3D CAD
Made in 3D Student Design Contest
Your creation. Your 3D object. Join the MadeIn3D community and enter their latest contest. The SolidWorks models must be independent with no separable parts (Example: a ball bearing with balls and a body) Now use your imagination and create something
... ContinuedFormLabs, a Small 3D Printer, a Big 3D Impact
FormLabs of Somerville made a big impact at the SolidWorks Press Event in Waltham this month. Operations manager Sam Jacoby and his team used SolidWorks to design a small 3D Printer, named the Form 1 – at a low cost.
... ContinuedUMASS Lowell Rover Hawks Win NASA Competition
The TASK: Build a functional robot in 3 months and communicate with it 2000 miles away. The UMASS Lowell Rover Hawks combined mechanical, electrical, computer programming and 3 cameras to win the simulated MARS Rover competition sponsored by NASA Engineering
... ContinuedConstruction Training Institute – Kuwait’s 1st SolidWorks Campus-wide Deployment
All students at the Construction Training Institute (CTI) in Kuwait will be able to use SolidWorks Education Edition software on and off campus. CTI becomes the first school in Kuwait to deploy the SolidWorks Campus-wide network. The SolidWorks Campus license
... ContinuedStudent Formula SAE Japan Accelerates with SolidWorks
Congratulations to Kyoto University (1st), Osaka University (2nd), Doshisha University (3rd), and Nagoya University (4th) and all the student teams that participated in this year’s FSAE Japan event. We thank these SAE teams for designing with SolidWorks software and creating an
... ContinuedConnecticut Technical High School System Selects SolidWorks to Prepare Students for STEM Workforce
Connecticut is the Constitution State and the STEM state. The state of Connecticut has adopted high standards for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) subjects taught in its schools. The Connecticut Technical High School System(CTHSS) chose the SolidWorks Education
... ContinuedSolidWorks User Group Network – for Educators too
SolidWorks User Groups are a valuable resource to all members of the SolidWorks community. As an educator, joining a SolidWorks User Group and attending a user group meeting provides benefits for you and your students. Just ask Randall Bock
... ContinuedThe Dog Days of Summer
As August weeks get hotter in Boston, dogs need to cool off. So I asked SolidWorks dog Ellie, a yellow lab mix, and the other dogs to sit in the shade and share their favorite new features in the
... ContinuedTwins Pass CSWA
Braxton Cox and Colton Cox are twin brothers attending Haile Middle School. As 7th graders, they passed their Certified SolidWorks Associate (CSWA) exam. These young designers are doing more than working towards their next certification. The brothers are reading
... ContinuedTeam Apollo and Team Anemo join to Race Aeolus Den Helder
After racing in the Shell Eco Marathon in Rotterdam, Team Apollo, a high mileage vehicle with low drag, running on bio-ethanol, could have a restful summer. Instead, Team Apollo joins Team Anemo, a wind power vehicle built with sustainable
... ContinuedUniversity of Michigan World Solar Car Team Introduces “Generation”
Student from the University of Michigan World Solar Car team sent us a picture of this year’s vehicle. New Regulations for the 2013 World Solar Challenge (WSC) resulted in a major engineering challenge. The UM Solar Car team has been
... ContinuedWarwick University Satellite Team has No Limits
Warwick University Satellite Team (WUSAT ) launched their prototype satellite on a weather balloon into the stratosphere near Welshpool, Wales. Over a 2 hour flight, the satellite reached an approximate height of 30km above the Earth’s surface, at which point
... ContinuedReinventing the Toilet and Wastewater Treatment System
We get up in the morning. Brush our teeth, take a shower, and use the toilet. In the western world, we don’t think about clean water or the waste water process. In the developing world, designing a system to reduce
... ContinuedSolidWorks at ASEE K12 Teacher STEM Workshop in Atlanta
Hundreds of educators spent Saturday at the 10th American Society of Engineering Educaiton (ASEE) K12 Teacher workshop in Atlanta Georgia. The ASEE event was sponsored by Dassault Systemes. I was fortunate to present with two great educators, Fred Stillwell and
... ContinuedChris Dosen, Cherokee Trial HS, achieves Certified SolidWorks Expert (CSWE) with a Perfect Score!
The highest certification a SolidWorks customer can obtain is Certified SolidWorks Expert (CSWE). The latest CSWE is Christopher Dosen and he did it with a perfect score. There are 1300 CSWE’s in the world. There are 29 CSWE’s
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