Acceleration at Student Formula SAE Competition Japan
The student formula events continue to excite young engineers around the world. Last week, at the Student Formula SAE Competition in Japan, students competed for the highest award in creation and design of a scaled formula vehicle. Congratulations to all the students
... ContinuedFEM Comparison Between Hand Calculations and SolidWorks Simulation
One class I am taking this year is a class on the finite element method (FEM). I decided for this post to solve out a relatively simple FEM problem by hand and then compare my answer by using SolidWorks Simulation.
... ContinuedMom. Dad. Look What SolidWorks Can Do!
At age 14, Clement showed his mom and dad what he was learning in school with SolidWorks. His parents did more than say, "great job", They implemented SolidWorks in their company for Clement's proud parents are Nicole and Christain Travertson. Travertson Motorcycles prides itself
... ContinuedKlein Bottle in SolidWorks
I've had this part in the back of my mind for quite a while now, and it turned out to be a quick and fun project. I used a Thin-Revolve to make the "base" of this one-sided surface. Two Thin
... ContinuedStrength of Materials Help in SolidWorks
Check out this video showing which SolidWorks tutorials can help you test the effects that different materials have on your model. Included are tutorials showing how to set up simulation studies on composite materials. The end of this video provides
... ContinuedSolidWorks – Up Where the Air is Clear
It's the last unofficial weekend of the summer so do something fun with your family or friends. Take time to dream. I always dreamed about para sailing. Luckily David agreed to try too - always ready to test the laws of physics
... ContinuedTeaching CAD with SolidWorks? You are not alone and SolidWorks can help.
? When I first started teaching engineering design courses I was the only instructor at my college. I was hired on Friday and classes started Tuesday. Luckily there was a holiday on Monday. So our EDU team put together curriculum
... ContinuedConverting Printed Circuit Board Designs into SolidWorks Assemblies using CircuitWorks
Check out this video showing how to use CircuitWorks within SolidWorks to convert a printed circuit board file into a SolidWorks assembly. CircuitWorks is able to convert a number of different file types. This tool is very useful when
... Continued2012 CMU Robot Hall of Fame(R) Nominees
How do you relate ASTRO BOY, Lego Mindstorms, R2-D2, and the Mars Pathfinder? They are all inductees into the Carnegie Melon Robot Hall of Fame. Now you can vote for the 2012 Inductees. IEEE posted all the nominees at https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/robotics-software/robot-hall-of-fame
... ContinuedTuning Fork Optimization
Starting Model Optimized Model For this post, I decided to create a tuning fork. To figure out what pitch it was I created a frequency simulation study to determine the resonant frequency of the tuning fork. I added a fixed portion
... ContinuedReality Redesign Final Episode – Design Student’s Dream
Are you teaching a design or manufacutring course? Need a video to excite students about taking your class? Producer Jeremy Bout has made manufacturing exciting by teaming up with PINKBIKE to develop the Reality Redesign contest. I was fortunate to be one of the judges here
... ContinuedFrequency and Vibration Help Using SolidWorks
Check out This video that show which tutorials in SolidWorks can help you solve frequency and vibration problems using SolidWorks Simulation. These tutorials look at resonant frequency as well as linear dynamic problems such as harmonic loads and random
... ContinuedBattlecry 13 at WPI – Robots that Keep on Playing with SolidWorks Support
Battlecry BC13 was a blast! A record number of students attended this year's robot competition at WPI in Worcester, MA, USA. When the first team shows up at 0800 this morning for our 1600 opening, you know there is going to be
... ContinuedDesign Optimization Help Using SolidWorks
Check out this brief video that shows where to find tutorials within SolidWorks that use design studies alongside with SolidWorks Simulation. Using a design study can help optimize a model based off of important parameters specified by the
... ContinuedHot Air Balloon in SolidWorks
For this post I decide to create something typically not seen every day; a hot air balloon. This model was unique in the fact that it integrated surface modeling, solid modeling, and weldments all into one project. To create
... Continued