Surface Design Competition 2009
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An interview with Stuart Wright
We met with Stuart Wright, Industrial Design Department Manager at B&D Headquarters in Towson, Maryland. Stuart tells us about his role and about his team's challenges. He also explains why product virtualization is key to Black & Decker's success and how talents at school today can join the company.
Read moreThe Key Steps of a Typical Design Process
The creation of a powertool in CATIA V5 requires many inputs. There are a lot of complex, sculptural forms to create in order to provide excellent ergonomics. There are also many aesthetic and technical details to consider.
Read moreIntroduction to Surface Design in CATIA
Registerered participants, as well as all DS Campus members, get access to a series of online courses teaching them how to combine style and engineering within CATIA V5.
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Black & Decker and Dassault Systèmes share a common vision for innovation and product excellence. The latest solutions in product virtualization and simulation facilitate the creation of high quality, innovative products in addition to saving time and money in today’s compressed schedules. The digital creation arena represents one of the most exciting and challenging opportunities for students today with the desire to combine style and engineering. To identify individuals embodying these joint talents, Black & Decker and Dassault Systèmes are pleased to organize their second Surface Design Competition.
About the competition
Participants will recreate an existing Black & Decker power tool using Dassault Systemes’ CATIA V5 software. A template (a CATPart containing converted scan data) is provided to be used as a target for the surface model creation.
Prize List
Last year...
In 2008, the competition was to model an existing powertool in CATIA V5. Students had to faithfully recreate the surface design and were jugded on surface quality and problem solving in the creation of your surface model.
and the winner is...