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SOLIDWORKS Education Edition 2019-2020 is here!
Our mission is to provide students with the tools and skills they need to get the job of their dreams. With SOLIDWORKS Education Edition 2019-2020, students have access to the same 3D development tools used by millions of engineering and
... ContinuedSolidWorks Motion: Part 8 – Optimizing Results
The final part of the series shows how to optimize the results you obtain from a motion study by using a design study.
... ContinuedSolidWorks Motion: Part 7 – Analyzing Results
This part of the series will show how to analyze the results you obtain from a motion study. There are a lot of different types of results that you may choose to analyze. The video below shows a trace path
... ContinuedSolidWorks Motion: Part 6 – Creating a Motion Study
This part of the series explains how to create a new motion study. A motion study can be used to run simulations on an part or assembly. There are many practical applications for this. In the video below, the motion
... ContinuedIntroducing the SOLIDWORKS Education Edition 2014-2015 – Design without Limits
Today we introduce the SOLIDWORKS Education Edition 2014-2015 to instructors and students around the world. The new SOLIDWORKS Education Edition is based on SOLIDWORKS Premium 2014, the same software that engineers from every industry design their new products with. The SOLIDWORKS Education
... ContinuedUse Solidworks in Stress Analysis – Measure Stresses, Strains and Displacements
If you are taking a course in Stress Analysis, you will encounter problems that require you to calculate deflections that occur when certain forces/moments/loads are applied. You can use Solidworks Simulation to verify your answers. You have the options to
... ContinuedSolidWorks Plastics: Interpreting Results
Plastic Filling in an iPhone 5 Case After having run an analysis on a part in SolidWorks Plastics, you probably want to understand what all the numbers and colors mean. The video below will explain the basics to interpreting the
... ContinuedSolidWorks Plastics: Meshing
iPhone 5 with a Plastic Case Many manufacturers use plastic injection molding to create cases for phones. A practical application of SolidWorks Plastics is using it to assess the manufacturability of these plastic cases. You too can design your own
... ContinuedHow to Create Runners in SolidWorks Plastics
SolidWorks Plastics Runner There are many practicle applications of runners in mold design. The runner in the picture above (T shaped bit) allows two parts to be made from a single gate. When the plastic has cooled, this runner can
... ContinuedChanging Configurations In SolidWorks Plastics
Cooling Time and Air Traps of a Part with Two Configurations You might have realized your initial part is not ideal for molding. Air might get trapped or it could take too long to fill up or cool down. If you
... ContinuedIntroduction to SolidWorks Plastics
Plastic Injection Molding Injection molding is very widely used in industry when creating plastic parts. SolidWorks Plastics is an Add-in for SolidWorks that simulates this process. It is included in SolidWorks Education Edition 2013-2014.* To learn more about SolidWorks Plastics
... ContinuedSnow on the Roof – Again
Winter in New England. We brace again for another snow storm. How much pounding can a roof take? My colleague, Stephen shows how SolidWorks Simulation can be used to determine snow loads on roofs. The article is featured on Boston.com's
... ContinuedSAE Car Suspension With SolidWorks Motion: Part 1 Eliminating Redundancies
Eliminating Redundancies in SolidWorks Motion Check out this video which is the first part of three showing how to use SolidWorks Motion to analyze a suspension system from a Formula SAE Car. In the first part, the process of eliminating
... ContinuedTuning Fork Optimization
Starting Model Optimized Model For this post, I decided to create a tuning fork. To figure out what pitch it was I created a frequency simulation study to determine the resonant frequency of the tuning fork. I added a fixed portion
... ContinuedFrequency and Vibration Help Using SolidWorks
Check out This video that show which tutorials in SolidWorks can help you solve frequency and vibration problems using SolidWorks Simulation. These tutorials look at resonant frequency as well as linear dynamic problems such as harmonic loads and random
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