Mechanical Engineering
Robots Create Opportunity for Indigenous Youth
We first met Danielle Boyer (Ojibwe) when she was 17. You may know her as one of the Main Stage speakers at 3DEXPERIENCE World 2020, as someone featured in past SOLIDWORKS Educational blogs, or from her appearance in our
... ContinuedNew to the 3DEXPERIENCE Education Portfolio: 3DStory and 3DSketch
New Cloud App Alert: 3DStory and 3DSketch The 3DEXPERIENCE platform is the tool for educators to run virtual classrooms – communicating to your class, teaching cloud
... ContinuedAero Design Series – Airplane Stability – Part 1: Introduction
In this 1st video in a series on airplane stability, we introduce the concepts that we’ll cover. We continue where we left off in the series on airfoils. Using SolidWorks for model demonstrations, we get a feel for the forces
... ContinuedListen! It’s Not Your Mom’s or Dad’s Machine Shop Anymore.
Listen! It’s Not Your Mom’s or Dad’s Machine Shop Anymore. The 3DEXPERIENCE Manufacturing and Design podcast series takes students, educators and professionals through the latest in technology. Hosted by my colleagues, John Milbery and Michael Buchli, this month features two
... ContinuedSave 10% off the 2020-2021 SOLIDWORKS Student Edition now!
Get ready to unleash your creativity with the most widely used 3D design software! Are you a student taking remote classes? Need SOLIDWORKS? Here’s your chance to purchase your own copy of SOLIDWORKS for 10% off! The new school year
... ContinuedAxlr8r Formula Racing- The Formula Student Electric team of IIT Delhi
SW Education sponsors over 4,000 teams a year worldwide. I recently had the pleasure to virtually meet the team leaders of Axlr8r Formula Racing from IIT Delhi India, Deepansu Kaushik and Vivek Mahindrakar. Axlr8r Formula Racing is the first Indian
... Continued3DEXPERIENCE in the Classroom Leads to New Certifications
As more educators adopt the 3DEXPERIENCE cloud-based technology platform, they begin to explore beyond the 3D CAD apps. The xDesign app allows you to create prismatic components, the next gen SOLIDWORKS technology is a software application with all software &
... ContinuedAero Design Series – Airfoils – Part 4: Physical Interpretation of Coefficient of Moment
In this 4th video in a series of 4 about airfoils, we search for a physical understanding and interpretation of the coefficient of moment “Cm” of airfoils. This parameter is often confusing to grasp at first, but a physical understanding
... ContinuedAero Design Series – Airfoils – Part 3: Interpreting Cl and Cd
In the first 2 videos about airfoils we have imported airfoil curves into SolidWorks from airfoiltools.com. In the 3rd and 4th videos in the series of 4 we delve into physical interpretations of the performance parameters of airfoils. In this
... ContinuedAero Design Series – Airfoils – Part 2: Importing Airfoils Into Solidworks
In this 2nd video in a series of 4 about airfoils, we cover various methods to import airfoils into SolidWorks in order to design the parts and assemblies of your aircraft.
... Continued3DEXPERIENCE and the Virtual Classroom
The 3DEXPERIENCE WORKS portfolio builds upon SOLIDWORKS desktop with the 3DEXPERIENCE Cloud Business platform. The 3DEXPERIENCE platform introduces new ideas and workflows into the classroom: Community, Collaboration, Project Management and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM). You can view a complete playlist,
... ContinuedAero Design Series – Airfoils – Part 1: Introduction – What is an Airfoil?
In this 1st video in a series of 4 about airfoils, we approach the question: what is an airfoil? How do we use them for designing aircraft in SolidWorks?
... ContinuedTips for Educators in Challenging Times
I was fortunate to be the keynote at the SolidProfessor Virtual Education Summit. Now I want to share with all educators some topics to help you prepare for the upcoming semester. SOLIDWORKS Student Access Licenses Qualified schools with SOLIDWORKS subscription
... ContinuedMISSION: PROJECT OF THE YEAR 2020
ATTENTION ALL STUDENTS – SHARE YOUR DESIGN PROJECTS! Students, your mission, should you choose to accept, is to embark on the student competition, Project of the Year 2020. For this assignment, you need to share a project created
... ContinuedTeaching and Learning 3DEXPERIENCE and SOLIDWORKS From Home with Open COVID19 Community
David’s Engineering Design project-based class at WPI is online. At home, we have been making face shield frames with multiple Sindoh 3DPrinters for local hospitals and medical centers, documented through the Open COVID19 community. More information on Open COVID19 Community
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