Cedarville University Supports Competitive Engineering with SolidWorks

By DE Editors

Cedarville University’s engineering and computer science department has been relying on SolidWorks 3D design solutions since 1996. Using SolidWorks, the department teaches more than 100 freshmen per year about modeling and CAD. The goal is to prepare them for the real world with marketable skills. Senior students are tasked with a year-long design project that enables them to use every aspect of SolidWorks, such as lofting and analysis.

Cedarville also runs regular engineering competitions, such as a contest to design, build and race a cardboard canoe across a lake during homecoming weekend. The value of the competitions is to design, simulate, test and then use the physical end result.

One of the most significant competitions that the Cedarville engineering team participates in is Solar Splash. Cedarville, a six-time Solar Splash champion, designed a revolutionary hull that changes its characteristics by shifts in on-board weight to achieve endurance versus speed. With SolidWorks, they were able to design hull shells using the lofting feature, and analyze how that hull cuts through water using SolidWorks Simulation.”

For more information, visit Cedarville University and SolidWorks.

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