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Telecaster Guitar Neck in SolidWorks
This is the neck to the guitar. I also re-uploaded the body, as I changed the size of the neck mounting holes. Now this is starting to look more like a guitar! I wonder how I’m going to put
... ContinuedWPI Student Bloggers have a passion for SolidWorks
I went to visit my husband David at WPI last week and was amazed at the dynamics in the lab. Three of his tutors were helping out students – but they were not scheduled to work. They just enjoy helping out
... ContinuedMain Trumpet Body in Solidworks
I am a trumpet player and have always wanted to make a model of my horn. This is the first part that will eventually make up my entire trumpet in detail. Please continue to follow my process as I
... ContinuedTelecaster Guitar Body in SolidWorks
Here is a model of the body of one of my favorite guitars. This is the most logical way to start modeling the guitar, and I hope you will follow my posts and enjoy my future models. Thanks for
... ContinuedFive Questions Friday: Senai Andai, student at University of Texas at Arlington
The following is reposted from the SolidWorks corporate blog Name: Senai Andai Title: Mechanical Engineering Student, Battlebots IQ Team founder School: University of Texas at Arlington Hometown: Dallas, Texas 1. Why do you choose to study engineering? How
... ContinuedStudents display robots, cars, plane, tractors and their own designs at SolidWorks World 2011
It has been a busy week at SolidWorks World 2011 in San Antonio Texas. We announced 1 million licenses sold to educational institutions and I love coming to work everyday to help out so many students who use SolidWorks to design
... ContinuedStatic Analysis of a Bike Frame – SolidWorks is Engineering, SolidWorks is Statics
I know some readers have problems playing the videos. I republished this post again by uploading the videos to YouTube. I will continue to post videos on my teacher blog because some schools do not have access to YouTube. Last
... ContinuedModeling a Butterfly
My colleague Come sent a report to me this week on the extensive use of SolidWorks in design schools. As a mechanical engineer, I spent a great deal of time in the machine shop with machined and sheet metal parts.
... ContinuedSolidWorks Tutorial: So you want to design a robot
The SolidWorks EDU team put together a series of video tutorials to help students learn to design and assembly a robot. In nine units with multiple lessons, you will work through your first part, to a simple assembly, compression spring, mechanisms,
... ContinuedSolidWorks for the Senior Capstone Design Project – Heat Transfer Made Easy
As a senior mechanical engineering student, understanding 4 years of theory to solve a complex problem is a challange. This Fall, SolidWorks puts together a series of Simulation videos to explain complex problems with SolidWorks Simulation tools that simplify the
... ContinuedSolidWorks SAE Design Project
The SolidWorks SAE Design Project curriculum teaches students how to use SolidWorks software to help design a vehicle for the Formula SAE competition. Skills and lessons use provided example parts, but the techniques can also be applied to other SAE
... ContinuedFive Questions Friday with Kimberly Wenger of the Virginia Tech Blind Driver Challenge
Note: This is being reposted from The SolidWorks Blog Name: Kimberly Wenger Title: Virginia Tech senior and student leader of the Virginia Tech Blind Driver Challenge project, an initiative to create a vehicle that is capable of being operated by
... ContinuedIntroducing The STEM Academy
I was fortuante to meet with educators this week at the ACTE conference in Nashville. What a great time to be in technology and engineering education with the importance of making math and science relevant for all students. That is why
... ContinuedA Science Project for Today’s Classroom
Many times things can be made in the classroom that can be used to demonstrate principals of Physics or Mechanics. Here is a project I just finished that might be of some use to teachers in their classes. It was
... ContinuedA Fantasy Look into the “Future Cities” Competition
How proud I was today to be a judge in the Future Cities Competitions held here in Las Vegas. Our middle school kids did research, mechanical designs, essays with abstracts and model building of what our cities of the future would look like
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