cad
SolidWorks Workgroup PDM Helps RIT Baja Team Design, Compete and Succeed.
The Rochester Institute of Technology Baja team, like many other collegiate engineering teams, faces the challenge of designing, fabricating, testing and competing with a new vehicle every year. So, when SolidWorks began offering workgroup PDM software alongside the educational version
... ContinuedFEA Simulation Analysis Tutorial on Frame
Check out this video showing how to run FEA analysis on a frame using SolidWorks Simulation. The frame model comes from the SolidWorks SAE Tutorials. This video covers the setup and running of a static analysis on the model
... ContinuedKitchen Sink using Forming Tools
This week I decided to make a kitchen sink. Even though it is a fairly simple model, I decided to create it with a technique that I do not normally use. I made the sink using forming tools. These tools deform
... ContinuedStatics Help Using SolidWorks
Are you analyzing beams and trusses in school? If you are check out this video showing which SolidWorks Tutorials can help you out in your analysis. These tutorials give you the techniques needed to solve static problems involving beams
... ContinuedItalian Teachers use SolidWorks to Promote Innovation and Student Employment
Istituto Professionale Fossati, in the beautiful northern town of Sondrio, Italy, is a school that embraces new technology focusing on students’ future employment. In a recent event named, Innovation and Career, students (Ages 13-18) and their teachers showed how their
... ContinuedImproving Technology Education Across Ireland with SolidWorks
Changing a country's technology education for its future requires great dedication by teachers. Technology Subjects Support Services, t4 helped the Department of Education and Skills develop and implement geometry and product design curriculum at second-level (high schools) across Ireland. With t4's help, SolidWorks
... ContinuedMold Tutorial using an Intake Runner
Check out this video showing how to prepare a model for a mold as well as how to create the mold itself. The video covers the use of draft analysis as well parting lines when explain mold creation. The
... ContinuedKhmelnytskyi National University Ukraine Prepares Students for Mechanical Engineering Careers
Khmelnytskyi National University is currently one of the largest educational institutions in Western Ukraine, with around 15,000 students. For over three years, it has carried out Certified SolidWorks Associate (CSWA) exams to educators and students in a dedicated SolidWorks Center.
... ContinuedBiomedical Engineering Branched Vein Tutorial
Check out this video showing the basics of creating a branched vein in SolidWorks. This tutorial uses surfacing to create the model. By adding a few more steps this vein can also be created by using the standard loft feature. A vein model
... ContinuedProfessional Development for Teachers this Summer – Free From SolidWorks
If you are a teacher that needs professional development hours before school starts, wants to investigate STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Math) lessons, needs a great visualization tool, or just wants to learn what Computer Aided Design (CAD) can do for
... ContinuedTraffic Cone Mold
For this post I made a mold for my traffic cone that I created in my last post. To do this I used the draft analysis tool in order to make sure the cone would come out of the mold
... ContinuedSolidWorks Curriculum and Lessons for Educators
SolidWorks curriculum and lessons, developed for educators and students, are available inside the SolidWorks Education Edition. Lessons include powerpoint presentations, movie files, quiz question, assessments, and projects. There are hundreds of tutorials inside SolidWorks software. Educators also have access to curriculum and
... ContinuedFluid Analysis Tutorial using SolidWorks
Are you or will you be analyzing fluids at school? Check out this video, which is part of a series on how SolidWorks can help you in school, that shows several tutorials are highlighted that show how to use
... ContinuedTraffic Cone
This week I decided to make a traffic cone. In my next post I will be making a mold that the cone could be made using. The basic construction was pretty simple, just using a revolve and a boss extrude.
... ContinuedCam Mating and Analysis Help using SolidWorks
Check out this video covering the use of cam mates and the analysis of cams using SolidWorks Motion. This video is part of the series of how SolidWorks can help you in school. This video uses the cam
... Continued