Help:Solidworks
Solidworks is a parametric feature based solid modeling CAD package. Solidworks also comes with the COSMOS analysis package.
- Vendor homepage
- http://www.solidworks.com/
- Software availability
- Available to all Engineering students at https://my.cecs.ucf.edu
- Ask engineering computer support to have it installed on university hardware
- Other related software
- Category:CAD
- View online documentation
Software availability[edit]
Solidworks is installed in the Harris lab and several CAD labs in different departments. Students can also get access to Solidworks on their own computers via several methods.
Solidworks Engineering site license[edit]
Engineering students can download SolidWorks from CECS and register to use the college license. These directions are for personally owned computers. For lab computers, ask your department's tech to register the computer for you.
Solidworks can be downloaded from https://my.cecs.ucf.edu
Solidworks Contests and Sponsorships program[edit]
Apply for a free copy of SolidWorks at the SolidWorks Student Design Competitions page.
Fill out the form and submit it. You should do this at the beginning of senior design so you can get it before your start doing your analysis.
SolidWorks® Student Edition includes:
- SolidWorks® Premium software
- Animation functionality
- Library of Standards
- Photorealistic rendering
- eDrawings®
- SolidWorks® Simulation Professional, finite element analysis tools (FEA)
- SolidWorks® Motion, kinematic and motion simulation analysis tools
- SolidWorks® Flow Simulation, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis tools
- Complete online documentation and tutorials
- 12 month term-of-use license
Student version[edit]
If you are not eligible for either of the above versions, Solidworks sells a student version to students and faculty.