Mechanical Engineering
SolidWorks Electrical 2D: Detailed Cabling & Associated Symbols
Detailed Cabling in Line Diagram After having created a line diagram you should assign manufacturers to the parts and cables. Next, by using the detailed cabling tool you can connect the manufactured components to the cables. The video below
... ContinuedSolidWorks Electrical 2D: Destination Arrows
Tutorial for SolidWorks Electrical Education Edition Academic Year 2013-2014 In the video below wires in a control drawing and a power drawing are connected. The Manage origin-destination arrows tool is used to create destination arrows or off-page marks. This tool
... ContinuedBasics of Drawing Schematics in SolidWorks Electrical 2D
Tutorial for SolidWorks Electrical Education Edition Academic Year 2013-2014 In the video below an electrical schematic is created. Inserting symbols, draw multiple lines tool, and other schematic tools are explained. The next blog post will show how to create destination arrows.
... ContinuedSolidWorks Electrical 2D: Line Diagram Drawings & Locations
This video explains how to create a line drawing diagram. A simple hair dryer was used in this example. Afterwards, components were assigned to a location. Creating and modifying locations are also explained. Click here to download the line diagram
... ContinuedSolidWorks Electrical 2D: Getting Started
SolidWorks Electrical is a great tool for combining and integrating mechanical and electrical designs. In the video below (part 1 of 2) I will explain how to use the Projects manager in SolidWorks Electrical 2D. At the end I will
... ContinuedReinventing the Toilet and Wastewater Treatment System
We get up in the morning. Brush our teeth, take a shower, and use the toilet. In the western world, we don’t think about clean water or the waste water process. In the developing world, designing a system to reduce
... ContinuedFormula SAE Michigan 2013 – For the Love of Engineering
When you step on the path to the Michigan International Speedway for Formula SAE, you can't help falling in love with engineering and design. Some teams come from afar – like Venezuela's Universidad Simon Bolivar. I got to spend
... ContinuedExtreme Sports! Extreme SolidWorks!
The DTV Shredder manufactured by BPG Werks lets you ride to the extreme on their all-terrain skateboard. Visit our Born to Design website to see how SolidWorks is helping this team take an idea to reality. I first met owner 23-year-old Ben Gulak
... ContinuedSolidWorks Animation From A Buckeye
When you get a SolidWorks animation from a buckeye, you know it’s going to be good. The Ohio State University mechanical engineering students, Kyle Steinkerchner, Clinton Lehotan, and Matt Taylor exceeded in this year’s ME5680 Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing
... 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
... ContinuedTeaching 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
... ContinuedCongratulations to The University of Michigan Solar Team
On Saturday, The University of Michigan (U-M) solar racing team won its fourth consecutive American Solar Challenge (ASC), which is a 1,600 mile, week-long endurance race that began in Rochester, NY and concluded in St. Paul, MN. The win earned
... ContinuedCool Robots with SolidWorks
SolidWorks supports many robot events around the world. When the SolidWorks EDU team gets great models, images and stories – we like to share. WPI was the first school in the US to offer an undergraduate program in Robotics Engineering.
... ContinuedLaurentian University Students win NASA’s Lunabotics Competition with SolidWorks
Congratulations to Laurentian University students in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, have won NASA's Lunabotics competition. This eight member student team of 4th year mechanical engineering students won NASA's prestigious competition, where students design remote controlled excavators to dig, collect and deposit as much "lunar" material as
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