#Shapetober 2019 Round Up!
It’s the middle of October, which means #Shapetober is in full swing! The models below were created in Apps For Kids, xDesign and there are many other creations! Check out these models created by some of our amazing and creative
... ContinuedSolving Mounting Problems Using xDesign
In this blog, you will learn how to use SOLIDWORKS xDesign to save money and use
... Continued3DEXPERIENCE World – Building tomorrow today with our Education Community
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... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Electrical Formula SAE Tutorial: Creating a Project
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... ContinuedGet Spooky with the #Shapetober Riff Off!
Throughout the month of October, you can tag your Apps for Kids, xDesign, or xShape creations on social media with the #Shapetober and SOLIDWORKS Education will share your models with the world! This year, we want to include everyone in on the fun with our Apps for Kids #Shapetober Riff Off! Find the skull model created by SOLIDWORKS EDU below in the Apps for Kids public gallery, riff it, add something weird or fun to the design, and then share publicly with the world! At the end of October, we’ll see what kind of crazy model this Riff Off has wrought!
... ContinuedTeaching Enrichment with Apps for Kids Classroom, Part Two
Michael Steeves is a Senior Product Introduction Manager at SOLIDWORKS who volunteers to teach an after school enrichment class at his daughter’s elementary school. He utilizes Apps for Kids Classroom to teach the students about 3D modeling, printing, and more. In Part Two of his story, Michael gives other educators advice on how to best use Classroom to teach.
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Apps for Kids How-To: Share to the Public Gallery
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... ContinuedFIRST Tech Challenge – Kick off the 2019-2020 season with SOLIDWORKS
The 2019-2020 season, FIRST® RISESMpowered by Star Wars: Force for Change, is setting out to inspire citizens of the galaxy. Throughout history, great civilizations have risen, then fallen. Now it’s our turn to rise—building and bolstering our own planetary metropolis. The
... ContinuedTeaching Enrichment with Apps for Kids Classroom, Part One
Michael devised a curriculum using Apps for Kids Classroom. Apps for Kids is an ecosystem of apps designed to take children as young as four through the engineering workflow, and excite them about design possibilities. The Classroom interface allows educators to create self-contained classes, where students can design and share their projects in one digital space. It allows for better organization and lets educators keep tabs on what their students are working on. And Michael put his students to work.
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Apps for Kids How-To: 2D Print a Shape It Creation
No access to a 3D printer? No problem! There are so many fun ways to 2D pictures of your creation. You can print out a picture of your model with its Style It background, a color by numbers picture to
... ContinuedBuild the Future of Medical Care with SOLIDWORKS xDesign
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... ContinuedDousing Fires with Futuristic Helicopters
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... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Apps for Kids How-To: Change 3D Print Orientation
Sometimes your designs may look completely ready for 3D printing, but when you open them in the Print It app you find they’re orientated at an awkward angle. Never fear! In today’s lesson, we’ll learn how to easily fix the
... ContinuedFiring Up a Futuristic Firetruck
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... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Apps for Kids How-To: 3D Print a Shape It Creation
You’ve mastered the other apps in Apps for Kids. You’ve created incredible 3D models in Shape It. Now there’s one thing left to do: Print It! Using the Print It app to 3D print creations in a breeze. And even
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