25 Years of Model Mania®

Every year, Dassault Systemes hosts one of the largest engineering conferences in the world. Since SOLIDWORKS World 2000, Model Mania® has been an attraction for many engineers and designers wanting to compete and show off their SOLIDWORKS skills. Model Mania, for those not familiar, is a design challenge where your modelling skills are measured on both accuracy and time. For more information about Model Mania, check out the past drawings and solution videos below, or go to my.solidworks.com and search for “Model Mania”.

Here’s how it works. First, you are first given a 2D drawing of a part. Your goal is to create that part in SOLIDWORKS as quickly and as accurately as possible. Seems simple, right? Well the second “Phase” is when things get really interesting. For Phase 2, you are given a modified version of that drawing; you can consider it an engineering change if you like. Your goal is to make the design change as quickly and as accurately as possible and run a simulation to determine the minimum factor of safety. At 3DEXPERIENCE World, all of the entries are judged on accuracy first, and time second, because in the real world, it doesn’t matter how fast you get something done if it’s not right.

Mark Schneider ran Model Mania for 20 years, from 2002-2021, and has passed the Model Mania ‘reigns’ on to Jenn Doerksen. Jenn has been involved with Model Mania for many years, you may have met her at the Model Mania booth at 3DEXPERIENCE World over the years. We thank Mark for his dedication to keeping the Model Mania challenge fun and exciting for so long, and wish him well on his new endeavors.

The models, drawings, and other materials created for the Model Mania® Challenge and distributed by Dassault Systemes SolidWorks Corporation (DS SolidWorks) are intended for the sole use of DS SolidWorks, its partners, and customers, and may not be used for commercial purposes except by DS SolidWorks partners without written consent from DS SolidWorks.

Model Mania 2000
  Phase 1 drawing
Phase 2 drawing
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Model Mania 2001
  Phase 1 drawing
Phase 2 drawing
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Model Mania 2002
  Phase 1 drawing
Phase 2 drawing
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Model Mania 2003
  Phase 1 drawing
Phase 2 drawing
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Model Mania 2004
  Phase 1 drawing
Phase 2 drawing
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Model Mania 2005
  Phase 1 drawing
Phase 2 drawing
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Model Mania 2006
  Phase 1 drawing
Phase 2 drawing
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Model Mania 2007
  Phase 1 drawing
Phase 2 drawing
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Model Mania 2008
  Phase 1 drawing
Phase 2 drawing
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Model Mania 2009
  Phase 1 drawing
Phase 2 drawing
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Model Mania 2010
  Phase 1 drawing
Phase 2 drawing
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Model Mania 2011
  Phase 1 drawing
Phase 2 drawing
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Model Mania 2012
  Phase 1 drawing
Phase 2 drawing
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Model Mania 2013
  Phase 1 drawing
Phase 2 drawing
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Model Mania 2014
  Phase 1 drawing
Phase 2 drawing
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Model Mania 2015
  Phase 1 drawing
Phase 2 drawing
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Model Mania 2016
  Phase 1 drawing
Phase 2 drawing
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Model Mania 2017
  Phase 1 drawing
Phase 2 drawing
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Model Mania 2018
  Phase 1 drawing
Phase 2 drawing
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Model Mania 2019
Phase 1 drawing
Phase 2 drawing
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Model Mania 2020
Phase 1 drawing
Phase 2 drawing
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Model Mania 2021

Phase 1 drawing
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Model Mania 2022

Phase 1 drawing
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Model Mania 2023

Phase 1 & 2 Drawing
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Model Mania 2024​

Phase 1 & 2 Drawing
Solution Video
Jenn Doerksen

Jenn Doerksen

Jenn Doerksen works for Dassault Systemes SOLIDWORKS, as a Sr. Industrial Process Consultant. She has been part of the SOLIDWORKS community since early 1997, when she bought her first license of SOLIDWORKS. She has a Bachelor’s of Engineering from the University of Victoria and lives with her husband and their dogs in Vancouver BC, Canada.