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What’s New in SolidWorks Education Edition 2014-2015: Path Dimension
SOLIDWORKS Education Edition 2014-2015 has some great new features. I will be sharing some of my favorites over the next few weeks. The Path Dimension is a great sketch feature for robot and FSAE teams that need to design with chains
... ContinuedBuilding Competitive Teams with the SolidWorks Education Edition
Thank you Kristen Wilson for sharing with the SolidWorks Community, republished from the SolidWorks blog. Marie One of the things I love about working for SOLIDWORKS is our Education Program (I’m a teacher’s kid, so education is something near and
... Continued2014 Baja SAE UTEP Feel the Road
You can get some air and feel the road at the 2014 Baja SAE event at the University of Texas El Paso (UTEP) this weekend. Thanks to videos from UTEP. Visit with the teams. Good luck Baja SAE teams!
... ContinuedUnder the Tents, Next to the Trucks, Flying High with SAE Aero Design
I read a case study about our SolidWorks commercial customer, SelectTech GeoSpacial Advanced this week. The story reveals how with SolidWorks Premium design and analysis software, SelectTech GeoSpatial more rapidly delivers C2ISR systems by accelerating design, production, and assembly operations.
... ContinuedRouting Cables and Wires in SolidWorks Electrical 3D
Tutorial for SolidWorks Electrical Education Edition Academic Year 2013-2014 In the video below I will show you how to connect the electrical components in your assembly by routing cables or wires between them. You can then edit the cables/wires that
... ContinuedSolidWorks Electrical 3D: Assemblies
Tutorial for SolidWorks Electrical Education Edition Academic Year 2013-2014 Once you have created a SolidWorks Electrical 2D schematic and/or line diagram, you can import it into your 3D model using the SolidWorks Electrical 3D plugin. In the video below, I
... ContinuedStudent Formula SAE Japan Accelerates with SolidWorks
Congratulations to Kyoto University (1st), Osaka University (2nd), Doshisha University (3rd), and Nagoya University (4th) and all the student teams that participated in this year’s FSAE Japan event. We thank these SAE teams for designing with SolidWorks software and creating an
... ContinuedFormula SAE Michigan 2013 – Uplifting
Georgia Tech performed a "ground-up" redesign on this years FSAE with a focus on balancing outright performance with safety and reliability. All 4 wheels stayed on the ground during Universidad Simon Bolivard Skid Pad, the test that meaures the car's
... ContinuedFormula Hybrid Students Advance Across Electrical, Mechanical and Computer Engineering
Congratulations to Yale for placing 1st in Formula Hybrid 2013 in Hybrid and Dartmouth College in Electric Only. For seven years, I love to go to Formula Hybrid. The beautiful mountains and Loudon New Hampshire Motor Speedway combine to make
... ContinuedExternal Flow Simulation on a SAE CAR Body
Check out this video showing how to set up and run an external flow simulation on an SAE Car Body. A surface goal in created in order to calculate the lift forces on the car. The key to calculating
... ContinuedUsing SolidWorks Costing for Formula SAE and other Design Presentations
Check out this video showing how you can use SolidWorks Costing to obtain an estimate on how much a sheet metal or milled part will cost. This tool is very useful when creating costing reports needed for such competitions
... ContinuedAcceleration at Student Formula SAE Competition Japan
The student formula events continue to excite young engineers around the world. Last week, at the Student Formula SAE Competition in Japan, students competed for the highest award in creation and design of a scaled formula vehicle. Congratulations to all the students
... 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
... ContinuedASEE Contests in Review – Sponsored by SolidWorks
At ASEE in San Antonio we got to meet alot of great students. Congratulations to all the teams that participated in the year robot design contest. Team Monroe Community College made me feel great even getting on a plane at 6:00am
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