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Teaching CAD with SolidWorks? You are not alone and SolidWorks can help.
? When I first started teaching engineering design courses I was the only instructor at my college. I was hired on Friday and classes started Tuesday. Luckily there was a holiday on Monday. So our EDU team put together curriculum
... ContinuedConverting Printed Circuit Board Designs into SolidWorks Assemblies using CircuitWorks
Check out this video showing how to use CircuitWorks within SolidWorks to convert a printed circuit board file into a SolidWorks assembly. CircuitWorks is able to convert a number of different file types. This tool is very useful when
... 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
... ContinuedDesign Optimization Help Using SolidWorks
Check out this brief video that shows where to find tutorials within SolidWorks that use design studies alongside with SolidWorks Simulation. Using a design study can help optimize a model based off of important parameters specified by the
... ContinuedHot Air Balloon in SolidWorks
For this post I decide to create something typically not seen every day; a hot air balloon. This model was unique in the fact that it integrated surface modeling, solid modeling, and weldments all into one project. To create
... ContinuedThermodynamic and Heat Transfer Analysis using SolidWorks
Are you analyzing problems that involve Thermodynamics or Heat Transfer? Check out this video that will highlight tutorials that are in SolidWorks that can help you solve these problems. Using SolidWorks Simulation and Flow Simulation, both simple and
... ContinuedSolidWorks 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.
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