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Han 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
... ContinuedTake-Out Food Box in SolidWorks
For this post, I decided to create something that we all have most likely seen at some point in our lives, a take-out food box. I created it using sheet metal tools as I treated the sheet metal like paper.
... ContinuedHow DimXpert and TolAnalyst Can Help You Out in School
Check out this video that shows where to find the tutorials in SolidWorks on DimXpert and TolAnalyst. DimXpert allows you to create dimensions in your part documents that can be brought into your drawings faster which will save you time
... ContinuedChildren from the Netherlands use SolidWorks to Prepare for FLL Robot Competition
As children from the Netherlands, ages 9-12, prepare for the First Lego League (FLL) robot competition, they face many challenges in design methodology, physics, teamwork and planning. With the help of Bas Kooman, Technical Director from SolidWorks Reseller, Cadmes, these
... ContinuedHow PhotoView 360 Can Help You Out in School
Check out this video showing where to find tutorials already within SolidWorks that demonstrate how to use PhotoView 360. This add in lets you render realistic images of your model that you can place in reports to show
... ContinuedElephant in SolidWorks
For this post I decided to share one of my more creative models that I made recently. This elephant took some time in order to get it to work out how I wanted. I used pictures of an elephant as
... ContinuedAcceleration at Student Formula SAE Competition Japan
The student formula events continue to excite young engineers around the world. Last week, at the Student Formula SAE Competition in Japan, students competed for the highest award in creation and design of a scaled formula vehicle. Congratulations to all the students
... ContinuedFEM Comparison Between Hand Calculations and SolidWorks Simulation
One class I am taking this year is a class on the finite element method (FEM). I decided for this post to solve out a relatively simple FEM problem by hand and then compare my answer by using SolidWorks Simulation.
... ContinuedStrength of Materials Help in SolidWorks
Check out this video showing which SolidWorks tutorials can help you test the effects that different materials have on your model. Included are tutorials showing how to set up simulation studies on composite materials. The end of this video provides
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