GoEngineer Blog

If you want to learn SOLIDWORKS, training is essential to unlock its full potential. Between free online videos and forums, and certified professional training programs, it can be difficult to identify the best training option that fits your learning style and budget. In this blog, we compare free SOLIDWORKS training options to paid SOLIDWORKS training options with a focus on GoEngineer’s training options. 

 

For years, DS SOLIDWORKS has been a Crown Supplier of FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology - a competition that uses robotics to inspire kids about careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM)) and the software behind the FIRST competition fields. 

 

FIRST Robotics and STEM education helps shape and inspire the next generation of designers and manufacturers. At our GoEngineer training lab in Auburn Hills, MI, students from Lake Orion learned how to build a model phone cradle using SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD software, that would then be 3D printed on a Stratasys Fortus 450 FDM 3D printer.

For the uninitiated, BattleBots is a robot combat competition, which in 2018 aired on the Discovery and Science channels. Participants design, build and operate 250 lb. remote-controlled armed and armored machines designed to fight in an arena combat elimination tournament.

Imagine an educational experience for budding engineers to leave textbooks and theory behind, and to design, build, and test real vehicles. Imagine those students racing their own vehicles in an intense and exciting competition against other university teams. Formula SAE Series Racing has been making this dream a reality for over three decades.