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6th Graders Discover 3D Modeling with SOLIDWORKS Apps for Kids Classroom
Young students were introduced to SOLIDWORKS Apps for Kids Classroom at school and learned how to build keychains, use the Classroom interface, and think in 3D.
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Apps for Kids How-To: Create the Mechanics of a Finger
Some of the coolest mechanisms look like real life objects. Today we’re going to learn how to create shapes that connect together and move just like a finger! Check out our blog throughout the spring for more SOLIDWORKS Apps for Kids How
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Apps for Kids How-To: Smiley Face and Saturn
In SOLIDWORKS Apps for Kids, you can create mechanisms that can draw picture for you! Today we’re going to learn about using markers in Mech It to create a smiley face and the planet Saturn–what other drawings will you make?
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Apps for Kids How-To: 4 Bar Linkage
Now that we’ve seen how all the components of Mech It work, it’s time to put them all together! Today we’ll learn how to make a 4 bar linkage, a great starting point for amazing creations!
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Apps for Kids How To: Play Motion
Summer’s almost here and the time to Mech It is upon is! We’re back with more SOLIDWORKS Apps for Kids How-To’s, and today we’re learning all about making things move! Once you add a motor to your Mech It design,
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Apps for Kids How-To: Add Markers and Edit Colors
Today we’ll learn about adding markers and editing colors in Mech It! Now that we’ve added motors to our design, we want to see how our mechanism moves, right? With markers, you get a visual representation of your design’s movement.
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Apps for Kids How-To: Pin Shapes and Add Motors
One of the best parts of making Mech It designs in SOLIDWORKS Apps for Kids is animating them using motors. Today we’re going to learn how to add pins and motors to our mechanisms! Check out our blog throughout the
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Apps for Kids How-To: Joining Shape Connectors Together
Now that we’ve learned how to create and edit shapes in the Mech It app, it’s time to put them together! Today we’ll learn all about joining shapes! Check out our blog throughout the spring for more SOLIDWORKS Apps for Kids How
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Apps for Kids How-To: Editing Shapes
Sometimes you want to change the rotation of a shape in Mech It. Sometimes you want to be sure your shape will lock at one size. And sometimes you want to save time and duplicate shapes you’ve already created. In
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Apps for Kids How-To: Wheels and Circular Tracks
Let’s not beat aROUND the bush, wheels and circular tracks are important shapes in the Mech It app! In today’s tutorial, we’ll learn how to create and edit wheels and circular tracks in SOLIDWORKS Apps for Kids. Check out our
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Apps for Kids How-To: Polygon Shape Connector
Using the Mech It app in SOLIDWORKS Apps for Kids, you can draw and create your own polygon shapes. Today we’re going to learn how to draw, create, edit, and move our own polygons! Check out our blog throughout the
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Apps for Kids How-To: Adding, Positioning, and Sizing a Shape in Mech It
Mech It is similar to Shape It, in that you can choose from a list of shapes to add to your work space and play around with them. Adding, positioning, and sizing all the different shapes in Mech It is
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Apps for Kids How-To: Getting Started with Mech It
Today we begin learning about an app that’s way different from Shape It or Style It. It’s time to learn how to make things move with linkages, motors, and more using Mech It! Mech It is an awesome app that
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Apps for Kids How-To: Style an Elephant
Styling is similar to shaping in that you need to do a base first, then add detail. Let’s add details to the elephant model we made in SOLIDWORKS Apps for Kids! Check out our blog throughout the winter for more SOLIDWORKS
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Apps for Kids How-To: Style a Rocket
We’re taking the rocket we made in Shape It and fixing it up in Style It! Using all the buttons in the bottom menu of SOLIDWORKS Apps for Kids, today we’ll learn how to bring our rocket to life and
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