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Digital Abstract Art to Agriculture in SolidWorks
Monet's water lilies are compared to poetry and music. At SolidWorks World, General Session Day 1, Bertrand Sicot, CEO of DS SolidWorks Corp., introduced a new form of expression with the digital abstract art of John Stoltzfus. John's images depict only what you
... ContinuedPolish “You Can Design!” Contest Announces Student Winners
Student Igor Kozlowski, Poletecnika Bialostocka, Poland, took first prize in the "You Can Design!" contest with his "Oldskulcruiser" SolidWorks model. The SolidWorks contest, hosted by our value added reseller, SolidExperts, announced the results this week. You don't have to understand a word of
... ContinuedChocolate, Robots and SolidWorks – every girl’s dream
I love dark chocolate. I love robots. and I love SolidWorks. The latest video in the BorntoDesign.tv series takes you through Gerhard Schubert's packaging equipment that helps to produce the products you love. Watch the video, but be prepared to
... 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
... 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
... ContinuedStories on innovation for your classroom with SolidWorks users who are Born to Design
When I was teaching, seaching for innovation stories for students was a challange. Now SolidWorks has made it easier. Join the world's most innovative SolidWorks users on Born to Design As SolidWorks CEO Bertrand Sicot said at SolidWorks Word 2012,
... 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
... ContinuedRobot CAD Tutorial in SolidWorks
Need a CAD tutorial to learn how to create a Robot model in SolidWorks? It's competive robot season again and time to get prepared by understanding how to create and assemble parts in SolidWorks. 1. Start with best practices review our
... ContinuedIndia Engineering Students Win Big at BWIR Design Ace Competition
Engineering students from southern India were challanged with BWIR(Barry Weymiller International Resources) Design Ace Competition. The exciting finals took place last week in Chennai, India and I was fortunate to be a judge. Why? because I got to see first
... ContinuedCAD/CAM to New Heights with EdgeFactor’s Gnarly Metal
CAD/CAM – two acronyms that define Computer Aided Design and Computer Aided Manufacturing. Sometimes they live in separate worlds. When you want to teach students the same excitement I feel every time I walk into a machine shop, then the new
... ContinuedKinematics Tutorial: Finding Linkage Cognates with SolidWorks
Lately, I have been thoroughly enjoying learning about linkages, their motion, and their synthesis. Anyone who has tried to find the cognates of a four-bar linkage may have noticed that the process is time-consuming and a bit tedious. SolidWorks to
... ContinuedIf Eiffel had SolidWorks, would Marie Sophie Germain make the short list?
In the week where major retailers have pulled from their shelves the girls Tshirts “Allergic to Algebra” and “ I am too pretty for homework so my brother has to do it for me”, I find myself in at a
... ContinuedTips for the Engineering Student – and SolidWorks too
I decided to put some tips together to help engineering students this week – not just with SolidWorks but also with engineering subjects. Choosing the engineering fields can be challenging as an engineering student. My intern Greg created his own web
... ContinuedSolidWorks Tutorial: Building a Robot Arena
You have seen Assabet Valley robot students featured on the SolidWorks TV series, Let's Go Design. These students and their instructor, Bryant LaFlemme, have used SolidWorks to design the robot arena. Then they built it for a National Robots
... ContinuedFormula SAE, Formula Student, SAE and SolidWorks Collegiate Vehicle Sponsorship and Tutorials
SolidWorks is proud to sponsor teams for Formula SAE, Formula Student, Baja, Formula Hybrid, Supermilage, Clean Snowmobile, Aero, Electric, Solar and other collegiate vehicle competitions. Your team can apply for sponsorship at www.solidworks.com/sae With sponsorship, you will receive 1. SolidWorks
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