[Design and Technology] RE: Rapidprototyping and SolidWorks

Fri May 18 10:32:10 EST 2007

Hi Dean

Yes there is a yearly update.

Contact Intercad if you want more details. Trevor Rose will give
information you may want. Email: trevor.rose at intercad.com.au  

It is a a fantastic package - that's why it costs a bit - why it's
used in all Melbourne unis' - over 75% of the world's top-ranked
academic institutions have enhanced engineering graphics and CAD
instruction with SolidWorks software! 

It's worth bitting the bulet and budgeting for, excellent for the
students. 

Phil.

On 18.05.2007 at 08:13:42, "Hewitt, Dean C"
<Hewitt.Dean.C at edumail.vic.gov.au> wrote:

> Philip,
> 
> Sounds like a fantastic package!
> 
> Does this software have any yearly updates that need to be
purchased, as
> in my old job we had a yearly renewal for our Solidworks package
that we
> used, or is there a "Schools package" available that does not
require
> renewal?
> 
> 
> Dean Hewitt
> 
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> Subject: [Design and Technology] Rapidprototyping and SolidWorks
> 
> Hi everyone.
> 
> At the TEAV conference I presented a workshop on Rapid Prototyping
> and
> Engineering Design. If you were unable to attend but were still
> interested in rapid prototyping as a design development tool in
the
> classroom or just in using Solidworks., you can contact me here at
> work. I'd love to hear from you.
> 
> Any CAD program in the classroom is great. I think ProDesktop,
> Inventor, Pro Engineer and SolidEdge all work well but I guess I
just
> love using SoliWorks and believe in the product for schools!
> 
> My students build 3D CAD skills through a semester long elective
in
> years 9 and 10. It complements the Technology and VCD Courses
really
> well.
> 
> SO WHY SOLIDWORKS?
> 1) "The SolidWorks Corporation recognizes that today's students
are
> tomorrow's industry leaders. As the leader in 3D modelling
software,
> SolidWorks is committed to providing the most innovative resources
> for learning and teaching CAD to students and educators,
worldwide.
> The SolidWorks Education Program has been endorsed by global
leaders
> in government, industry, and education". LOOK AT EXAMPLES BELOW!
> 
> 2)Over 75% of the world's top-ranked academic institutions have
> enhanced engineering graphics and CAD instruction with SolidWorks
> software. WOW!
> 
> 3)SolidWorks is used widely in schools in the US, Canada and
Germany.
> Also in Northern Ireland, there are 300 high schools with 9,000
> Solidworks licences - a Government initiative. In Norway there are
> 1,300 schools with about 30,000 licences. In the US, North
Carolina
> for example there are 17 high schools with 425 licences. In France
> there are 5,000 French middle schools and high schools teaching
> SolidWorks, In that country SolidWorks has about 65% market share
in
> French secondary education.
> 
> 4) EXCELLENT Online Tutorials, and Teaching materials. My year six
> students have used it to design their CO2 cars but amazingly it's
the
> same software that top Engineers use everywhere.
> 
> 5) Excellent Technical support - through InterCAD in Box Hill
> 
> 6) About $4,000 for a 30 seat licence. So for the cost of a fully
> installed Pedestal Drill and a Grinder, your schools
administration
> could really afford SolidWorks - it's the "design tool".
> 
> Your administration should know that Solidworks is used in
> Engineering and Product Design Degrees at most of Melbourne's
> Universities. They'd be giving their students such an opportunity.
> 
> If your interested, check out this SolidWorks Teacher Blog
> http://blogs.solidworks.com/teacher/
> and these websites
> http://www.solidworks.com/
> http://www.solidworks.com/pages/products/edu/index.html
> 
> I'll leave this here.
> 
> Philip Cranswick
> 
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