{"id":6808,"date":"2015-01-03T12:01:27","date_gmt":"2015-01-03T17:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/?p=6808"},"modified":"2015-01-03T12:01:27","modified_gmt":"2015-01-03T17:01:27","slug":"solidworks-sponsors-first-robotics-competition-recycle-rush-for-frc-teams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/2015\/01\/solidworks-sponsors-first-robotics-competition-recycle-rush-for-frc-teams.html","title":{"rendered":"SolidWorks Sponsors FIRST Robotics Competition Recycle Rush for FRC Teams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/SolidWorks-Tote-Bin-Assembly-Recycle-Rush.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-6822\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/SolidWorks-Tote-Bin-Assembly-Recycle-Rush-383x615.jpg\" alt=\"SolidWorks Tote Bin Assembly Recycle Rush\" width=\"383\" height=\"615\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/SolidWorks-Tote-Bin-Assembly-Recycle-Rush-383x615.jpg 383w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/SolidWorks-Tote-Bin-Assembly-Recycle-Rush-186x300.jpg 186w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/SolidWorks-Tote-Bin-Assembly-Recycle-Rush-74x120.jpg 74w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/SolidWorks-Tote-Bin-Assembly-Recycle-Rush.jpg 445w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 383px) 100vw, 383px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>January 3, 2015 marks the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www3.usfirst.org\/\">FIRST Robotics<\/a>\u00a0Competition FRC Kickoff for the new game, RECYCLE RUSH. \u00a0SOLIDWORKS is a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www3.usfirst.org\/roboticsprograms\/frc\">FIRST Robotics Competition<\/a> (FRC) Crown Sponsor. \u00a0To all teams that apply for sponsorship at <a title=\"SolidWorks FIRST Robotics Sponsorship\" href=\"https:\/\/www.solidworks.com\/sw\/education\/robot-student-design-contest.htm\">www.solidworks.com\/FIRST S<\/a>olidWorks\u00a0will provide the SOLIDWORKS Robotics Suite.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/SolidWorks-FIRST-web-page1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6820\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/SolidWorks-FIRST-web-page1.jpg\" alt=\"SolidWorks FIRST web page\" width=\"458\" height=\"422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/SolidWorks-FIRST-web-page1.jpg 458w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/SolidWorks-FIRST-web-page1-300x276.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/SolidWorks-FIRST-web-page1-120x110.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 458px) 100vw, 458px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We have created\u00a0a great Kit of Parts modeled in SOLIDWORKS and in SOLIDWORKS Electrical <a title=\"SolidWorks FIRST Robotics Resource Page\" href=\"https:\/\/www.solidworks.com\/sw\/education\/robot-student-design-contest.htm\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Components like this Banebots motor now have electrical information attached to the model so it can be used in the 2D SOLIDWORKS Electrical schematic and in the SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD model.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/Banebot-Motor-RS775-18V-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-6812\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/Banebot-Motor-RS775-18V-2-615x390.jpg\" alt=\"Banebot Motor RS775-18V-2\" width=\"615\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/Banebot-Motor-RS775-18V-2-615x390.jpg 615w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/Banebot-Motor-RS775-18V-2-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/Banebot-Motor-RS775-18V-2-120x76.jpg 120w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/Banebot-Motor-RS775-18V-2.jpg 1419w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>SOLIDWORKS and our Value Added Resellers are\u00a0assisting\u00a0more in the FIRST mission, \u201cTo transform our culture by creating a world where science and technology are celebrated and where young people dream of becoming science and technology leaders.&#8221; \u00a0No other organization has contributed more to Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) education and inspiration.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-6811\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015KOP-SOLIDWORKS-Models-615x412.jpg\" alt=\"2015KOP SOLIDWORKS Models\" width=\"615\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015KOP-SOLIDWORKS-Models-615x412.jpg 615w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015KOP-SOLIDWORKS-Models-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015KOP-SOLIDWORKS-Models-120x80.jpg 120w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015KOP-SOLIDWORKS-Models.jpg 1279w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>SOLIDWORKS\u00a0customers are engineers, designers and manufacturers. \u00a0As FIRST grows, SOLIDWORKS must be there to support\u00a0students, mentors, and our customers.<\/p>\n<p>With SOLIDWORKS sponsorship, teams will receive the SolidWorks Robotics Suite featuring:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Software<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.solidworks.com\/sw\/education\/student-software-3d-mcad.htm\">SolidWorks 3D CAD Software<\/a>\u00a0for mechanical, part, assembly, drawings and<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Sheet metal and Weldments<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Photorealistic Rendering<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Animation<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Toolbox \u2013 fastener library of components<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0eDrawings for sharing<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0SolidWorks Costing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.solidworks.com\/sw\/products\/electrical-design\/packages.htm\">SolidWorks Electrical Software\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0for electro-mechanical, control system design<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0SolidWorks Electrical 2D Schematic for single line and multiline schematics<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0SolidWorks Electrical 3D for incorporating into you 3D CAD model, Bill of Material, and cable\/wire harness<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6383\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/Schematic-in-SolidWorks-Electrical-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"Schematic in SolidWorks Electrical\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/Schematic-in-SolidWorks-Electrical-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/Schematic-in-SolidWorks-Electrical-615x412.jpg 615w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/Schematic-in-SolidWorks-Electrical-120x80.jpg 120w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/Schematic-in-SolidWorks-Electrical.jpg 1431w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.solidworks.com\/sw\/products\/simulation\/packages.htm\">SolidWorks Simulation<\/a>\u00a0for engineering analysis and simulation \u2013 to test your design in a real-world environment<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>SolidWorks Simulation Premium for stress, thermal, fatigue, structural design optimization<\/li>\n<li>SolidWorks Flow Simulation for flow analysis<\/li>\n<li>SolidWorks Motion for kinematic analysis<\/li>\n<li>SolidWorks Sustainability for environmental factor simulation &#8211; great for this year&#8217;s game Recycle Rush!<\/li>\n<li>SolidWorks Plastics for manufacturing simulation of injection modeled parts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5293\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/displacement.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5293\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/displacement-300x161.jpg\" alt=\"Displacement Distribution\" width=\"300\" height=\"161\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/displacement-300x161.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/displacement-615x330.jpg 615w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/displacement-120x64.jpg 120w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/displacement.jpg 1914w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Displacement on I-beam and support beams, when a uniform load is applied on the I-beam<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Workgroup PDM to keep track of design revisions<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.solidworks.com\/sw\/products\/technical-communication\/packages.htm\">SolidWorks Composer<\/a> for technical documentation and animations used to document manufacturing instructions and assembly procedures, for use by marketing, graphic artists and engineers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tutorials<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Through our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.solidworks.com\/FIRST\">www.solidworks.com\/FIRST<\/a>\u00a0web page, teams can\u00a0access SOLDIWORKS\u00a0Tutorials for Getting Started and our SOLIDWORKS FRC video tutorial series. \u00a0There are 100&#8217;s of tutorials inside the software applications.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5433\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/San-Diego-Robotics-eDrawing-300x257.jpg\" alt=\"San Diego Robotics eDrawing\" width=\"300\" height=\"257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/San-Diego-Robotics-eDrawing-300x257.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/San-Diego-Robotics-eDrawing-615x528.jpg 615w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/San-Diego-Robotics-eDrawing-120x103.jpg 120w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/San-Diego-Robotics-eDrawing.jpg 827w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After acceptance of the SOLIDWORKS FIRST Robotics application, teams will be emailed\u00a0serial numbers and a link to SOLIDWORKS robot tutorials created\u00a0with the help of \u00a0our customer, <a title=\"SeaBotix\" href=\"https:\/\/www.seabotix.com\/index.html\">Seabotix Inc.<\/a>\u00a0the world leader mini ROV manufacturer.<\/p>\n<p>Now is the time to install SOLIDWORKS software and review basic SOLIDWOKS tutorials &#8211; before the build season.<\/p>\n<p>Teams\u00a0have access to\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/my.solidworks.com\/\">My SolidWorks<\/a>, a place to connect, share and discover everything SOLIDWORKS.\u00a0 Here FIRST teams can link to\u00a0our parts catalog, 3DContentCentral, SOLIDWORKS\u00a0forums, and tips about using SOLIDWORKS.\u00a0 Just create a \u201cGuest\u201d Login account to access My SolidWorks.<\/p>\n<p>Teams can share their models on our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SolidWorksEducation\">SolidWorks Education Facebook<\/a>\u00a0page. I am always looking to retweet great SOLIDWORKS models @mplanchard1.<\/p>\n<p>Apply for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.solidworks.com\/sw\/education\/robot-student-design-contest.htm\">SolidWorks sponsorship<\/a>\u00a0and get ready for a great 2015 season.<\/p>\n<p>For 12 years we have been supporting FIRST team and mentors .\u00a0 We just made the process easier as a FIRST CROWN supplier.<\/p>\n<p>SOLIDWORKS software is based on SOLIDWORKS Premium 2014. \u00a0Model files will be watermarked, \u201cfor educational use only.\u201d\u00a0 SOLIDWORKS supports international FRC teams. \u00a0Software fulfillment is\u00a0subject to US export compliance.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/Girls_of_Steel_Team.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5521\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/Girls_of_Steel_Team-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"Girls_of_Steel_Team\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/Girls_of_Steel_Team-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/Girls_of_Steel_Team-615x307.jpg 615w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/Girls_of_Steel_Team-120x60.jpg 120w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/Girls_of_Steel_Team.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>FIRST, For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology, designs accessible, innovative programs that motivate young people to pursue education and career opportunities in science, technology, engineering, and math, while building self-confidence, knowledge, and life skills. 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