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Building Careers and Appreciating Teachers with SOLIDWORKS Certification

Kent Allison changed directions as a high school teacher when he discovered SOLIDWORKS. Now he is one of the leading SOLIDWORKS certification providers in Colorado and his students' are able to grow their careers and skip college courses by becoming Certified SOLIDWORKS Associates (CSWA).

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Sara Zuckerman

Sara Zuckerman is a Content Marketing Specialist in Brand Offer Marketing for SOLIDWORKS and 3DEXPERIENCE Works.

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Find Career Resources for Students at MySolidWorks

Students can discover straightforward guidance and resources by checking out Career Resources for Students at MySolidWorks.com. They’ll learn how to gain skills, expand their knowledge, show off expertise, add to their experience, obtain internships and co-ops, and so much more!

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Sara Zuckerman

Sara Zuckerman is a Content Marketing Specialist in Brand Offer Marketing for SOLIDWORKS and 3DEXPERIENCE Works.

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Creating a Guitar Stand from Scratch Using SOLIDWORKS, Part 1

Fab Lab intern Matthew Desrochers created a guitar stand for the Lava Drop X xDesign Edition electric guitar. In Part 1 of "Creating a Guitar stand from scratch using SOLIDWORKS" blog learn about how he planned and created a guitar stand using SOLIDWORKS.

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Matthew Desrochers

Matthew DesRochers is a SOLIDWORKS Education Engineering Intern working in the Dassault Sytèmes 3DExperience Lab in Waltham. He is a Mechanical Engineering student at Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston. In his free time Matt enjoys working on his Volkswagen and screen printing.

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Teaching and Learning SOLIDWORKS from the Kitchen Table

With school closed due to COVID-19, my husband, David, is transforming his SOLIDWORKS-based courses, labs, and senior design projects to be delivered online to his engineering students at WPI. Our kitchen has become “command central”  to new instruction delivery methods

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Director of Education & Early Engagement, SolidWorks at Dassault Systemes SolidWorks Corporation

Marie Planchard is an education and engineering advocate. As Senior Director of Education & Early Engagement, SOLIDWORKS, she is responsible for global development of content and social outreach for the 3DEXPERIENCE Works products across all levels of learning including educational institutions, Fab Labs, and entrepreneurship.

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Remote Learning with Apps for Kids Classroom

School closed? Teaching remotely? We can help! SOLIDWORKS Education created a playlist of Apps for Kids videos made specifically for educators who are teaching their students remotely. Teachers looking for a STEAM solution for children ages 4-14 can use Apps for Kids Classroom to teach students about STEAM concepts and the engineering workflow.

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Sara Zuckerman

Sara Zuckerman is a Content Marketing Specialist in Brand Offer Marketing for SOLIDWORKS and 3DEXPERIENCE Works.

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Creating a Guitar Stand from Scratch Using SOLIDWORKS, Part 2

#3DEXPERIENCE Lab intern Matt Desrochers created a guitar stand for the Lava Drop X xDesign Edition electric guitar using SOLIDWORKS. In Part 2 of this series, learn how he planned and created a guitar stand from scratch.

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Matthew Desrochers

Matthew DesRochers is a SOLIDWORKS Education Engineering Intern working in the Dassault Sytèmes 3DExperience Lab in Waltham. He is a Mechanical Engineering student at Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston. In his free time Matt enjoys working on his Volkswagen and screen printing.

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Aero Design Series – Stock Wheel – Part 1: Intro and Initial Mockup

In this case, we will be reproducing a wheel in SOLIDWORKS based on measurements of the actual part. This tutorial series will span the full design process, from initial mockup all the way to final details.

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Matthew Gruber is an alumni of Concordia University's Aero Design and Design/Build/Fly teams in 2015 through 2017, having joined after gaining an interest in helicopters and airplanes from living in Alaska.

Now is in his 3rd year in the airframe stress group of the 525 helicopter program at Bell and with 1 year of internships at Bombardier behind him, he credits the hands-on learning and team project experiences in SAE and D/B/F as the most formative in his path towards aerospace engineering. Being able to create in programs like SolidWorks and then to build into realization is one of the most rewarding aspects of engineering.

In his spare time, Matt likes backcountry snowboarding with his family dogs, bicycling for commuting, mountain trails and touring, looking for music and hanging out with friends and family.

For fun, for practice, and for a connection with the education and University communities and you the students, Matt is stoked to bring you these aero design video series.

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Apps for Kids at Home: Give Kids a Creative Outlet with the Print It App!

So you’re stuck home due to social isolation. Maybe you’re a teacher trying to teach remotely, maybe you’re a parent working from home. And you’ve got kids knocking around who need engagement, need to learn, need to do something that

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Sara Zuckerman

Sara Zuckerman is a Content Marketing Specialist in Brand Offer Marketing for SOLIDWORKS and 3DEXPERIENCE Works.

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Teaching and Learning 3DEXPERIENCE and SOLIDWORKS From Home with Open COVID19 Community

David’s Engineering Design project-based class at WPI is online.  At home, we have been making face shield frames with multiple Sindoh 3DPrinters for local hospitals and medical centers, documented through the Open COVID19 community. More information on Open COVID19 Community

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Director of Education & Early Engagement, SolidWorks at Dassault Systemes SolidWorks Corporation

Marie Planchard is an education and engineering advocate. As Senior Director of Education & Early Engagement, SOLIDWORKS, she is responsible for global development of content and social outreach for the 3DEXPERIENCE Works products across all levels of learning including educational institutions, Fab Labs, and entrepreneurship.

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Apps for Kids at Home: Teach Remotely with Free Classroom Curriculum

Apps for Kids Classroom comes with free educator resources and lesson plans designed for different age groups. There are over a dozen pre-written lesson plans available for download that include sample 3D models to start educators and students off right.

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Sara Zuckerman

Sara Zuckerman is a Content Marketing Specialist in Brand Offer Marketing for SOLIDWORKS and 3DEXPERIENCE Works.

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Aero Design Series- Stock Wheel – Part 2: Front Plane Sketch and Revolve

Welcome to the #Aero Design Video Series created by Matthew Gruber! This is the second tutorial in the 10 part series where we will go from the initial mockup to a detailed front plane sketch and revolve feature.

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Matthew Gruber is an alumni of Concordia University's Aero Design and Design/Build/Fly teams in 2015 through 2017, having joined after gaining an interest in helicopters and airplanes from living in Alaska.

Now is in his 3rd year in the airframe stress group of the 525 helicopter program at Bell and with 1 year of internships at Bombardier behind him, he credits the hands-on learning and team project experiences in SAE and D/B/F as the most formative in his path towards aerospace engineering. Being able to create in programs like SolidWorks and then to build into realization is one of the most rewarding aspects of engineering.

In his spare time, Matt likes backcountry snowboarding with his family dogs, bicycling for commuting, mountain trails and touring, looking for music and hanging out with friends and family.

For fun, for practice, and for a connection with the education and University communities and you the students, Matt is stoked to bring you these aero design video series.

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Aero Design Series – Stock Wheel – Part 3: Saving and Renaming

Welcome to the first in a line of Aero Design Video Series created by Matthew Gruber in collaboration with SOLIDWORKS and SolidXPerts! This first series is for beginners using SOLIDWORKS for the SAE Aero Design and Design/Build/Fly competitions. In this tutorial, we will learn focus on saving and renaming parts.

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Matthew Gruber is an alumni of Concordia University's Aero Design and Design/Build/Fly teams in 2015 through 2017, having joined after gaining an interest in helicopters and airplanes from living in Alaska.

Now is in his 3rd year in the airframe stress group of the 525 helicopter program at Bell and with 1 year of internships at Bombardier behind him, he credits the hands-on learning and team project experiences in SAE and D/B/F as the most formative in his path towards aerospace engineering. Being able to create in programs like SolidWorks and then to build into realization is one of the most rewarding aspects of engineering.

In his spare time, Matt likes backcountry snowboarding with his family dogs, bicycling for commuting, mountain trails and touring, looking for music and hanging out with friends and family.

For fun, for practice, and for a connection with the education and University communities and you the students, Matt is stoked to bring you these aero design video series.

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Discover what’s new in SOLIDWORKS Education 2020-2021

                        Empower your students with SOLIDWORKS and the 3DEXPERIENCE Platform Educators can give their students the most powerful set of design tools and software on the planet to help

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Sara Junghans
Senior Manager, Education and Early Engagement at DS SolidWorks Corp.

Just a working mom with three kids trying to find the happy balance of life!

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Aero Design Series – Stock Wheel – Part 4: Right Plane Cutouts

In this Aero Design Video Series tutorial, we will learn how to do right plane cutouts that form the spokes of the wheel.

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Matthew Gruber is an alumni of Concordia University's Aero Design and Design/Build/Fly teams in 2015 through 2017, having joined after gaining an interest in helicopters and airplanes from living in Alaska.

Now is in his 3rd year in the airframe stress group of the 525 helicopter program at Bell and with 1 year of internships at Bombardier behind him, he credits the hands-on learning and team project experiences in SAE and D/B/F as the most formative in his path towards aerospace engineering. Being able to create in programs like SolidWorks and then to build into realization is one of the most rewarding aspects of engineering.

In his spare time, Matt likes backcountry snowboarding with his family dogs, bicycling for commuting, mountain trails and touring, looking for music and hanging out with friends and family.

For fun, for practice, and for a connection with the education and University communities and you the students, Matt is stoked to bring you these aero design video series.

The post Aero Design Series – Stock Wheel – Part 4: Right Plane Cutouts appeared first on SOLIDWORKS Education Blog.




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Progress in adopting the Principles for effective risk data aggregation and risk reporting

This report outlines the progress made by banks in implementing the Basel Committee's Principles for effective risk data aggregation and risk reporting ("the Principles" or "BCBS 239")1 based on supervisors' assessments conducted in 2019.




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Public guarantees for bank lending in response to the Covid-19 pandemic

FSI Briefs No 5, April 2020. In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, governments have launched guarantee programmes to support bank lending to companies, especially small and medium-sized enterprises. This is essential to avoid a sharp contraction in bank credit that would exacerbate the pandemic's adverse impact. The design of such programmes needs to strike a difficult balance between responding promptly to the pandemic and maintaining a sufficient level of prudence. Key features of a sample of programmes (eg target beneficiaries, coverage of the guarantee, loan terms, length of the programme) reflect this tension. Incentives were created for the banks to join these programmes by exploiting flexibility in existing prudential requirements, while central banks have often provided liquidity support. Programmes are, however, subject to operational challenges and, ultimately, fiscal capacity limits.




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Basel Committee publishes stocktake report on climate-related financial risk initiatives

BCBS Press release "Basel Committee publishes stocktake report on climate-related financial risk initiatives'", 30 April 2020




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Climate-related financial risks: a survey on current initiatives

This report summarises the main results of a stocktake conducted by the Basel Committee of its members' initiatives on climate-related financial risks.




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Dealers' insurance, market structure, and liquidity

We develop a parsimonious model to study the effect of regulations aimed at reducing counterparty risk on the structure of over-the-counter securities markets. We find that such regulations promote entry of dealers, thus fostering competition and lowering spreads. Greater competition, however, has an indirect negative effect on market-making profitability.




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Releasing bank buffers to cushion the crisis - a quantitative assessment

Banks globally entered the Covid-19 crisis with roughly US$ 5 trillion of capital above their Pillar 1 regulatory requirements. The amount of additional lending will depend on how hard banks' capital is hit by the crisis, on their willingness to use the buffers and on other policy support. In an adverse stress scenario such as the savings and loan crisis, banks' usable buffers would decline to US$ 800 billion, which could support US$ 5 trillion of additional loans (6% of total loans outstanding). Yet in a severely adverse scenario, similar to the Great Financial Crisis, the corresponding figures would be only US$ 270 billion and US$ 1 trillion (1.3% of total loans).




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Banks' dividends in Covid-19 times

FSI Briefs No 6, May 2020. Regulatory actions in the current circumstances need to focus on preserving banks' lending activity without jeopardising their solvency. This means that flexibility in capital requirements, including through the use of regulatory buffers, and capital conservation should go hand in hand. Basel III provides for automatic distribution constraints when capital falls below specific thresholds. In the current context, this may disincentivise firms from following authorities' recommendations to use capital buffers. Blanket distribution restrictions imposed through supervisory action may help address these disincentives to the extent that they are not linked to firms' individual capital positions and thus remove any possible stigma effect. Most authorities have undertaken initiatives in relation to banks' distribution policies in the Covid-19 pandemic environment. However, practices across jurisdictions diverge markedly as regards scope and stringency.




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Luis de Guindos: Presentation of the European Central Bank Annual Report 2019 to the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs of the European Parliament

Introductory remarks (by videoconference) by Mr Luis de Guindos, Vice-President of the European Central Bank, to the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs of the European Parliament, Frankfurt am Main, 7 May 2020.




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Central bank policy rates

Daily data on monetary policy rates have been updated. This covers 38 central banks with the earliest data starting in 1946.




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Effects of Covid-19 on the banking sector: the market's assessment

Banks' performance on equity and debt markets since the Covid-19 outbreak has been on a par with that experienced after the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008. During the initial phase, the market sell-off swept over all banks, which underperformed significantly relative to other sectors. Still, markets showed some differentiation by bank nationality, and credit default swap (CDS) spreads rose the most for those banks that had entered the crisis with the highest level of credit risk. The subsequent stabilisation, brought about by forceful policy measures since mid-March, has favoured banks with higher profitability and healthier balance sheets. Less profitable banks saw their long-term rating outlooks revised to negative. And the CDS spreads of the riskiest banks continued increasing even through the stabilisation phase.




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Christine Lagarde: Opening remarks at the EUI's State of the Union event

Opening remarks by Ms Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank, at the Online Edition of The State of the Union conference organised by the European University Institute, 8 May 2020.




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On the instability of banking and other financial intermediation

Are financial intermediaries inherently unstable and, if so, why? To address this, we analyse whether model economies with financial intermediation are particularly prone to multiple, cyclic or stochastic equilibria.




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The Duration Risk in Equities

Equities have rallied since 2017 and yet the expected growth in dividends has declined since then. Is the fall in long-term interest rates to be blamed?





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Mutual funds' performance: the role of distribution networks and bank affiliation

Bank of Italy Working Papers by Giorgio Albareto, Andrea Cardillo, Andrea Hamaui and Giuseppe Marinelli




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Monetary policy gradualism and the nonlinear effects of monetary shocks

Bank of Italy Working Papers by Luca Metelli, Filippo Natoli and Luca Rossi




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Bridge Proxy-SVAR: estimating the macroeconomic effects of shocks identified at high-frequency

Bank of Italy Working Papers by Andrea Gazzani and Alejandro Vicondoa




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Inflationary household uncertainty shocks

Bank of Finland Research Discussion Papers by Gene Ambrocio




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Workers, capitalists, and the government: fiscal policy and income (re)distribution

Bank of England Working Papers by Cristiano Cantore and Lukas Freund




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The missing link: monetary policy and the labor share

Bank of England Working Papers by Cristiano Cantore, Filippo Ferroni and Miguel León-Ledesma




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High water, no marks? Biased lending after extreme weather

Bank of England Working Papers by Nicola Garbarino and Benjamin Guin




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Central Bank Digital Currency - Objectives, preconditions and design choices

Netherlands Bank DNB Occasional Studies by Peter Wierts and Harro Boven




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Dealers' insurance, market structure, and liquidity

Bank for International Settlements BIS Working Papers by Francesca Carapella and Cyril Monnet




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The making of a cyber crash: a conceptual model for systemic risk in the financial sector

European Systemic Risk Board Occasional Papers by Greg Ros




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Measuring Systemic Risk: A Quantile Factor Analysis

Central Bank of Chile Working Papers by Andrés Sagner




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On the Response of Inflation and Monetary Policy to an Immigration Shock

Central Bank of Chile Working Papers by Benjamín García and Juan Guerra-Salas




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The Real Effects of Monetary Shocks: Evidence from Micro Pricing Moments

Central Bank of Chile Working Papers by Gee Hee Hong, Matthew Klepacz, Ernesto Pasten and Raphael Schoenle




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Who Killed Keylan Knapp?

My childhood friend has joined America’s “deaths of despair.”




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McDonald’s Workers in Denmark Pity Us

Danes haven’t built a “socialist” country. Just one that works.




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The Best Mechanical Keyboards for 2020

Ready to "switch" things up on your desktop? A mechanical keyboard can make everything click again. Here's a guide to the most common mechanical key types, as well as the top performers in our testing.




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Kangaroo Privacy Camera

The Kangaroo Privacy Camera is an affordable indoor home security camera that delivers sharp daytime footage and is equipped with a built-in privacy shield, but some features require a paid subscription and its nighttime video quality could be better.




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The Don Strikes Back

An enraged and ebullient Trump ups the body count.




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Trump Makes Us Ill

Going viral is not a good thing this time.




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Thank God the Doctor Is In

Peeking out our windows, we see America shriveling.




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Let’s ‘Kick Coronavirus’s Ass’

In this nightmarish moment, we’re feeling warm and fuzzy about the cold and calculating Andrew Cuomo.




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Student-athletes stay engaged through in-home workouts and challenges

Staying active and maintaining physical fitness has many benefits to all elements of wellness, including mental and emotional well-being that may be taxed during social distancing. At Penn State Mont Alto, the athletic department has been releasing weekly at-home workout and challenge videos that are accessible on our Facebook and Instagram pages to keep our student-athletes engaged.