CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
9 May 2007
Implementation Investments
Tsinghua University Implements 500 seats of SolidWorks Software to Help Expand China's Base of Mechanical Design Skills
One of China's prestigious universities is implementing 500 licenses of SolidWorks® 3D computer aided design (CAD) and COSMOS® design validation software to accelerate the popularity of design technology in the country's engineering sector, SolidWorks Corporation announced. SolidWorks is now the largest CAD implementation at Tsinghua University, which is often described as "the MIT of China" and counts Chinese President Hu Jintao among its graduates.
The university plans to use 200 licenses of the software in its CAD education center. The others will be distributed throughout eight of the university's departments, available to students in eight departments including mechanical engineering, automotive engineering, and electromechanical engineering. The Tsinghua CAD education center will provide training and support for educators at other Chinese universities who want to take the Certified SolidWorks Professional (CSWP) examination. SolidWorks will also provide 200 licenses of SolidWorks Student Edition software so students can practice their 3D CAD skills outside of the classroom.
"Our goal is to become a center of 3D CAD knowledge in China," said Wang Junying, director of CAD Teaching Center, Tsinghua University. "By training our own students in SolidWorks, a leader in 3D CAD, we're making an immediate impact on the market by providing companies with engineering professionals who have a valuable skill. Training educators from other institutions is part of our long-term goal of raising the general level of 3D design competence throughout China."
Tsinghua University's CAD education center is one of China's major providers of CAD education, training educators, researchers, and engineers in international CAD/CAM, PDM, and CAE engineering software. The Tsinghua University CAD center's mission is to promote creativity and innovation by offering undergraduate and graduate students courses on topics such as CAD use, mechanical principles, mechanical component design, computer aided plotting, and integrated CAD/CAM.
The Tsinghua University implementation is part of the worldwide SolidWorks Education Program, which helps educators integrate 3D design into their curricula. The program is recognized around the world in the government, industrial, and education markets. More than 4,700 educational institutions around the world have selected SolidWorks software as their standard 3D CAD teaching solution. More than 100,000 students graduate each year with SolidWorks software experience. Currently, eight of China's top 10 universities offer SolidWorks 3D CAD software courses.
"We believe that all mechanical designs will be created with 3D software in the future because it is the most accurate medium for depicting a product and it encourages designers to innovate," said Chen Chaoxiang, technical director of the Greater China Region for SolidWorks Corporation. "To help that transition, it is vital for China's major learning institutions to train students in widely used 3D CAD software such as SolidWorks. We're looking forward to playing a role in their efforts to extend 3D CAD into every corner of the mechanical engineering community."
Tsinghua University is working with SolidWorks reseller SolidWizard for maintenance and support.
About SolidWizard
Since its founding in 1997, SolidWizard has worked as the general agent of SolidWorks. It provides consulting services for system integration of SolidWorks and six other main product lines including: CG/CAID/CAD/CAE/CAM/PDM. SolidWizard provides high quality software and hardware, as well as technical consulting and training courses led by its technical teams with rich experience. It has six subsidiaries in Shanghai, Dongguan, Suzhou, Ningbo, Nangjing and Tianjin in Chinese mainland.
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