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MySolidWorks 101 — How can MySolidWorks Prepare me for the CSWA?
A MySolidWorks for Students Guide: Part 4 Welcome back! Alright, you know a few things about using SOLIDWORKS and now you’re thinking about becoming a Certified SOLIDWORKS Associate (CSWA) so you can increase your chances of getting a job, but you could
... ContinuedMySolidWorks 101 — I’m a New SOLIDWORKS Student, How do I Start?
A MySolidWorks for Students Guide: Part 3 Greetings! Before reading this article, please make sure you have at least a Student-level MySolidWorks account. If you don’t, please read my previous article explaining how to make one. Alright! Now that you’ve
... ContinuedMySolidWorks 101 — How do I Make an Account and Why Should I?
A MySolidWorks for Students Guide: Part 2 Welcome back, everyone! In my previous post I talked to you about what MySolidWorks for Students is. Today I will walk you through how to make your own account so you can start
... ContinuedOhio State Engineering Students Achieve 100% Passing Rate in SolidWorks Certification
Engineering students from The Ohio State University Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing course achieved 100% passing rate on the Certified SolidWorks Associate Exam (CSWA). Students with majors in mechanical, aerospace, nuclear, electrical and computer engineering, and integrated systems engineering develop different projects
... ContinuedLove Robots? SOLIDWORKS might be for you!
Designing competitive robots can be challenging and resource consuming! Sure, you love doing it, but wouldn’t you rather spend less time and money while doing the same thing on a computer? This way you can optimize it before you
... ContinuedSolidExpert VAR Poland Announces “You Can Design Rebelia” Contest Winners
SolidExpert, our Value Added Reseller in Poland announced the winners of the “You Can Design Rebelia” Student Design Contest. These designs are truly impressive with a high degree of technical detail. The panel jury had a difficult decision in scoring
... ContinuedBuilding a Cycloidal Drive with SOLIDWORKS
A Cycloidal Drive is a mechanism used in the engineering world as a speed reducer for an input shaft while reversing its direction. It is able to do this for high ratios in a small space. They do this using
... ContinuedUse Solidworks in Stress Analysis – Measure Stresses, Strains and Displacements
If you are taking a course in Stress Analysis, you will encounter problems that require you to calculate deflections that occur when certain forces/moments/loads are applied. You can use Solidworks Simulation to verify your answers. You have the options to
... ContinuedLost in Translation
As a drafting and design student, I have spent some time putting things in the “glass box”, and visualizing what they would look like in 2D in order to draw multi-view orthographics in 2D software. At the
... ContinuedShare SolidWorks with a Student
Do you know a student on vacation? What better time to share SolidWorks 3D CAD software with someone you know. The SolidWorks Summer Edition provides a 60-day trial of SolidWorks to students and educators. Tutorials on how to get started are located inside the
... ContinuedFor Students and Educators – SolidWorks Summer Edition, 3D CAD Software
Are you a student or educator interested in using SolidWorks this summer to learn what it has to offer, or get ahead of the game for next year? Try our FREE download of SolidWorks Student Engineering Kit for the summer!
... ContinuedGreen Initiatives in Engineering featured in Good Magazine
How green are the products we teach young engineers to design? Paper or plastic or your own bag? A question you get in the grocery store. I am fortunate that my colleague Asheen is not only the sustainability product
... 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
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