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Rocket Man Explodes with Innovation at SolidWorks World 2012
When I first saw a rocket at SolidWorks World, I thought how did that fit in the elevator? How did we get a rocket past security? Would 5600 engineers and designers sneak into the Partner Pavillion at night and try
... ContinuedAldebaran NAO Robot Introduces SolidWorks World 2012
SolidWorks customers design amazing products. So when the General Session of SolidWorks World 2012 opened, it was great to see an innovative humanoid robot, designed by Aldebaran Robotics of Paris, France. Aldebaran’s NAO robot opened the show by introducing CEO
... ContinuedSolidWorks World Day 1
SolidWorks World 2012 woke over 5000 users this morning to a rock – hip-hop dancing robot video. The NAO robot, designed by SolidWorks customer, Aldebaran Robotics, instructed Bertrand Sicot, president and CEO of DS SolidWorks Corp. There are now over
... ContinuedCoordinate System Based on the Center of Mass
About two week ago I was wondering if it was possible to make a coordinate system that was based off of the location of the center of mass. I figured that this would be useful so that it would be
... ContinuedFrench Students Excel in STEM Education with Support from SolidWorks VAR CadWare
Before Science, Technology, Education and Math (STEM) became a well used acronym in US education, French students learned to use SolidWorks as a visualization tool in order to understand concepts in simple machines, laws of physics, mathematics, and how things work. In middle
... ContinuedSolidWorks Mentor Races with STEM Education Tutorial and the Ten80 Challenge
When Jeremy Losaw, NASCAR Racing Engineer and SolidWorks Mentor for the Ten80 STEM Racing Challenge sent me this video, I could not help but ask to share it with all of you. Jeremy also sent me the part model
... ContinuedFire Extinguisher
For today's post I decided to make a fire extinguisher. This was a really fun project to build. I was not sure exactly sure how the inside of the fire extinguisher worked but with some research and some designing on
... ContinuedSolidWorks Brazilian Blog Hosts Contest for Students and Teachers
SolidWorks Brazilian Blog https://solid3d.blogspot.com/ celebrates its 1 year anniversary with a great promotion for Brazilian students and teachers. With over 1 million views, solid3d.blogspot.com is the creation of SENAI educator José Cardoso Junior. Follow the link Promotion: https://solid3d.blogspot.com/2012/01/promocao-1-ano-de-blog.html These are the prizes: 1st Place: 1 license of
... ContinuedSolidWorks Expands the Science Fair to Amazing Products
Students use SolidWorks to visualize great ideas for Science Fairs and Technology Fairs. But former high school science fair winner, Ben Gullak has taken his winning project into amazing products to start his own company, BPG-Werks in just a few years. The
... ContinuedSnow Shovel
In the spirit of winter I decided to make something that is familiar to everyone who has experienced snow; a shovel. This is your classic shovel with a plastic handle and bucket and a wooden shaft. For the handle, I
... ContinuedFire Sprinkler
For this post I made a fire sprinkler thanks to the suggestion of one of my friends who is studying fire protection. The base sprinkler head was made using some boss extrudes. The threads were made by using a helix
... ContinuedWeldment Tutorial in Balsa Wood for Bridge and Structures
To create a Balsa Wood bridge or other wood structures, use a SolidWorks Library Feature, a SolidWorks 3D Sketch and SolidWorks Weldments, Here are the steps, video and model files to create a Balsa Wood Structure: 1. Create a cross
... ContinuedW16 Engine: Intake Manifold
In this post about the W16 engine I will present the build of the intake manifold through top-down design.
See detailed explanations in the extended entry at the end of the post.
Thank you for reading about this build and stay tuned for the next post which will detail the build of the exhaust manifolds, turbo compressors and their integration with the intake manifold.
George Bucsan
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Aerospace Engineering, 2014
... ContinuedThanksgiving Dinner
This is part two of Dave and my joint project. We finally put dinner on the table for Thanksgiving. We had a few challenges to overcome when designing the food. This was due to the difficulty of designing natural shapes.
... ContinuedDining Room in SolidWorks
For this post, Dave and I decided to do a joint project. With the American holiday of Thanksgiving fast approaching, we thought it might be fun to create a Thanksgiving dinner in SolidWorks. This is the first of two
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