For the Love of Engineering: FIRST in Michigan Transforms Education
Transform. This is the word to describe engineering and science education in Michigan. The leaders, mentors, teachers, students and industry professionals behind FIRST in Michigan lead in providing the largest reach across any US state for FIRST Robotics. After
... ContinuedHow Much Is It? When Can I Get It?
If you are part of a design team, you have parts that need to be manufactured. Sometimes you just don’t know how much a part will cost or the time to manufacture, Rapid Sheet Metal has produced a free Add
... ContinuedCreating a Log Cabin in SolidWorks – Part 14: Assembling Doors
This is a tutorial for SolidWorks Education Edition 2013-2014. It is intended for students that are 8+ years old. This part will show how to insert a door and assemble it for your log cabin assembly. The next blog post
... ContinuedCreating a Log Cabin in SolidWorks – Part 13: Assembling Logs
This is a tutorial for SolidWorks Education Edition 2013-2014. It is intended for students that are 8+ years old. This blog post will show you how to stack the logs for your log cabin. By choosing the size of the
... ContinuedUp, Up and Away Princeton’s WC Jones Explores the Universe
When Steve Benton, a graduate student at the University of Toronto took a photo of. Alexandra Rahlin, graduate student at Princeton University, they never knew the photo would be shared with the SolidWorks community. Alexandra is a graduate student of
... ContinuedFor the Love of Engineering – How FRC Robot Team 971 Drives the Future
Engineers. We need them to solve problems and create the products we use every day. 20 years ago Dean Kamen established FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition in Science and Technology) to show every student how learning about science, technology and
... ContinuedCreating a Log Cabin in SolidWorks – Part 12: Importing Parts into an Assembly
This is a tutorial for SolidWorks Education Edition 2013-2014. It is intended for students that are 8+ years old. This step goes over how to import the parts you have created in the previous steps into a SolidWorks Assembly. In
... ContinuedCreating a Log Cabin in SolidWorks – Part 11: Creating Pins
This is a tutorial for SolidWorks Education Edition 2013-2014. It is intended for students that are 8+ years old. This part will show how to create pins. Once you have completed this part, you will have finished creating all the
... ContinuedFIRST FRC SolidWorks Kit of Parts (KOP)
US FIRST FRC Kickoff revealed a new challenge to robot teams around the world. And to help with that challenge, SolidWorks created a KitBot and SolidWorks KOP to start off the games. FRC Teams can download the SolidWorks Kit of
... ContinuedMaker Galaxy Features SolidWorks + STEM
I was fortunate to be interviewed by Simon Martin, Maker Galaxy TV, by SolidSmack on SolidWorks in Education, STEM, and our upcoming sponsorship of US FIRST Robotics tomorrow. Click here for the complete interview. Thank you Simon for sharing with
... ContinuedCreating a Log Cabin in SolidWorks – Part 10: Creating Roofing
This is a tutorial for SolidWorks Education Edition 2013-2014. It is intended for students that are 8+ years old. This part demonstrates how to create roofing for your log cabin. The next blog post will explain how to create pins.
... ContinuedCreating a Log Cabin in SolidWorks – Part 9: Creating the Third Type of Roof Support
This is a tutorial for SolidWorks Education Edition 2013-2014. It is intended for students that are 8+ years old. This is the third type of roof support that you could create for your log cabin. If your log cabin is
... ContinuedCreating a Log Cabin in SolidWorks – Part 8: Creating the Second Type of Roof Support
This is a tutorial for SolidWorks Education Edition 2013-2014. It is intended for students that are 8+ years old. This part will explain how to create the second type of roof support. Depending on your log cabin size, you might
... ContinuedCreating a Log Cabin in SolidWorks – Part 7: Creating the First Type of Roof Support
This is a tutorial for SolidWorks Education Edition 2013-2014. It is intended for students that are 8+ years old. This part will explain how to create the first type of roof support. There are three types of roof supports, however,
... ContinuedCreating a Log Cabin in SolidWorks – Part 6: Creating Windows
This is a tutorial for SolidWorks Education Edition 2013-2014. It is intended for students that are 8+ years old. This part explains how to create a window that can later be imported into the log cabin assembly. The next blog
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