Mechanical Engineering
3DEXPERIENCE Works Lesson 4: SOLIDWORKS and Lifecycle Maturity States
The 3DEXPERIENCE Add In provides access to cloud storage and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) apps that enable student teams and organizations to control and track large amounts of SOLIDWORKS data from part and assembly files to simulation scenarios and manufacturing documents. With PLM, you can teach good engineering practices to help students not only in school but in future jobs.
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS and SIMULATION – Together in Education
SOLIDWORKS continues to be a necessary job skill for design and engineering professionals and as a result is taught in schools from middle school and high schools, technical institution and college and universities. SOLIDWORKS desktop is connected to cloud
... Continued3DEXPERIENCE Works Lesson #3: SOLIDWORKS Bookmarks, Share and Delete
In my experience, most students do not fully understand that they need to save their assembly document along with the reference components in the same folder (Save vs. Save As). I’ve had numerous students open their assembly or drawing only to ask, “Where are my parts?” This lesson uses Bookmarks and cloud storage to help students understand references and delete them – all within the SOLIDWORKS session.
... ContinuedFormula Hybrid – Electric Competition Highlights Students Engineering Talents
Formula Hybrid + Electric is one of the most challenging competitions in the SAE collegiate circuit. Requiring multidisciplinary student teams in mechanical, electrical, systems, chemical, robotics engineering and computer science, the event tests the design, performance, and durability of a
... ContinuedWhat’s New in SOLIDWORKS EDU 2023?
For over 25 years, SOLIDWORKS has brought our software into the classroom through dedicated educators who teach our tools and inspire their students. As educators, you support our mission to provide qualified graduates for our commercial customers and develop technological
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS xDesign Lesson 12: Additional Resources
After teaching 1000’s of students and writing about SOLIDWORKS for over 25 years, David Planchard, emeritus WPI, is exploring xDesign. Through the SOLIDWORKS xDesign Lesson series, David helps educators understand the differences and similarities between xDesign and
... ContinuedNot a Tractor – A Way of Thinking
You do not have to be a farmer’s daughter to understand the significance of a tractor on a small farm. I learned this lesson when I was a little girl with my parents and grandparents, along with the importance of
... ContinuedNuts, Bolts and Thingamajigs Host 240 Manufacturing Camps
Welding in the morning. Machining at noon. Robotics to end the day. This sounds like my type of camp. Nuts, Bolts and Thingamajigs (NBT) is the foundation of Fabricators and Manufacturers Association. Their mission is to keep manufacturing in America
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS xDesign Lesson 11: Sketch Based and Applied Features
Through the years of teaching SOLIDWORKS, I tell my students important basics. 1. Select the correct sketch plane. 2. Keep the Base sketch simple. 3. Use constraints (geometric relations) before dimensions. 4. Keep features simple. Similar basics apply with SOLIDWORKS xDesign.
... Continued3DEXPERIENCE Works EDU Spotlight:Nadir Oktay Küçükaltun – I Can Fully Realize My Dreams
Nadir Oktay Küçükaltun is a SOLIDWORKS Champion, our SOLIDWORKS User Group Leader (SWUG) Leader in Turkey, 3DEXPERIENCE EDU Champion, and winner of SOLIDWORKS Student Model Mania in 2023. Known to the SOLIDWORKS community and his friends as Nadiro, he has
... ContinuedRoboBoat 2023 Ocean Exploration Powered By Student Ingenuity
Robonation’s RoboBoat 2023 Competition, an international event that tests students skills and ingenuity above and below the water, took place last week in Sarasota, Florida USA. RoboBoat is an international competition where students design, build, and compete with self-driving robotic boats, known as ASVs,
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS xDesign Lesson #10: Sketching, Constraints, Dimensions
Design intent manages the relationship between sketches in a feature, features in a part, and parts in an assembly. Students need to understand design intent in a sketch, using constraints and dimensions. Let’s start with a simple example using xDesign.
... Continued3DEXPERIENCE Works EDU Spotlight: Hanen Bdioui a True Champion
Hanen Bdioui is a Mechatronics Engineer, SOLIDWORKS Champion, and first 3DEXPERIENCE EDU Champion from Tunisia. Last month, she won 1st place of SOLIDWORKS Cloud Challenge Model Mania in 2023. Hanen is also a 3DEXPERIENCE Content Creator and 3DS advocate. I
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS xDesign Lesson 9:External References – Copy with Mates
Engineering students need to understand how to create assemblies using a bottom – up design approach, a top – down design approach or combination of both. Use SOLIDWORKS xDesign to understand how external references are created when inserting a new component. Enhance working proficiency with copy with mates using components not in a pattern. Utilize a collaborative space so students just don’t loose their data in the cloud.
... ContinuedSAE Aero Competition Takes Off with SOLIDWORKS
Do you like planes? Do you like to fly? We wanted to share with the SOLIDWORKS community the results of talented engineering students from around the world. This past weekend, the best in aerospace, mechanical, systems and design students gathered
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