{"id":15608,"date":"2016-12-15T11:00:56","date_gmt":"2016-12-15T16:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/?p=15608"},"modified":"2024-01-26T12:25:12","modified_gmt":"2024-01-26T17:25:12","slug":"make-move-solidworks-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/2016\/12\/make-move-solidworks-part-1.html","title":{"rendered":"Make it Move with SOLIDWORKS – Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

Have you ever wanted to make your model move but were not sure how to do it?<\/p>\n

As a young aspiring engineer I wanted to make stuff move, which is why I didn\u2019t get a civil engineering degree (they might not think motion is awesome there).\u00a0 As mechanical engineers we need our designs to move and sometimes, we need to communicate how that happens to individuals who are not as savvy at the science behind the motion. The benefit for the SOLIDWORKS user is that they can create technical design data for documentation purposes and share the video of their findings as a proof of concept.<\/p>\n

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My example for the Make it Move series is a model from FIRST Robotics Team 3506 YETI. This robot was designed and built in 6 weeks by a team of high school students using SOLIDWORKS.\u00a0 Black Ice was designed to shoot foam balls, cross rough terrain, and climb a six foot castle wall.<\/p>\n

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That brings me to the first of three distinctive methods for making your models move in SOLIDWORKS : the Mate Controller.\u00a0 The Mate Controller was introduced in 2016 and it is now the easiest way to control your model and make quick movies of your assemblies moving.\u00a0 Check out this video of Part 1 of Make it Move with SOLIDWORKS.<\/p>\n

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