SolidWorks drives F1inSchools UK finals
SolidWorks sponsors F1inSchools and the UK event this month was more exciting than ever with more teams participating in this engineering competition where students design a miniature F1 race car, test, manufucture, race and have fun project. The project starts
... ContinuedSolidWorks Education hosts Regional NASCAR STEM Student Racing Challenge
STEM – Science Technology Engineering and Math. If you combine these subjects with RC Racing, Tony Schumacher – U.S. Army Top Fuel Dragster and seven-time champion and SolidWorks customer, 25 engineers from the US army and community, along with a great
... ContinuedLobster Trap Using Weldments
This time I decided to make a part using the weldments feature and explain how I went about it. I made a lobster trap using only weldments. Even though this lobster trap is made out of wood, weldments still can
... ContinuedPepper Grinder
The inspiration for this post came during dinner with my family. This project seemed to be fairly straight forward, however once I got going I realized that the bottom grinding mechanism was harder to figure out then I first thought.
... ContinuedStapler in SolidWorks
Here we are – the ultimate office supply. This stapler was fun to model. Thanks to my new caliper, the model is exact to the stapler I found in my drawer. The only exception is the springs, which are either
... ContinuedNew World Record Set
Declaration of World Record Set World Record Set on February 25th 2012 by Corporal Willy aka Richard Williams To all the readers of the SolidWorks Teachers Web Site and the world at large, I do solemnly swear and affirm
... ContinuedStaple Remover in SolidWorks
This staple remover was fun and simple to model, and provided me with a great opportunity to try out my new caliper. I used Thin Features and plenty of thoughtful design intent to expedite the process. Who would have thought office
... ContinuedTruth or Fiction
I would like to take a logical guess that everyone out there reading this post would agree that we have all been fooled by emails that we have gotten at times. They were either out right lies, fakes or completely
... ContinuedNewton’s Cradle with SolidWorks Motion
For this post I made a Newton’s Cradle. It was a fairly easy build. The frame was just a couple sweep features. The spheres were made using the revolve feature and then another sweep feature was utilized to create
... ContinuedDoes Your 2D CAD Software Cost Too Much?
Has 2D CAD software gotten too expensive for high school and community college drafting and engineering graphics programs to survive? A community college professor came up to me last week at SolidWorks World and stated that he can no longer afford his
... ContinuedSolidWorks in Education featured at SolidWorks World 2012
Day 3 at SolidWorks World has always been student day. We bring in high school students from the surrounding community. This year we also highlighted the success of educators that work with us to bring innovative tools to their students. Ireland has
... ContinuedRocket Man Explodes with Innovation at SolidWorks World 2012
When I first saw a rocket at SolidWorks World, I thought how did that fit in the elevator? How did we get a rocket past security? Would 5600 engineers and designers sneak into the Partner Pavillion at night and try
... ContinuedAldebaran NAO Robot Introduces SolidWorks World 2012
SolidWorks customers design amazing products. So when the General Session of SolidWorks World 2012 opened, it was great to see an innovative humanoid robot, designed by Aldebaran Robotics of Paris, France. Aldebaran’s NAO robot opened the show by introducing CEO
... ContinuedSolidWorks World Day 1
SolidWorks World 2012 woke over 5000 users this morning to a rock – hip-hop dancing robot video. The NAO robot, designed by SolidWorks customer, Aldebaran Robotics, instructed Bertrand Sicot, president and CEO of DS SolidWorks Corp. There are now over
... ContinuedSolidWorks Education at SolidWorks World 2012
SolidWorks World 2012 starts Sunday in beautiful San Diego where engineers and designers gather together to celebrate design and innovation. There are so many SolidWorks educators and students coming to SolidWorks World that I thought I would summarize the SolidWorks
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