricating the Future
Makers from over 60 countries come to Shenzhen Fab12 this week to celebrate Fab Labs and explore the future of Fabrication at the 12th Fab Lab Conference and Symposium. The city of Shenzhen is quite the host in a city filled with
... ContinuedFAB LAB Rwanda Provides Education, Community, and Entrepreneurship
FAB LAB Rwanda opens this week providing a shared space for education, community, and entrepreneurship. As the first FAB LAB in central Africa, this new initiative is part of our commitment to the designers and makers in Rwanda. The FAB
... ContinuedDate Night 3D Printing with Sindoh 3DWox
Friday night and another date night to look into 3D Printing. Thanks to our new SOLIDWORKS partner, Sindoh, it’s time to bring home a bottle of wine and share with my husband, David, a new 3DPrint technology, 3Dwox. Hats off
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