3DEXPERIENCE SOLIDWORKS for Makers empowers
Ridvan Polat to create and share from anywhere
Ridvan Polat wants to share his love of CAD
with the world. As a child, Ridvan was fascinated
with the inner workings of cars and would draw
various mechanisms with paper and pencil. He
was first exposed to SOLIDWORKS as a high
schooler, and discovered a new way to manifest
the objects that would form in his mind, or as
he so eloquently puts it: “SOLIDWORKS is a
reflection of my imagination!”
While at University, Ridvan had an idea to help
solve the lubrication challenges associated with
Wankel rotary engines. This led him to prototyping
using 3D printers, and he ended up winning a 3D
printer for his idea that allowed him to first realize
his ideas in 3DEXPERIENCE SOLIDWORKS for
Makers and make them tangible.
Ridvan soon got to know the 3DEXPERIENCE
toolbox from Dassault Systemes SOLIDWORKS,
including xDesign, which empowers him to create
any time inspiration strikes using browser-based
tools. A growing interest in education, coupled
with his engineering background, pushed Ridvan
to share his projects and techniques on his
YouTube channel, where his fascination with
3DEXPERIENCE SOLIDWORKS for Makers could
reach a wider audience.
A great example of Ridvan’s desire to educate
can be seen in the form of his R/C car project.
Besides gears made with the 3DEXPERIENCE
toolbox, ready-made wheels and DC motors, and
electronics from a childhood toy, the entire design
was from scratch. Ridvan opted for a DC motor
rather than an R/C servo for his rack-and-pinion
steering to maximize realism, and developed a
print-in-place fisheye tie-rod system to allow the
steering to function correctly during suspension
compression.
Ridvan’s plans include a new go kart/buggy
hybrid, and step-by-step tutorials for the current
R/C car. And when those tutorials are ready,
you will find them on his YouTube channel,
youtube.com/user/automotive58 —
where you can also find all of Ridvan’s
SOLIDWORKS projects and tutorials!
You can also check out Ridvan’s R/C car
in 3D/AR at rpolat58.github.io/RC_Car.
3DEXPERIENCE SOLIDWORKS for Makers is
available for your hobbies and personal projects.
For just US $99/year or US $9.99/month you’ll get
the same intuitive cloud-connected CAD modeling
tools that the professionals use, along with:
• Fully online design solutions you can access
from any web browser.
• An online community that lets you connect with
worldwide makers from fab labs, makerspaces,
and influencers, all ready to share their designs,
ideas, and expertise.
• Access to an expanded professional ecosystem
to rapid prototype your parts, or receive
engineering services via the 3DEXPERIENCE
Marketplace.
• Support to help you get the most out of
3DEXPERIENCE SOLIDWORKS for Makers.
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Manuel Lucio Dallo
Learn more at:
discover.solidworks.com/makers
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