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SOLIDWORKS Accredited Educator for STEM Instructors
It’s the summer, and as a dedicated Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) Educator you work on your SOLIDWORKS skills and learn new lessons to implement in the classroom. Managing your own accreditation in a STEM field is challenging. When I
... ContinuedSolidWorks Event-Based Motion: Packaging Machine Part 4
This is the last part in a four part series showing how to use SolidWorks Motion to simulate a packaging machine utilizing event-based motion. In this part, the final event-based motion study will be shown. The model and study created
... ContinuedSolidWorks Event-Based Motion: Packaging Machine Part 3
This is the third part in a four part series showing how to use SolidWorks Motion to simulate a packaging machine utilizing event-based motion. In this part, the event-based motion study will be created. The model and study created in the
... ContinuedSolidWorks Event-Based Motion: Packaging Machine Part 2
This is the second part in a four part series showing how to use SolidWorks Motion to simulate a packaging machine utilizing event-based motion. In this part, the motion study will be set-up. The assembly created in the last part
... ContinuedSolidWorks Event-Based Motion: Packaging Machine Part 1
This is the first part in a four part series showing how to use SolidWorks Motion to simulate a packaging machine utilizing event-based motion. In this part, the assembly will be created. The parts for this model can be found
... 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
... ContinuedSolidWorks Motion: Part 5 – Saving Animations
This blog post will explain how you can save the animations you have created. The video below will go over some of the different settings you can choose when you are saving the animation as a video file. The next
... ContinuedSolidWorks Motion: Part 4 – Adding Transparency
This part of the series shows you how to change the transparency of certain parts during the animation. This transition could expose the inner workings of an assembly. The video below shows how to make parts in an assembly transparent.
... 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
... ContinuedSolidWorks Motion: Part 3 – Motors
Sometimes, it is more convenient to use motors in an animation instead of key points. The video below will show how to add motors into an animation. The next post in the series will demonstrate how to change the transparency
... ContinuedSolidWorks Motion: Part 2 – Orientations
This part of the SolidWorks Motion series will show you how to adjust the orientation of a part or assembly in an animation. The next part will explain how to add motors to animate an assembly.
... ContinuedSafety Glasses are the New Fashion Statement
The best in Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) was celebrated at the FIRST Robotics 2014 Championship in St Louis. Teams FRC 469, FRC 254,FRC 2848 and FRC 74 were crowned champions in this engineering celebration. I have known Team 469
... ContinuedSolidWorks Motion: Part 1 – Key Points
This is the first part of a nine part series that will explain the basics of SolidWorks motion. The video below will explain how to use keypoints to animate an assembly in SolidWorks. To download the SolidWorks Assembly that was
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