Using Solidworks to the fullest

[steelerborn]

Just wondering if there are any teams out there who have used the motion analysis in Solidworks, for initial design testing and feedback. The student edition does not have access to it, but perhaps there is a mentor who has SW Premium installed on their laptop and is able to work with the kids with some initial design concepts. I was playing around today and was able to make a motion analysis of a ball being shot into a basket, and then used the design study functionality to allow Solidworks to change the shot angle and velocity of the ball being shot, I let it run through 190 different designs, until I found an optimal (my goal was lowest velocity needed at a set distance, while making the shot off the backboard). It only took me about an hour to set up the assembly and design.