The best way to get better at engineering design is to design things, print them, and find out what goes wrong. A good student project uses 3D printing for what it does best: fast, cheap iteration on parts you modeled yourself. These 3D printing project ideas for engineering students are grouped from beginner to advanced.
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A 3D printer that can also laser engrave saves desk space and opens up a second way to make things. You can print a part, then engrave a logo, label, or serial number into it, or cut wood and acrylic for enclosures, signs, and jigs on the same machine. Combo machines have come a long
Buying a 3D printer for a school is a different decision than buying one for yourself. A classroom printer runs for hours with 25 students taking turns, often while the teacher is helping someone else. It has to be safe around curious hands, quiet enough to teach over, simple enough that students can start their
These videos come from the SolidProfessor Virtual Education Summit, a conference for instructors who teach CAD, engineering, and career and technical education. The talks deal with the practical problems of teaching technical skills: keeping students engaged, running hands-on classes remotely, building employability skills alongside software skills, and helping graduates land a first job. They are
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SOLIDWORKS is one program in a much larger toolkit. This page collects short training videos for the specialized software engineers and designers use alongside it: the 3DEXPERIENCE platform, SOLIDWORKS Visualize for rendering, Inspection for quality documentation, Mold Tools for plastic part design, CAD administration, CAM, and a few other CAD tools worth knowing. Each video
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Every SOLIDWORKS release adds tools that quietly save time once you know they exist. These short videos cover useful additions from the 2017 and 2019 releases, most of which are still part of current SOLIDWORKS. SOLIDWORKS 2017 7 Useful Enhancements in SOLIDWORKS 2017 A tour of seven time-saving additions in the SOLIDWORKS 2017 release. SOLIDWORKS
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Simulation answers the question every designer eventually asks: will this part hold up? These video tutorials introduce SOLIDWORKS SimulationXpress, the analysis tool included with SOLIDWORKS, and SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation for fluid and airflow studies. Start with SimulationXpress. It walks you through a stress analysis in a guided sequence: set your units, fix the part in
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This page collects short SOLIDWORKS tutorial videos organized by the feature they teach. Each one is a single focused lesson, so you can find the tool you need, watch a few minutes, and get back to your model. These cover the core modeling toolkit: sketching and reference geometry, the solid features you use every day,
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The best CSWP preparation is watching someone model an exam problem from start to finish, then doing it yourself against the clock. This page collects practice exam walkthrough videos for the Certified SOLIDWORKS Professional exam, covering part modeling, configurations, and assemblies. Work through them with SOLIDWORKS open on a second screen. Pause after each question
You studied, practiced, and passed your SOLIDWORKS certification. Now make sure it actually helps you get hired. Where and how you list a CSWA, CSWP, or CSWE on your resume and LinkedIn profile affects whether recruiters and applicant tracking systems notice it. This guide shows exactly how to list SOLIDWORKS certifications, with examples you can
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