Happy Holidays for the SolidWorks Education Team
The SolidWorks Education team would like to thank the thousands of instructors and students that participate in our program and the teacher blog. Best wishes for a healty and happy New Year. Play movie: holidaygreating2007..avi
... ContinuedSolidWorks Assembly Instructions for VEXplorer
VEXplorer is a vex robotics hobby kit. This movie contains the steps to assemble VEXplorer. If movie does not play automatically, sSave the movie to your hard drive, right click VEXplorerInstructions.swf, select Open With, Internet Explorer. Movie: VEXplorerInstruction.swf
... ContinuedSolidWorks User Group Network
The SolidWorks Users Group Network allows educators to become part of the SolidWorks User Community. From SolidWorks technical information to news and opinion, SolidWorks user blogs provide yet another way to learn more about SolidWorks and the SolidWorks Community for
... ContinuedDictyostelium Discoideum (an amoeba)
This movie shows how SolidWorks is used to create a microscope image of a Dictyostelium Discoideum, the amoeba. Display in 2D in most biology text books, the amoeba is a 3D single cell organism. Courtesy of Kevin Seale and John
... ContinuedDetermine Mass of an Object
This lesson uses SolidWorks to determine the mass of an object. Variations of the same object will be drawn, and the lightest object that meets the design requirements will be chosen. Contributed by Brian Moravec. Lesson: Download SolidWorks-Lesson-Mass.doc
... ContinuedCreating Hinge Parts using SolidWorks
In this lesson the students are challenged to disassemble a typical 3 1/2" hinge, apply measuring tools and skills to determine the part sizes, create dimensioned and annotated freehand sketch of each part, then create the parts using SolidWorks. Contributed
... ContinuedMating parts to achieve rotary, linear, and oscillating motions in a multi-part simple engine
Given a static display of the final assembly, assemble the parts files to match. Add mating conditions which will allow for the required motions. Finally, using the simulation tools display the total assembly in motion. Contributed by William Lindsay, North
... ContinuedCreate VEX Models
Learn about the fundamentals of SolidWorks 2007 by downloading chapter 1 of this book. This book features the VEXplorer robot so that you create VEX Models. Lesson: Download FundamentalsVEXChapter1.pdf Sample Parts: Download Gear28.SLDPRT
... ContinuedEngineering Design Graphics Division
The Engineering Design Graphics Division of the American Sociey of Engineering Education promotes teaching, research, discussion, and communication of engineering design graphics. This is accomplished through conferences, short courses, and the Engineering Design Graphics Journal, published three times a year
... ContinuedProduction Engineering using SolidWorks
In this lesson, students assess and apply problem solving and design methods for developing solutions to manufacturing problems. They develop a manufacturing process by identifying process methods and plan the sequence of operations needed to fabricate and assemble a product.
... ContinuedTips to Design Robots
Use these design tips to develop robots. Examples are presentented with VEXplorer components. www.solidworks.com/vex
... ContinuedSolar Bird House
Presentation and discussion of the simply laws of Thermodynamics; Why heated air rises over cooler air? Explore the Density of Substances and why air acts and weighs differently as the temperature changes. Further discussions concerning air density in weather changes,
... ContinuedReflections
This lesson plans uses SolidWorks to examine the relationships of reflected two dimensional geometric shapes. Students will use SolidWorks to create mirrored shape and drag the vertices of the shape over the mirror line in order to dynamically examine how
... ContinuedLofted Surface
This lesson shows how students can create a complex curved surface that could be used in automotive body design. Students will sketch curves on separate planes in space and then blend the curves together to form a surface. Contributed by
... ContinuedBEST Robotics, IGUS Model Files
For BEST Robotics teams, IGUS has provided model files of the following documents: DryLin® N low profile linear guide system NK-01-27, igubal® inch sizes, igubal® flange bearing, Inch sizes, size range E, igubal® form A, inch sizes, size range K,
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