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Apps for Kids Highlight Newsletter: October Edition
Oct 12

Apps for Kids Highlight Newsletter: October Edition

October announces the arrival of fall but also introduces the last quarter of the year, with all the changes that entails. It is also the month of Halloween, which has crossed American borders to become a popular holiday for children all over the world, so what about launching a Halloween challenge to foster kids’ creativity? Discover the content of our October Apps for Kids Highlight below.

Apps for kids projects!

Discover the 4 cool projects of the month (also available on the website). Congratulations to the inspired designers!

project apps for kids

In the Spotlight

This month we wanted to highlight parents that put on their educator cap in order to teach their kids. We did not have to look far since we have, within our own company, Michael Steeves. Michael is a Senior Product Introduction Manager at SOLIDWORKS, and most importantly is a 3D design kind of guy. As a father and neighbor, he had a simple desire: get involved with his local community. His oldest daughter’s elementary school had an after-school enrichment program packed with plenty of sporty and artistic activities but nothing about STEM or 3D design. Michael decided to utilize Apps for Kids Classroom to teach the students about 3D modeling, printing, and more in a fun and engaging way.

As Apps for Kids users, you certainly know that the Classroom interface allows educators and parents to create self-contained classes, where students can design and share their projects in one digital space. It allows for better organization and lets educators, mentors and guardians keep up to date on what their students are working on. With this, Michael put his students to work.

bridge cad with apps for kids

Click here to continue reading about Michael Steeves’ teaching enrichment with Apps for Kids Classroom

Inspiration and Challenges

October is Halloween month, where kids turn pumpkins into cute monsters. So what about doing this in a virtual way, avoid the hassle of hollowing out a pumpkin and turning the kitchen or the classroom upside down?

halloween apps for kidsNothing’s easier than modeling in SOLIDWORKS Apps for Kids! And the good news is that kids can create as many pumpkins as they want for free. Check out this blog post to see how to make your own pumpkin design!

 

Want to see their designs on the SOLIDWORKS Education FacebookTwitter, or Instagram? Share their Apps for Kids creation on social media mentioning #halloween AND #swa4k and we might feature them on our channels!

Apps for kids Tips and Tricks

Did you know that you can join shapes together AND create holes using the bridge tool?

The bridge tool adds material between faces that are facing each other, it will also remove material and create a hole when you select faces that are on different sides of a shape.

To create a bridge:
• Use the control key to select 2 faces either on separate shape or on the same shape that are facing each other
• On the pop up tool select the bridge tool to connect the faces with material

To create a hole:
• Use the control key to select 2 faces either on the shape but on opposite sides
• On the pop up tool select the bridge tool to connect the faces and remove the material to create a hole

cool glasses

Learn more about the bridge command by searching the videos page for “Bridge”

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 Useful info and links:

Apps for Kids Video Gallery
• Apps for Kids FAQ
• Sign up for an individual creator account, or a classroom account today!

Login to your Apps for Kids Classroom account
Login to your individual Apps for Kids Creator account

Share your Feedback with us

share your feedbackWe would love to hear from you, feel free to share what you are doing with Apps for Kids or any improvement you feel we could make.
To share feedback with us, click your avatar at the top right and then choose “Submit Feedback”. Your feedback is directly shared to the Apps for Kids team!

 

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