SolidWorks Robotics Summer School
 

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can we get some more information? I dunno maybe i just missed something. Is it online? Or is there like a physical place it would be held?

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Any additional info on this would be great!

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It appears this is a sign-up to get more info.

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I signed up, I suppose you'll receive more info later.

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I have nothing to do this summer. Sounds cool whatever it is. I signed up.

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assuming they are asking for the country you are from, that will probably be online...

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i wonder if college mentor can sign up :D

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To answer your questions:

You fill out a survey, SolidWorks will send a DVD in the mail with a special code for you to install on your home computer.

Offer is good in US and Canada - sorry to other countries - we have export legal issues and collection of data online from students.

Mentors, if they are in college can apply. You must be a student

Each week, a new lesson in July and August will be posted online at www.solidworks.com/robotics. These lessons are not there yet. Our first step is this large distribution to all robotics competitions. You will go through certain SolidWorks Tutorials - then a specific issue will be addressed in robotics and math.

Why SolidWorks software - too many people asked me in Atlanta how could they use SolidWorks and too many people were sad they missed the Chief Delphi raffle.

Why math - I used to teach math to engineering students - you have go to be good - even without a calculator. You need to do math every day.

Why design robots better - there is functionality in SolidWorks that will make your life easier. The questions that were asked at the Boston Regional, Manchester Regional, and in Atlanta would save time in robot design. Some tips you may know; others come from being an engineer for a laboratory robotics company (the best job for a mechanical engineer)

What if I use another CAD product? Doesn't matter. I have used at least 10 in my career - the more tools you know the better. You need to experience different user interfaces and different techniques.

Post any other questions and I will try to answer promptly.

Marie

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Thanks mplanchard for the clarification!

I've wanted to learn Solidworks for a while now and this seems like a really interesting approach. Do you know what type of math will be taught with this? Geometry? Calculus? A bit of everything?

Also, how long is the student copy good for? Is it a 1-year license like the other student editions?

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I wish there was some type of confirmation because I honestly have no idea if I signed up earlier and I didn't particularly feel right signing up twice.

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i signed up. we will see what happens

also i suggest for people that like SolidWorks to look for solidworks user groups in your area i go to one in northern Vermont and they have meetings bi-monthly where they do feature demos and let people share solutions to their problems. its a great experience! sometimes they give things away like ipods, hats, backpacks, t-shirts, and i even won a copy of SolidWorks 2008 student edition (which is great)

...forest

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Math level: Basic Math (such as perfect squares/perfect square root from 1 - 20. For example is someone said 15^2 would you know the answer with no calculator)

Algebra, Geometry, Trig (definitely my favorite), Combining Geometry with Trig - such as a unit circle. There is just little Calculus - by more applied and how it relates to the robot; such as center of mass, moment of inertia. However, even when I taught Calculus or Differential Equations most students made Algebraic mistakes.

Although I believe in using a calculator, TI is a great customer, you need to realize, that there are engineering professors that will not allow calculators on a test. This is a fact that surprises many high school students when they get to college. You are at an age where you can figure things out in your head - with math you just have to exercise your brain. Sometimes in the summer students forget.

Also, there is not exam, no PSAT, SAT, AP exam, State standard exam, classroom exam, no test - what about just learning for learning, with no pressure? Marie

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You can find user group meeting throughout the world at
http://www.swugn.org/pages/calendar/calendar.html

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I signed up. I would love to learn solidworks since i am a drafting major.

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I signed up- any info on who the lucky 1,000 were would be great :]. And I loved the Solidworks car pins in Atlanta.

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I signed up for it, too - I just started learning Solidworks and I love it. This is an awesome idea. I think that FIRST could benefit by using this same system to help train students for the next season in other design software, programming, animation, etc.

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I also signed up.

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Signed up, always wanted to learn how to use solidworks to it's full potential.

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Signed up too.
Love doing that kind of stuff and figured I may as well throw my hand at whatever is offered.

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I signed up. I've had a copy sitting by my computer that has yet to be used. It's a 90-day thing from VEX, but I never got around to it. I know a lot about Autodesk Inventor, and I want to learn something a little different; I want to expand my horizon a little. :)

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signed up

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im guessing that means that you missed the cutoff

i signed up a few hours ago, but it would still be nice to get some feedback.
I'm trying to expand on my skills and this looked like the perfect way

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well i don't know if i missed the cutoff, anyone who signed up right away know?? And when does the DVD come? What happens if you missed the first 1000 cutoff?

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Also, will the tutorials be available to anyone or just those 1000?

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that's a good question.
If we can't get the software, some of the tutorials will still be extremely useful.

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From what I understood, the tutorials will be available to everyone, but only the first 1000 get the free copy.

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I just signed up.

I started playing around with solidworks a few weeks ago, and its awesome.
It'd be sweet to have some robotics-specific tutorials for it

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I signed up! Solidworks is awesome.

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This morning we have almost 500 students - so if you have registered yesterday - you are in good shape.

We will place all the tutorials on our website for all students to use at www.solidworks.com/robotics

The first 1000 students will get the SolidWorks Student Edition. This is a one year license with all the analysis tools including COSMOSMotion and COSMOSFloWorks.

The second 1000 students will get the SolidWorks Student Design Kit. This is a 5 month license that will take you through SolidWorks Robotics Summer School.

Some of the tutorials you will review are in the product, others will be on line. Instructions will be given in June.

For now - we are trying to mail a large volume of software out before college students go on vacation. SolidWorks Robotics Summer School is also open to college students that design for MATE, Battlebots, RoboCup.

Be certain to double check your mailing address and completely fill out the form. If the address is not complete - we cannot ship.

Marie

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Any chance at getting 2008 copies?

I currently use 2008 at my job, and I am really loving the revamped user interfaec.

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signed up

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Brandon - you are one of our biggest fans. You and the Nutrons have supported so many schools. We haven't produced the 2008-2009 Edition yet. Wont be ready until late summer.

Marie

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I signed up. This looks really good because our team is trying to expand out of our old design approach. I'll share this with some other members of the team.

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Well as soon as those are ready myself and the NUTRONs would be more than willing to try it out for you guys ;)

Solidworks rules and I am glad to see that you guys are finally getting some recognition for your support of FIRST, which for years has been dominated by autodesk.

Looking forward to the summer workshops...

The beantown blitz is may 31st, you should definitely come and stop by!

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This is cool that they're opening it to mentors in college also, i'll have to relay this to some other team members.

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I just signed up, hopefully I can still get a copy...

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Signed up, hopefully I made the cutoff, and it should be fun.

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I shoulda done it ysterday but decided to do it today. Hopefully I still made the cutoff but looking at the ammount of views and how people sent the links to anyone they knew, I probably dind't

I wish they sent an email wether you made it or not..

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The number of views doesn't say much though. This is my third time reading this thread to get info. And yeah, I signed up too. If I don't make the deadline, then that is fine...I still hope I made it though.

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Marie:

My son signed up yesterday morning, but has not recieved any sort of confirmation. Does he wait to see if the DVD arrives?

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Signed up

Probably too late, but what the heck, it can't hurt! :D

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Summer school enrollment has been expanded. We have opened this class up to 2000 students. It will take between 7 to 10 business days to receive your software. Marie

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Great news Marie! Thank you SolidWorks. :)

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it is odd that they are using survey monkey and not their own site but very cool deal.

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That is awesome! I'm truly glad that Solidworks is doing this. It's a great opportunity for everyone. And the fact that their expanding means that many are taking it. This is awesome.

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Awesome! So I should i made it.. i hope :eek:

Will we receive any sort of email conformation?

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We haven't CADed in all our years as a team. Middle of this season I got a VEXplorer kit that came with the free 150 days of Solidworks I taught myself how to use it and I'm already teaching some of my team members the basics. Tutorials like this should be really helpful to use.

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I signed up... got some 3D modeling experience but not CAD kind of experience.

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Why do we use Survey Monkey? Because there are legal issues in entering students names into the SolidWorks Corporation database. We cannot store this information. Survey Monkey allows us to easily delete names, once we ship software.

The legal process is different after you install SolidWorks software. We will then ask you to enter your email address and we do keep track of these in our SolidWorks database.

Since SolidWorks Summer School is open to students of all ages, we cannot assume students are over 18.

Marie

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If you were able to fill out the survey monkey, you will receive software.

Again, we limit our email back due to legal issues with minors. However, we can ship things the old fashion way.

This process does work; we ship thousands of copies of SolidWorks to the Formula SAE teams and and college robotics teams that use our products in competitive engineering design. We protect our software and we protect our students according to the law. Marie

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Wow that was fast, I received my software today.

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Yup i received mine today. 12 months solidworks 2007 with cosmos :D

i cant wait for the tutorials... maybe i can pick up some new stuff

...forest

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dang thats fast.. :0

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Thank you for explaining.

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hopefully i'll get mine tomorrow. but im looking forward to it.

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I got mine today...I'm so excited. Thank you SolidWorks!

I was wondering if SolidWorks allowed for licneses to be transfered? (Autodesk has something where you can install the product on multiple computers and switch off the licnesses between computers)

Thanks!

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got my solid works software in the mail today =)
is knowing cad in advance going to help me?
or is this completely different?
and when are the online tutorials going to be posted up

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I believe it would be because you won't have to learn all over again how to design models and the such.

If you are refering to Auto CAD, then it will be different, and you might have to think in different ways, but you'll get used to it.

As far as the software, I haven't gotten it yet.

And I'd bet that the tutorials would come up starting in June, maybe late May.

I don't know for sure, but I can't wait for it.

Correction: The lessons will begin in July and go through April
Here's the post-http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...88&postcount=9

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this is sooooo cool! Im so excited to learn how to CAD !

I got my CD today
Thank you Solidworks!

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how many has used autodesk inventor before?

I use it all the time, it's what we have at school, so I'm pretty familiar with it.
And how different is it from solidworks?

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At first, because inventor is familiar, inventor will seem better.

Once you use solidworks for a while, you realize how much better it is overall; I can't quite pinpoint what I like better about solidworks, but I know it 25% as well as inventor and I still like it more. Also, an added bonus is that inventor isn't very commonly used in industry/college compared to solidworks.

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I have used a little bit of both, I am in an engineering computing class that is teaching it. it is IMO about 90% the same, the inter-part references are allot better though unlike Inventor. My only peeve is the controls, I am used to right clicking and dragging to pan in Inventor but SW invokes the rotate command, I am getting used to it in 3D but in a drawing it would be nice to still be able to pan, I haven't figured out how to remap the controls yet. but basically what I have done on it it is pretty awesome.

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i cant wait for my copy to come i hope its here as soon as possible i want to get started

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I just got my copy in the mail yesterday! Got here (richmond, va) pretty fast.

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I hate to put up a "me too" post, but I just got my copy of the software in New York, NY. Thanks Solidworks!!

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I seem to hear some controversy in opinions. I've talked to some of my mentors about which the prefer, and they seem to prefer Autodesk.

It seems to me that it's interesting that inventor isn't widely used, cause some of our mentors companies are switching over. That, and Inventor is all I really know. Guess you can call me sheltered.

Does anyone know if Solidworks has some of the same features as Inventor's Design Accelerators?

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SolidWorks has something similar in their Design Library. The design library lets you put different features in the part itself and then also lets you put bolts, bearings, keys, clips, sprockets, gears, pulleys and structural members in the assembly. This works differently than SolidWorks and quite frankly I prefer the design libray to the Design Accelerators.

I have used both and while I haven't used inventor as much as I have SolidWorks so I might be a little biased, I much prefer SolidWorks.

They have a lot of the same features but SolidWorks makes the implementation easier, especially in the sketches. Sketching is what stood out most in my mind, I can define complicated things with much fewer dimensions using SolidWorks and overall the sketching just works so much better. I think I also remember the assemblies working better with SolidWorks.

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The SolidWorks Student Edition is non-transferable. This is an individual copy. One Student Edition per one machine - for home use.

If you are a commerical customer and use a SolidWorks commerical license, you can transfer your license from work to home any time you want.

In schools, some institutions use license borrowing where the SolidWorks Education Edition network licenses can be transfered to dorm or home use.
But this is only with the network licenses installed at schools.

Marie

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Adam:

Three short cut tips to help you with your mouse:

Rotate - Middle Mouse button
Zoom in/out - Shift + Middle Mouse button
Pan - Ctrl + Middle Mouse button

Other helpful short cut key.
f - Zoom to fit (fits the model or sheet to the graphics window)

For setting short cut keys, Select Tools, Customize, Keyboard.

Many have been preset. My favorites are Ctrl 1 through Ctrl 7 that rotate the model through the standard views Front, Top, Right etc. Ctrl 8 rotates the part to a normal to (perpendicular) view but you have to select the face).



Marie

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I've done some crazy sketches before, so that'll be interesting. As for the design library compared to the design accelerator, it sounds like SolidWorks is more efficient. But (I'm not looking for an argument, just stating an observation), Inventor's accelerator, for how it sounds about SolidWorks, is better for more complex and custom parts.

For what I do, I think I'll be better off with SolidWorks for now.

Sounds like somebody knows their stuff.
These are great tips, I'll be sure to keep note of them. I love to move my objects around (surprised I don't give anyone motion sickness).

Thanks for answering my questions guys. It's very helpful.

Cooker

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Hi Cooker,

Learn about design from others, even in a totally different industry - I have been designing robots for years and yet still keep learning. Just watching movies and reviewing model files from Trek Bikes taught me you can design the best product in SolidWorks but you also have to use SolidWorks interference tools to make certain you have room for a wrench to fasten a bolt. This is the same for robots. You can model anything on a computer - but you have to be able to manufacture and assemble it. http://www.solidworks.com/pages/programs/trek/

Marie

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I have been using inventor for 4 years, solidworks for 3 and pro/E for 2. I learned on inventor so it was easy to say "inventor is better" because they are the same program and i know this one better. Fact is they aren't the same program and as your designs get more advanced and more complicated you will see that solidworks surpasses inventor and pro/E.

1 word for starters: Cosmos...
Cosmos takes solidworks to the next level. It is pretty simple to use and you can learn so much about your design from it. I bet anyone who has used a CAD system before would have a need for using cosmos.

Solidworks 2008 is pretty different from the earlier versions, but is definitely awesome.

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So I've installed Solidworks from the DVD I received in the mail, and I've had a few chances to mess around with it, but the project I'm working on currently has all been done in Inventor. Thus, I'm still primarily using Inventor for the design work I'm doing, but I would like to use COSMOS to analyze a specific part I made in Inventor (COSMOS has a larger materials library, and it seems better than the Inventor stress analysis). One problem.. Cosmos doesn't have a license, according to my computer, and Cosmos express does appear to do torsion.. Help?

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Hi Mike

You have to request a COSMOS license. SolidWorks installs automatically, then to install COSMOS you will be prompted to get a license and will receive one via email.

When you are in SolidWorks, go to Tools, Add Ins. Select COSMOSWorks, COSMOSMotion or COSMOSFloWorks - depending if you want to do stress, motion, or flow analysis. The help files for these are very nice to assist you.

Marie

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i was wondering if there was any way to get a confirmation via email about address and what not becuase i signed up on the first day and still havent seen heads nor tails of the DVD

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Email me a private message with your full name, address and email and I will help you. Marie

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I got my copy in the mail yesterday! Thanks for the awesome offer!

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I signed up on the Monday after Championships, and I see that many people have gotten their CDs already. But I haven't gotten it yet, and neither has a friend of mine, and we live in Connecticut. Should we be worried?

don't mean to complain.

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I haven't gotten mine and I signed up the first day it appeared. I wouldn't worry, with 2000 slots to fill and thus 2000 copies to mail out I'm sure they aren't having an easy time mailing everything out.

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Please give us some time, we are processing about 100 SolidWorks Student Editions a day, but still it takes time to get these out. If you registered by April 30 and you do not receive your software by May 20, send me a private message with your name, address and email.


For the three students Andrew, Julie and James who contacted me, we have your names. You are in the process.

Marie

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Thank you for the help:D Your awesome:D

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Thank you very much.:)

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Thank you

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I just got it today, thank you

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Wow, that's great! Processing about 100 a day. Incredible!

I finally got mine today. Thanks, you guys, for the hard work you are doing to get this to us.

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Attention SolidWorks Robotics Summer School Students

We are developing a virtual summer school that will be easy to access and easy to use. In the past, our classes have been designed for our commerical users.

We want to design a virtual classroom with what you like, designed by you. This is a place to learn and have fun.

What websites do you learn from - besides Chief Delphi?

What would you like to see in terms of content delivery?

Marie

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I'd be nice if there's a tutorial for each lesson with pictures explaining steps. The tutorials that come with SW are pretty well made, I like the style.

Definitely provide all the files we need as well as solutions as a download.

Also, give us the option to either send us an email every time a lesson is added or to use a RSS feed.

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>>RSS Feed would be extremely useful.

--tdlrali's comments are great and to add to that:

#Allow us to share what we create/our results from the tutorials??
#I don't know if you guys would be able to, but perhaps have a few or 1 or 2 good tutorials that are in video formats?

But so far, I'd say its becoming better everyday. =]

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I like the style of the tutorials that come with solidworks, I have also used the class teaching curriculum DVD with the bridge and some other stuff, and found those a little less then what I expected. The built in ones were much better.

I dont know if it has been fixed in this version, but the last one I always had trouble with the automated bolt mates, that might have also been partially the computer I was using, as it was somewhat slow. A tutorial on doing that correctly would be nice.

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I got my copy today! Thanks SolidWorks!

As far as the virtual school goes, I've been taking classes with the Florida Virtual School for a few years now, and the online learning environment is great. It would be cool if the tutorials are available in several formats for each lesson, such as text, picture walk-throughs, and video tutorials. I second the idea of an RSS feed. Also, I don't know if it has previously been mentioned, but a community to go along with the tutorials will probably be useful too so that users, students rather, can interact with one another and discuss their challenges and successes with other students. Will there be "teachers" available to assist? Weekly challenges could be another interesting factor, perhaps to promote some more creativity and innovation within the community. I'm really looking forward to it...

Can't wait for AP exams/finals to be over so I can try it out!

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As others have said, multiple formats would work rather nicely. Also, possibly having formats which would work well on computers with slightly lower system requirements (just enough to run the program) would be nice, since that's my situation.

Ah, yes.... I'm studying for the AP English Language exam now... but next year, I'm taking 3 AP classes (would take more, but only AP History is available beyond that, and history is not fun to me.)

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I'll jump on the bandwagon and let everyone know that I got my software today. Now I just need a computer to put it on. . .

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Copy has been recived.
Just in time to design that lasershooting, flying, bad guy busting, robotic exoskeloton i've always wanted:D

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I dont know if it has been fixed in this version, but the last one I always had trouble with the automated bolt mates, that might have also been partially the computer I was using, as it was somewhat slow. A tutorial on doing that correctly would be nice.[/quote]

I will definitely cover bolt assembly this summer, but for now I will give you a few pointers.
First method. A bolt requires a Concentric and Coincident mate with a hole in the assembly. Open the assembly. Open the bolt part. Tile the two windows. Click and drag the circular edge at the bottom of the bolt head into the assembly window. Drag the mouse over the hole edge. Release the mouse button when you see the Coincident/Concentric symbol on the hole's edge.
Second method. Use HoleWizard for the holes and Toolbox for the bolts, to automatically size the bolts for your holes. Smart Fasteners will size all holes on one face. Always choose the first seed feature in a pattern and use derived patterns in the assembly, Marie

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Thanks for the input. We will take in your suggestions. We will also have assistance as best we can. Good luck on the AP exams - Marie

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If you have lower system requirements and cannot run SolidWorks, all summer school students will receive the DWGeditor; it comes with the SolidWorks Student Edition. The DWGeditor allows you to create and modify files in .dwg format. Although working with dwg file format will not be the focus of this class, we do have 2 dwg lessons on our teacher blog http://blogs.solidworks.com/teacher/2d_dwg/index.html.

We dont make a light version of SolidWorks. The Student Edition is based on our commerical premium product with all our analysis tools -motion, flow, and stress analysis - plus toolbox (component library) and photorealistic materials and the ability to create animations. The System requirements are posted on the back of the box or on our website. Marie

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Are the classes (or tutorials) going to be live (as in one has to be logged on at a certian time) or they are just going to be posted periodicly? If they are going to be live, I would appreciate it, if there was an easy way to see lessons again, if you aren't able to attend that day.

Thanks!

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-mplanchard

Signed up before I realized there is no OSX version of Solid Works. boooo. You guys should get on that.

But I really respect you guys going out on a limb to educate people. For free no less! Stay classy SolidWorks.

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Got mine yesterday, about to install it now. Can't wait to play around with it!