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SolidWorks Tutorial: Sustainability Material Choice and Sustainable Redesign Learn . Create . Succeed


The SolidWorks Sustainability - An Introduction to Material Choice and Sustainability Redesign is a compact introduction to the engineering design process that incorporates material selection, stress analysis and thermal analysis.  Your students will edit an assembly and explore how different materials can effect the environment.  This is a great example to show the engineering student how to combine sustainable design with heat tranfer and applied forces.   Requires SolidWorks Education Edition or SolidWorks Student Edition Academic Year 2010-2011.  To access SolidWorks Simulation, select Tools, Add Ins.  Check SolidWorks Simulation.  SolidWorks Simulation is required for Stress Analysis and Thermal Analysis of an assembly.  Once I completed the assembly, I used Photoview 360  - drag and drop a blue background.  Marie
SolidWorks Tutorial:Download Sustainable_Design_Mug
Model Files:Download Mug
 
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Do CNC programmers really need to change your SolidWorks models? Matt Writes

I was at a customer site recently where they were trying to streamline their process. The CNC programmers had several complaints about the models the SW users supplied. Hearing that complaint is nothing new, but what is difficult about it is determining if the problem is really a CAM training problem, a CAD training problem, or if some other software would handle the situation better (or worse).

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SolidWorks Tutorial: Windmill with SolidWorks Sustainability Learn . Create . Succeed



The Windmill Tutorial takes you through the design of a component utilizing SolidWorks Sustainability Xpress to perform a Life Cycle Assessment on a part.  The first document illustrates a parts list and  the assembly.  The second document develops the sustainable part by selecting the material, manufacturing process, geographical locations for where raw materials are obtained and where the product will be used, students can determine the carbon footprint, energy consumed, air and water effects.  Students will also create the drawing.  The third document takes you through the assembly of the windmill.  This tutorial was developed by Jack van den Broek, technical vocational instructor.   The tutorial is available in Dutch atwww.solidworks.nl.
Other tutorials by Jack can be found on theSolidWorks STEM Teacher Blog.
The complete model answers to the windmill project are available on ourSolidWorks Customer Portal.   You require your SolidWorks Education serial number to access curriculum. 
As an engineer and an educator, teaching students to incorporate SolidWorks Sustainability into the design of a product becomes a critical step as they learn the design process.  We teach form, fit and function of a component.  The student also has a responsiblity to understand that the materials they select and the manufacturing process they choose have an effect on the environment.  Empowering your students to make these choices takes the engineering design process to a level that socially sound and economically feasible.    I hope you enjoy the windmill. 
Marie
Project Documents:Download Windmill_tutorial_13;Download Windmill_tutorial_13A;Download Windmill_tutorial_13B
Models:Download Windmolen 10-06-2010
ioSafe External Hard Drive Review, Is It Disaster Proof? Rob Rodriguez.Blog
You may remember a previous post here detailing the creation of an image for an external hard drive designed by ioSafe.  I created the image for SolidWorks who was developing a case study of one of their customers, ioSafe.  ioSafe uses SolidWorks to design, in their words, “disaster proof hardware”.  More specifically, ioSafe designs, manufactures [...]
SolidWorks Windmill Design Project Learn . Create . Succeed

The Windmill Design Project steps students through the parts and drawings used to construct a small windmill. Students will also learn sheet metal modeling skills, how to use SustainabilityXpress, and working with assemblies.
For more information vist:http://blogs.solidworks.com/teacher/2010/07/solidworks-tutorial-windmill-with-solidworks-sustainability.html
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