SolidWorks/COSMOS Student Editions for FSAE teams

[Joe Wilkie - SolidWorks]

I apologize if this is a duplicate post - Something went wrong when I hit the post button a minute ago.

Most teams have been contacted directly regarding our sponsorship this year. We are providing 10 Student Editions with COSMOS to teams wanting to use our software this year. This is a 1-year license for use on the personal computers belonging to your design team members (not for use in campus computer labs).

The bundle includes SolidWorks, COSMOS/Works Professional (Static, buckling, thermal, frequency, impact, optimization); COSMOS/FloWorks (any liquid/gas - internal/external, radiation, rotating reference frames, thermal effects); and COSMOS/Motion (dynamic and kinematic analysis using MSC Adams technology).

To register your team, visit this website:
http://www.solidworks.com/pages/products/edu/saeinternational2005.html?PID=106

So if you're still using last year's version or you're wanting to switch from a different product, register your team today! Please list your facultly advisor's office as the shipping address for the software and stickers.

Good luck with your teams this year!

Joe Wilkie
joewilkie@solidworks.com

[Joe Wilkie - SolidWorks]

I apologize if this is a duplicate post - Something went wrong when I hit the post button a minute ago.

Most teams have been contacted directly regarding our sponsorship this year. We are providing 10 Student Editions with COSMOS to teams wanting to use our software this year. This is a 1-year license for use on the personal computers belonging to your design team members (not for use in campus computer labs).

The bundle includes SolidWorks, COSMOS/Works Professional (Static, buckling, thermal, frequency, impact, optimization); COSMOS/FloWorks (any liquid/gas - internal/external, radiation, rotating reference frames, thermal effects); and COSMOS/Motion (dynamic and kinematic analysis using MSC Adams technology).

To register your team, visit this website:
http://www.solidworks.com/pages/products/edu/saeinternational2005.html?PID=106

So if you're still using last year's version or you're wanting to switch from a different product, register your team today! Please list your facultly advisor's office as the shipping address for the software and stickers.

Good luck with your teams this year!

Joe Wilkie
joewilkie@solidworks.com

[Nihal]

Which version of SW is this? Is it based off the 2007 SW code? Does the Cosmos package allow for beam element analysis (weldment analysis) like 2007 does?
hanks

[Travis Garrison]

Take him up on this, there's no excuse to be whining about how you can't get your hands on decent software. SW and Cosmos is absolutely fantastic for what you guys are doing...this coming from a dyed in the wool catia fan. http://fsae.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

[Ian M]

Highly recommend this program! We just received it and have started modeling and it is so much more user friendly than ProE. The built in Cosmos is a godsend also. Thanks Joe!

[jwill211]

great program, easy to use, a lot of neat features, just don't wait next to the mailbox, it took is just over 3 months to get

[Jersey Tom]

The 3d sketch features in 06 are tight. Reaaallllyy wish it had beam element FEA.

Anyone notice whats on the box of the new student edition? FSAE car.

[Joe Wilkie - SolidWorks]

Thanks for the praise. I'm glad to hear you are enjoying the software!

To answer your quesitons:

Shipping delays no more!
When we announced this program back in May, we were hoping to ship the software by the end of June. Some unexpected documentation issues resulted in delays of several weeks, so we actually started shipping in August. Now that the software has been produced, ship times are more like 3-5 days.


Beam elements:
The Student Edition is based on SolidWorks 2006, since we had to freeze the code for production early in the summer before 2007 was released. Unfortunately, this means you'll have to wait until next year for beam element analysis in COSMOS. Hopefully you have a license of another capable analysis tool for the frame analysis. Once you have your design you can easily import the points into a 3d Sketch and build a weldment-based frame off the sketch points. Not ideal, but a decent woraround for this year.

Joe Wilkie
joewilkie@solidworks.com