SolidWorks Education Edition 2010 is 3D CAD, Design Analysis, and complete courseware for instructional use
- Based on SolidWorks® Premium 2010, it also includes SolidWorks Simulation® Premium
- Runs on Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional™ or Windows Vista™ (see bottom of page for information about Microsoft® Windows® 7)
- Curriculum and courseware:
For Educator Content (Teacher guides, PPT slides, etc):
- Got to SolidWorks.com and select Education
- Select Educator Content
For Student Content:
- Launch SolidWorks
- Go to Design Library - “books” icon in Task Pane
- Select “SolidWorks Content”
- Select the projects/language to download
The SolidWorks Education Edition 2009-2010 brings the latest in 3D software, Simulation Analysis software, and complete courseware for the modern design-engineering curriculum.
Student Design Kit (SDK):
- 365-day on download (instead of 300 previously)
- For schools with at least 10 SEE licenses on current subscription (instead of 30 previously)
- 60-day and 150-day demo DVDs
- PhotoWorks now included
Note: for all new customer, the SDK download can be made only if he has been included into the SDK list
Download: Educational Brochure
SolidWorks is an ideal 3D design package for the teaching of design for mechanical engineering and product design. As well as unrivalled geometry creation it also includes a wide range (some 20+ applications) for simulation, surfacing, photorendering, animation, sheet-metal, data transfer, analysis, routing and full detailed drawing creation capabilities.
Design verification tools (fully embedded and integrated FEA) is included within the SolidWorks Education Edition:
The SolidWorks Education Edition 2009-2010 also includes:
- SolidWorks® 3D CAD: the defacto standard in 3D engineering/product design
- PhotoWorks™ : easy to achieve and high quality photo-realistic image creation
- SolidWorks Toolbox: automate assembly tasks with standard parts
- SolidWorks® Animator : produce compelling AVI files from parts and assemblies
- SolidWorks eDrawings Professional: Generate accurate 2D and 3D models and share them with anyone - can view, mark up, and measure without having to purchase any software
- FeatureWorks: reuse 3D CAD data-created in file formats imported from other CAD systems
SolidWorks Utilities: analyse designs and compare versions of a design to see what's different
- 3D Instant Website: push-button simple, create a website featuring your design or drawing
- DWGeditor™: Edit and create native DWG drawings with this free DWGeditor inside SolidWorks—users familiar with AutoCAD® find the interface very familiar.
MoldflowXpress™: Unique to SolidWorks, this provides a basic mold filling simulation tool to assist in plastic part design, very helpful when developing parts that need to be moulded cost effectively.
PDMWorks: Minimize errors and avoid duplicated effort by capturing file revision history automatically. Access and search for files, determine who has changed what and when, control production's acsess to view only current revisions.
SolidWorks Education Edition 2009-2010 is available as either stand-alone or network license versions, it comes complete with course material and curriculum in both electronic and printed formats.
The SolidWorks Teacher Guide and Student Courseware provides over 500 pages of teaching resources, covering all major areas of interest including SolidWorks, PhotoWorks, SolidWorks Animator, Toolbox, and eDrawings Professional. Teacher Guide Companion files and Student Workbook Files are included, making it easy to print lessons or models, along with a syllabus, reproducible study sheets, hand-outs, quizzes, homework assignments, and individualized study projects and exercises.
SolidWorks is proud to be a sponsor of the Formula SAE, Formula Student, Mini Baja and Supermilage Challange competitions, giving students meaningful real world experience designing, building, testing, and competing with original designs in a team environment.
Formula SAE, Formula Student, Mini Baja and Supermilage Challange provide today's engineering students with the same kinds of challenges they will face in industry. Communication, collaboration, deadlines, budgets, and teamwork are necessary components of any successful design project. SolidWorks' powerful, intuitive, and best-in-class 3D CAD tools help make every aspect of the design challenge a valuable experience. This is why Formula SAE and Formula Student organizations attract the "best and brightest". Not surprisingly, Formula SAE and Formula Student activity is where future innovations in tomorrow's automotive industry take shape.
Windows 7 Compatibility:
1. SolidWorks EDU products 2010-2011 academic year (Education Edition, Student Edition, and Student Design Kit) will officially support the Microsoft® Windows 7 operating system. This new release is planned in the spring of 2010.
2. SolidWorks EDU products 2009-2010 are officially supported on Windows XP and Vista. While the SolidWorks EDU products 2009-2010 installation is not prevented on Windows 7, the products are not officially supported. This means that they have not been fully validated by QA and therefore the full scope of potential issues is not known. There will not be any SolidWorks product updates available for any Windows 7 specific issues. For an optimal experience with the SolidWorks EDU products 2009-2010, it is recommended that a user install on Windows XP or Vista.
3. Below is some general information of running SolidWorks EDU products 2009-2010 on Windows 7.
a. Since the graphics drivers included with Windows 7 do not support accelerated OpenGL, many SolidWorks features are not available. Running SolidWorks on Windows 7 requires a supported graphics driver for RealView graphics.
b. Running the 64-bit version of SolidWorks on the 64-bit version of Windows 7 requires Microsoft Office 2007 for full support of tables.
c. The 64-bit version of SolidWorks on the 64-bit version of Windows 7 does not display tables for SolidWorks files containing Microsoft Office 2003 components.
d. Certain SolidWorks dialogs may have missing information or buttons
e. Running SolidWorks in Windows 7 Compatibility Mode might help with some stability issues
Note: Running SolidWorks in Windows 7 Compatibility Mode:
1. Right mouse click on the SLDWORKS.exe file in the installation folder
2. Choose the Compatibility Tab and select “Run this program in compatibility mode for:” Windows Vista or XP