Novedge Pulse™ of Marie Planchard

Galileo climbed 290+ steps in the Tower of Pisa to tests his theory of mass versus time. I've been to the beautiful Tower, now leaning, it's a long way up. What if Galileo had SolidWorks Motion to illustrate the path [more...]

Georgia Tech performed a "ground-up" redesign on this years FSAE with a focus on balancing outright performance with safety and reliability. All 4 wheels stayed on the ground during Universidad Simon Bolivard Skid Pad, the test that meaures the car's [more...]

We passed inspection! Three words the University of Maine - Black Bear Racing team needed to hear in their light, quick, and affordable race car. Before any car races on the track, the vehicle must pass a series of technical [more...]

If you have a FSAE car on the track at Michigan, you push the car to the track and you push the car from the track. The Jayhawks Motorsports team from the University of Kansas - Lawrence (KU) is at [more...]

When you step on the path to the Michigan International Speedway for Formula SAE, you can't help falling in love with engineering and design. Some teams come from afar - like Venezuela's Universidad Simon Bolivar. I got to spend some [more...]

Congratulations to Yale for placing 1st in Formula Hybrid 2013 in Hybrid and Dartmouth College in Electric Only. For seven years, I love to go to Formula Hybrid. The beautiful mountains and Loudon New Hampshire Motor Speedway combine to make [more...]

What kind of toys do little girls play with? Do toys influence decisions on how engineering is perceived by girls as they grow up? When Debbie Sterling looked to buy toys for her friend’s children, there wasn’t much of a [more...]

Are your ready for a cool contest? Are you ready to compete with top industrial designer, Tom Dixon? Go to http://www.mostdisruptingdesign.com/ to find out how. Good luck! Mari [more...]

This weekend at the Industrial Design Society of America (IDSA) Northeast, I learned from Gary Natsume, Vice President of ECCO Design, that color is "one of the most critical elements that define our cultural nuances and identity." As Mass Art [more...]

What if your mother, your daughter, your sister, your friend, or even you could not go to school? Working with Rwanda has opened my eyes to the privileges we have to go to school. For 7 years, SolidWorks has worked [more...]

For students trying to get through your design projects, or for instructors trying to help your students, My.SolidWorks makes getting the answers you need quicker and easier! My.SolidWorks is a new online experience that makes engaging with the SolidWorks Community [more...]

With less than 200 days to go, Helena Barman, Peter Mildon, Yang Lu and the entire Cambridge University Eco Racing (CUER) team are preparing for final exams and the race of their lives. The CUER team is the number 1 [more...]

Wow, then end of March finds me visiting so many schools. Students are busy with engineering projects and competitions. Instuctors have so much to do during this time between final exams, graduation, grant proposals, and writing letters of recommendation for [more...]

I found a SolidWorks model of a human skeleton on my kitchen table, so it was time to review thisproject. Every 7 weeks, David teaches an Introduction to CAD course at WPI and corrects the final projects at home. Students [more...]

I have fun with physics. I have fun with math. Your students can have fun too with this SolidWorks Motion Tutorial from our friends in Cuda Country. Use SolidWorks to create a Car and Track assembly. Then create a Motion [more...]

The DTV Shredder manufactured by BPG Werks lets you ride to the extreme on their all-terrain skateboard. Visit our Born to Design website to see how SolidWorks is helping this team take an idea to reality. I first met owner [more...]

As SolidWorks expands across India, more and more students are learning SolidWorks skills thanks to educators that open their classrooms. 150 engineering students from IIT Kharagpur participated in a SolidWorks Workshop. Students demonstrated energy, enthusiasm, and skill in this interactive [more...]

How do you combine math, science, technology, engineering, history, art, all to meet education standards in your classroom? Biology teacher, Matthew Burns and physics teacher, Boris Gokhfeld from Waltham High School, MA, USA, created this project to share with you [more...]

My friends at DS are running a contest. Have you ever wanted to get your product made in 3D? Check out the rules here. Deadline is March 3 - you could win a IPAD too! Mari [more...]

Winter in New England. We brace again for another snow storm. How much pounding can a roof take? My colleague, Stephen shows how SolidWorks Simulation can be used to determine snow loads on roofs. The article is featured on Boston.com's [more...]

Meet two German engineers who combine industrial design, engineering, and ergonomics to create thrilling products. These specialties all matter when designing equipment, including a downhill mountain bike that folds into a backpack and can be used on skis or wheels [more...]

Lycée René Perrin, a French vocational technical school, used SolidWorks Education Edition software to team up with schools from Germany, Hungary, and Spain to produce functional replicas of the Airbus A380 jet as part of the BAC Pro Machining Technician [more...]

Jan-Willem Zuyderduyn is a Product Designer and creator of www.LearnSolidWorks.com, a website that helps SolidWorks Users with great tutorials. As a young student, Jan-Willem learned SolidWorks on his own and then studied Product Design and Engineering at Hogeschool Utrecht the [more...]

DS Simulia (creators of Abaqus) and University of Mons, Mons, Belgium, will host an academic day on Tuesday March 26, 2013. Details and map follow. Marie Seminar Program: Download SIMULIA Academic Event 2013 Seminar Map: Download SIMULIA Academic Event 2013 [more...]

Monet's water lilies are compared to poetry and music. At SolidWorks World, General Session Day 1, Bertrand Sicot, CEO of DS SolidWorks Corp., introduced a new form of expression with the digital abstract art of John Stoltzfus. John's images depict [more...]

SolidWorks World Day 3 is filled with inspiration when mentor, Tom Atchison of the Rocket Mavericks took to the stage during General Session. Tom is the leader and visionary behind the Mavericks. Tom shares the Science Technology Engineering and Math [more...]

Solidworks World 2013 continues to amaze 4500 SolidWorks users. Mechatronics students from Militar Nueva Granada University in Columbia brought their projects to share with the SolidWorks community. The Certification team presented results about the Certified SolidWorks Professional (CSWP) exam, Certified [more...]

Design without Limits. That is the theme for SolidWorks World 2013. In General Session, Day 1, customers got to experience great designs - without limits. Our commercial customers create amazing products. And students do too. The Uno, was a concept [more...]

SolidWorks World 2013 is only a few days a way and I wanted to share with you the featured speakers at the Education Breakout Sessions. Justin Lai, Lemelson MIT InvenTeams and Dan Schab, math teacher, Michigan teacher of the year [more...]

How do you prepare your students to work for talented SolidWorks customers, like Franck Muller Watchland? You need to start with the fundamentals. My colleagues from the SolidWorks Web Team put together a series of 200 videos to help our [more...]

SolidWorks Japan has raised the bar in engineering education. My Japanese colleagues have introduced SolidWorks to students starting at age 9 during "Kids Engineer" in Yokohama. Organized by the Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan and major Japanese automobile companies [more...]

This bulb was a fun and festive project. I used a couple of Thin Revolve features to make the globe and the cap, and the clip and hanger are done with Sweeps. Enjoy this bulb; use it to decorate your [more...]

When colleges and industry combine to share trends and ideas in engineering education, great things happen. The College of Technological Studies (CTS) and SolidWorks Value Added Reseller, CAD CAM CIM, joined efforts to host an engineering educators conference to showcase [more...]

When you get a SolidWorks animation from a buckeye, you know it’s going to be good. The Ohio State University mechanical engineering students, Kyle Steinkerchner, Clinton Lehotan, and Matt Taylor exceeded in this year’s ME5680 Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing [more...]