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Polish “You Can Design!” Contest Announces Student Winners
Student Igor Kozlowski, Poletecnika Bialostocka, Poland, took first prize in the "You Can Design!" contest with his "Oldskulcruiser" SolidWorks model. The SolidWorks contest, hosted by our value added reseller, SolidExperts, announced the results this week. You don't have to understand a word of
... ContinuedCalculating Natural Frequency of a Semi-Ring
For this post I decided to test out something that I learned in my mechanical vibrations class which is calculating the natural frequency of a semi-ring. This ring can be seen above with some of the basic dimensions. Below are
... ContinuedCreating 3D Sketches in SolidWorks
This video shows the basics of using 3D sketches within your models. 3D Sketches are very useful when creating car chassis or anything where lines or curves cross through multiple planes. They reduce the number of planes that will
... ContinuedSketch Pictures Help in SolidWorks
Are you trying to create SolidWorks sketches that are based off of pictures or hand drawn sketches? If you are, this video will show the basics of how to open an image file within a SolidWorks sketch and use
... ContinuedScooter in SolidWorks
For this post, I created something that a number of people use as a means of transportation or just for fun. The scooter was a simple but fun build consisting of seven basic parts. The grip on the base was
... ContinuedSolidWorks Engineers Go Underground in Paris
My colleagues and I decided to take the metro to Paris on Sunday. So what landmark does a group of engineers visit first? The Eiffel Tower? The Louvre? No. We decide to go underground to the "Le Musée des Égouts de
... ContinuedTransition to SolidWorks from Creo or ProE: Drawing Documents
This video is the final part of a three part series providing tips to help learn SolidWorks if you have used Creo or ProE before and now have to learn SolidWorks for school or for a job. The basics
... ContinuedTransition to SolidWorks from Creo or ProE: Assembly Documents
Check out this video which is the second part of a three part series providing tips to help learn SolidWorks if you have used Creo or ProE before and now have to learn SolidWorks for school or for a
... ContinuedHan University Drives Education Success with SolidWorks
This week, members of the global SolidWorks Education team visited Han University of Applied Science in Arnhem, Netherlands. We truly were impressed with their curriculum that uses SolidWorks and SolidWorks Simulation. The director and engineering instructors shared information about the
... ContinuedTransition to SolidWorks from Creo or ProE
Check out this video which is part of a three part series providing tips to help learn SolidWorks if you have used Creo or ProE before and now have to learn SolidWorks for school or for a job. The
... ContinuedOctopus in SolidWorks
This post I decided to create something that was a little out of the ordinary. This octopus took me a quite a while to complete. I started by creating sketches for the head of the octopus in order to define
... ContinuedCareer and Technical Teachers and Students Succeed with CSWA
When you walk into your office and find someone left a newspaper article promoting a local school, you know you are going to have a good day. For everyday I know that career and technical teachers are faced with tough
... ContinuedCreating Blocks within Sketches for Synthesizing Linkages, Cams and Gears
Check out this video demonstrating how to use the block feature within SolidWorks to create sketches that behave like linkages, cams, or gears. Blocks take a group of entities and lock them together. These are able to be moved,
... ContinuedSolidWorks Design Contest for Dominican Republic University Students
My friend Oscar, our SolidWorks reseller, 3designers, sent me a note about a new design contest he is hosting for university students of the Dominican Republic. The Dominican Republic has become the latest country to offer our Certified SolidWorks Associate (CSWA) Exam
... ContinuedSolidWorks Rap. Marketing a new Job Board – Geojobi
It amazes me what SolidWorks customers do to promote the use of SolidWorks and to help out other SolidWorks users. Thank you Luke Parnell for creating this video to promote a new SolidWorks Job Board, Geojobi for the iPhone and
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