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Sheet Metal Joist Hanger
For this post I decided to make a joist hanger that is used in building things such as decks. I made this part using the sheet metal tools. The part was started by using a base flange which was U
... ContinuedFEA Thermal Simulation Tutorial using a Brake Rotor from the SolidWorks SAE Tutorials
Check out this video tutorial using SolidWorks Simulation to run a FEA thermal analysis on a brake rotor from the SolidWorks SAE tutorial. This video shows the set up and running of a thermal simulation that looks at the
... ContinuedDuke Motor Sports Accelerates at FSAE Michigan
The SolidWorks EDU team is back from FSAE Michigan and we really appreciate all the thank you letters and messages and ideas to make our SAE Sponsorship even better. Duke Motorsports student and endurance driver, Costi was kind enough to thank
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SolidWorks Education Facebook Page for Students and Educators
www.Facebook.com/SolidWorksEducation was released today. Designed for students and educators that love SolidWorks, we listened to your designs and your ideas to develop this Facebook page. The Facebook SolidWorksEducation page focuses on the SolidWorks Community, SolidWorks Tutorials, SolidWorks Jobs, and SolidWorks Certification. It's all
... ContinuedFormula SAE Michigan – students at their best
My day at FSAE Michigan starts with a stop at the F1inSchools US finals. What a difference a year makes. I first met Team Raptor, Kelly, Sabine, Anna, and Claire last year at the US finals. These girls, now in high school from Marietta
... ContinuedDog Bone Mold
As I had mentioned in my last post, I am going to make a mold of the dog bone from that post. In order to simplify it for the mold making process, I decided that it would be best if
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Happy Spring – from SolidWorks Student to SolidWorks Engineer
When mechanical engineer Dawid Fionik from Solidworks Reseller CNS Solutions in Poland sent us this Easter greeting, I thought wow – what an amazing journey has taken place. As a SolidWorks Student, at Bialystok Technical University, Dawid won the CNS design
... ContinuedSolidWorks drives F1inSchools UK finals
SolidWorks sponsors F1inSchools and the UK event this month was more exciting than ever with more teams participating in this engineering competition where students design a miniature F1 race car, test, manufucture, race and have fun project. The project starts
... ContinuedSolidWorks Education hosts Regional NASCAR STEM Student Racing Challenge
STEM – Science Technology Engineering and Math. If you combine these subjects with RC Racing, Tony Schumacher – U.S. Army Top Fuel Dragster and seven-time champion and SolidWorks customer, 25 engineers from the US army and community, along with a great
... ContinuedLobster Trap Using Weldments
This time I decided to make a part using the weldments feature and explain how I went about it. I made a lobster trap using only weldments. Even though this lobster trap is made out of wood, weldments still can
... ContinuedPepper Grinder
The inspiration for this post came during dinner with my family. This project seemed to be fairly straight forward, however once I got going I realized that the bottom grinding mechanism was harder to figure out then I first thought.
... ContinuedNewton’s Cradle with SolidWorks Motion
For this post I made a Newton’s Cradle. It was a fairly easy build. The frame was just a couple sweep features. The spheres were made using the revolve feature and then another sweep feature was utilized to create
... ContinuedDoes Your 2D CAD Software Cost Too Much?
Has 2D CAD software gotten too expensive for high school and community college drafting and engineering graphics programs to survive? A community college professor came up to me last week at SolidWorks World and stated that he can no longer afford his
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