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SolidWorks Tutorial: Building a Robot Arena
You have seen Assabet Valley robot students featured on the SolidWorks TV series, Let's Go Design. These students and their instructor, Bryant LaFlemme, have used SolidWorks to design the robot arena. Then they built it for a National Robots
... ContinuedStudents 6dot Braille Labeler Designed in SolidWorks on KickStarter
Students designed the 6dot Braille Labeler in SolidWorks. the 6dot is a low cost, low weight printer that can be used on all types of objects to assist those who are visually impaired. Now they are using KickStarter to
... ContinuedSolidWorks Curriculum for Educators on the SolidWorks Customer Portal
SolidWorks provides curriculum, tutorials and projects for educators on our SolidWorks Customer Portal. This video shows how you obtain your SolidWorks serial number, create an account and access the Customer Portal right inside of the SolidWorks Education Edition. The projects
... ContinuedSolidWorks Tutorial: CO2 Dragster from Team CudaCountry
SolidWorks Tutorials by master teacher, Pat Haley astound me again with his lastest SolidWorks Tutorial featuring a CO2 dragster. Take a look at the updated CO2 Dragster Car Tutorials at Cudacountry https://www.cudacountry.net/html/sw_co2car.html New in the SolidWorks 2011 tutorials: Mate References
... ContinuedLinking Undergraduate Engineering Curriculum Around SolidWorks
The University of Western Ontario, under the direction of Paul Kurowski, has built an undergraduate design curriculum around SolidWorks. A number of non-design courses are also linked to that design stream. Graduating students leave UWO with working knowledge of CAD and Simulation and with
... ContinuedWomen Stars make Engineering Exciting for Students
Every week I get to meet amazing students, educators and commerical customers that make it truly exciting to be an engineer. This week is no exception. On Tuesday, Professor Barbara Hughey from the MIT Women in Technology program got to talk
... ContinuedSolidWorks Drawings Keep on Truckin’
Using SolidWorks Drawings can save you time when design changes enevitably occur. The drawings I saw from the SAE team at Concordia Univerisity were amazing because they were placed on their Ford F150 truck! I asked Concordia's vice president Jimmy Stabio to
... ContinuedRobocon 2011 Finals
The Robocon 2011 Finals were last Friday. My colleague Christian, his two children and I got to attend, I have to thank my other colleague Ryan and my intern Greg for helping out last week teach these students about
... ContinuedCFD Tutorial: Inlet Flow, Air over a Wing, and more SolidWorks Flow Tutorials – Part I
Today I explored the SolidWorks Flow Simulation folders, a CFD (computational fluid dynamics) goldmine inside the SolidWorks Education Edition that I didn’t know existed, so I thought I would share our flow tutorials, curriculum, and my goldmine with you. There is
... ContinuedSolidWorks Foam Airplane Tutorial
Download Plane Body My intern Greg Margolis from University of Massachusetts Amherst and a few of his engineering friends were testing aerodynamics of this foam plane before a meeting. Greg helped me turn this action into a SolidWorks tutorial
... ContinuedSolidWorks Sheet Metal Rocket Student Project
The SolidWorks sheet metal tools was one of my favoirte areas to explore with my students. There was such a look of amazement between the formed and flat states. Although my school did not have any sheet metal forming or braking equipment, I had my
... ContinuedModeling an Orange Juice Glass in SolidWorks
This Orange Juice glass 3D model continues my SolidWorks is Art series. There is another side of SolidWorks, the side that industrial designers, artists, and consumer product designers use everyday to make amazing products. I wanted to share some
... ContinuedInterview on Engineering Education, Dassault Systemes, SolidWorks and more
At the US Science and Engineering Festival in Washington DC, I was able to share my thoughts on engineering education, inspiring young girls and boys through innovation with Dassault Systemes and SolidWorks. 3Dvia Shape (www.3DVIA.com ) introduces 3D modeling to students
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