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SolidProfessor Releases 2012 Update Training for SolidWorks
SAN DIEGO, California, October 18, 2011 -SolidProfessor, a SolidWorks Solution Partner focused on delivering the very best self-paced resources and tutorials for SolidWorks, unveils its 2012 Update Training video series. SolidProfessor has been producing Update Training for its customers for each release of SolidWorks since 2005. The Update Training series is designed to help users get the most out of SolidWorks 2012 by providing in-depth explanations of the enhancements, with clear examples in professionally produced videos that show how to best use them.
SolidProfessor’s 2012 Update Training product has over 2.5 hours of instruction and 50 lessons covering SolidWorks Basic through Premium functionality, including: Sketching, Parts, Features, Assemblies, Drawings, Detailing, Sheet Metal, Routing, Simulation, and Flow Simulation.
Jason Wright, Product Manager of SolidProfessor comments, "Our team works very hard each year to align the delivery of our Update Training product with SolidWorks release so customers can get the most out of their SolidWorks upgrade. I’m proud of the work that our team has once again put into this product to provide such a comprehensive resource for companies and individuals who are moving their designs forward into 2012."
2012 SolidWorks Update Training is included with SolidProfessor Standard, Professional or Premium Bundles, or it can be purchased as a standalonecourse. For more details on the options available to current SolidProfessor subscription customers, please login to your account at www.solidprofessor.com or contact your local SolidWorks reseller.
About SolidProfessor
SolidProfessor is a SolidWorks Solution Partner 100% focused on creating the very best on-demand knowledge resources for SolidWorks CAD software. The mission of SolidProfessor is to provide the highest quality self-paced resources for all levels of SolidWorks users worldwide. SolidProfessor products may be ordered direct, or from most SolidWorks Value Added Resellers. For more information, please visit www.solidprofessor.com
SolidProfessor Releases Course for SolidWorks Flow Simulation
August 22, 2011 – San Diego, CA - SolidProfessor, a SolidWorks Solution Partner focused on delivering the very best self-paced SolidWorks learning and productivity resources, announces the release of its SolidWorks Flow Simulation Course.
SolidWorks Flow Simulation software allows designers to simulate computational fluid dynamics (CFD) on their 3D CAD models. With SolidWorks Flow Simulation, users can quickly and easily simulate fluid flow, heat transfer, and fluid forces that are critical to the success of many designs. The software allows designers to simulate real world conditions, run “what if” scenarios, and quickly analyze the effects of fluid flow, heat transfer, and related forces on immersed or surrounding components.
SolidProfessor's Flow Simulation course teaches the fundamentals of using the software to analyze fluid flow and heat transfer effects within SolidWorks parts and assemblies. The course was designed to get users up to speed quickly with the basic principles of computational fluid dynamics, and covers additional topics such as basic flow through a pipe, fans, porous media, humidity effects, particle injection into a uniform flow, transient heat transfer, and external analyses including supersonic flow around a rocket. The course also teaches users how to take Flow Simulation results and import them into SolidWorks Simulation as loads for a static analysis and optimization.
Jason Wright, Product Manager for SolidProfessor comments, “It’s always been our goal to create learning resources that help SolidWorks users maximize the value of their software. I’m extremely proud of our team’s effort in creating this course, which goes far beyond the picks and clicks, and even explains much of the background and theory of CFD from a conceptual level. I'm excited to bring a product like this to the SolidWorks design community and look forward to seeing what amazing new products are influenced by it."
Upon completion of the course, users will be able to test their SolidWorks models and predict how various flow conditions impact their designs. Users will be able to optimize their designs and prevent costly design errors, prior to having any prototypes manufactured.
SolidProfessor’s SolidWorks Flow Simulation course is 3 hours 43 minutes, 87 lessons, and is priced at $499 for new customers, or $299 as an upgrade to customers who already own a SolidProfessor Bundle
About SolidProfessor
SolidProfessor is a SolidWorks Solution Partner, 100% focused on creating the very best on-demand knowledge resources for SolidWorks CAD software. The mission of SolidProfessor is to provide the highest quality self-paced resources for SolidWorks users of all skill levels worldwide. SolidProfessor products may be purchased direct or from most SolidWorks Value Added Resellers. For more information, please visit www.solidprofessor.com
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SolidProfessor Sponsors Global MoonBots 2.0 Team
San Diego, CA - July 25, 2011 - SolidProfessor is proud to announce its sponsorship of X-Treme Team! Indio, California’s “X-Treme Team” has been chosen as a finalist to compete in The X PRIZE Foundation and the LEGO’s second annual Google Lunar X PRIZE LEGO® MINDSTORMS® Challenge. This contest challenges teams of youth to design programs and construct robots that perform simulated lunar missions similar to those required to win the $30 million Google Lunar X PRIZE, a private race to the Moon designed to enable commercial exploration of space while engaging the global public.
“One of the requirements is that the team create a CAD rendering of the lunar rover they are going to build. We were thrilled to be sponsored by SolidWorks for this purpose, but the kids and I quickly realized we needed more than the standard tutorials to navigate through this extensive and awesome software,” noted Team Captain Liberty Naud. “SolidProfessor came in and saved the day by providing training seats for the entire team. This software enables me, as a robotics mentor and coach, to provide the kids with the training they need to make what they dream come alive in a design process through SolidWorks. I didn’t have to worry that I couldn’t teach them how to use SolidWorks because SolidProfessor has paved the way for me. Now I feel better about their ability to compete in this global challenge, dream big, design well, and build their world around them.”
Using SolidProfessor software, to navigate SolidWorks, the “students get to produce videos, gain computer programming and design skills, and learn the latest in technological advances at it relates to space exploration,” said Chanda Gonzales, Google Lunar X PRIZE Education Manager.
“We are so pleased that our SolidProfessor software will help this group of kids to design their programs and construct the robots. Using SolidProfessor, the X-Treme Team will be able to efficiently navigate SolidWorks. We are a proud sponsor of this young and dedicated team and wish them the best of luck,” states SolidProfessor President, Dave Ptak.
Seventy five teams from all over the world registered in the competition and submitted fun, scientific video clips that talked about space exploration. In addition to the video, each team was asked to write a proposal explaining why their robot should be funded to go to the moon, similar to the proposals authored by actual Google Lunar X PRIZE teams. From these submissions, 20 teams were chosen as finalists, including X-Treme Team!
X-Treme Team is made up of team members: Mikie Bowman, Harrison Cassar, Parker Cassar, Matthew Chang Chase Hapner; team captain: Liberty Naud; and team mentor: Diego Amaro. These finalists will be provided with free LEGO components to construct a large Moonscape that will serve as the competition’s ‘playing field.’ X-Treme Team will then design their robot using SolidProfessor software, program it, and demonstrate their robot to be judged.
SolidProfessor is also proud to announce that the X-Treme Team is also completing multiple STEM outreach project to mentor kids to get excited about the MoonBots 2.0 Challenge, a requirement unique to this year’s contest. X-Treme Team will be displaying their robot at the FIRST LEGO League Qualifying Tournament for the Coachella Valley in November 2011. Admission to this event is free! For more information, please visit www.smarteducation.us. Phase Two of the contest begins will continue through August 22nd. To learn more about the MoonBots 2.0 Challenge, visit http://www.moonbots.org. For more information about the Google Lunar X PRIZE and the teams currently registered in the competition, please visit http://www.googlelunarxprize.org.
