{"id":807,"date":"2019-01-08T10:07:06","date_gmt":"2019-01-08T18:07:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.plm.automation.siemens.com\/t5\/Academic-News\/Siemens-Design-Contest-Winner-using-Solid-Edge-software\/ba-p\/555441"},"modified":"2026-03-26T08:07:55","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T12:07:55","slug":"siemens-design-contest-winner-using-solid-edge-software","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/academic\/siemens-design-contest-winner-using-solid-edge-software\/","title":{"rendered":"Siemens Design Contest Winner using Solid Edge software"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P><span class=\"lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-left\" style=\"width: 999px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2019\/09\/2018-Dec-winner-Ultramodern_Superbike_2-2.jpg\" alt=\"2018 Dec winner-Ultramodern_Superbike_2.jpg\" title=\"2018 Dec winner-Ultramodern_Superbike_2.jpg\" \/><\/span><\/P><br \/>\n<P>We would like to highlight our recent monthly design contest winner who used Solid Edge to design his winning model. Robert Schicklin, a sophomore student studying Aerospace engineering at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uah.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">The University of Alabama in Huntsville <\/A>won the contest with his outstanding Utramodern Electric Superbike image.&nbsp;<\/P><br \/>\n<P>Learn more about him and his <a href=\"https:\/\/community.plm.automation.siemens.com\/t5\/Student-Design-Contest\/2018-December-Winner-Ultramodern-Electric-Superbike\/cns-p\/547060\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">winning design<\/A> in his own words.<\/P><\/p>\n<p><UL><br \/>\n<LI><STRONG>What is your field of study?&nbsp;<\/STRONG>I am an Aerospace Engineering major at The University of Alabama in Huntsville.<\/LI><br \/>\n<LI><STRONG>Why did you choose this project\/design &#8211; what gave you the idea?&nbsp;<\/STRONG>I was originally interested in creating a motorcycle that would look like any bike that is currently out and about on the road, but then I started doing some research on electric power, and the direction that cars and motorcycles are going towards with all electric set ups, and I became more inspired to create a bike of the future, that would be unlike anything currently on the road. I tried to make the motorcycle as streamline as possible and then with that in mind, I added many glowing light sources to accent the curves and edges that are otherwise lost to a black background. The bright, glowing lights also came from something that I notice on many cars that are being produced today &#8211; the headlights and taillights are constantly being innovated and expanded to make the car look more sharp, just like I attempted to do on my superbike. I chose this project because I thought it would not only be fun to create something from the future, but also because I could try to evolve current concepts used on motor vehicles and apply them to the motorcycle I was drawing.<\/LI><br \/>\n<LI><STRONG><STRONG>What challenges did you face during the design\/build?&nbsp;<\/STRONG><\/STRONG><br \/>\n<P>The main challenge that I faced was that I had no dimensions or plans to go off of, and so I was simply drawing from what I determined in my mind to be correct, and if it was not, I had to go back and fix my mistake. Another challenge that I faced was that this was truly the first time that I had used Solidedge in a large project, so I was using elements that I had never touched before. One of the features that I had to learn how to use in order to create the body was the bluesurf command, which I found to be quite the challenge at first, but then became easier as I started to understand how it functioned.<\/P><br \/>\n<\/LI><br \/>\n<LI><STRONG>What features of this software did you use to develop your project?&nbsp;I<\/STRONG> used all of the basic features that would be used to create parts, but some of the more creative features I used were the surfacing commands that I used to create the body of the motorcycle. I mainly used Bluesurf and Bounded, but when both of these failed, there is an occasional Offset. I was proud of the way that the motor turned out, as I used a pattern and a special Sweep to create the illuminated struts that encase the rest of the body of the motor. Other than that, there are a lot of revolves and quite a few Wrap Sketch functions. I used the Wrap Sketch feature to create things like the tread pattern around the tire and the tiny cutouts that line the lights on the side of the body.<\/LI><br \/>\n<LI><STRONG>Would you recommend this software to another student? Why or Why not&nbsp;<\/STRONG><br \/>\n<P>I would absolutely recommend this software to another student as it is very clear and helpful when you need it to be, but also accessible has lots to learn for a student new to CAD software. This was my first time using any CAD software, and I found this very easy to learn on and use to create something as large as this from scratch.<\/P><br \/>\n<\/LI><br \/>\n<\/UL><br \/>\n<P>Congratulations again to Robert!<\/P><\/p>\n<p><P><SPAN>You can visit <a href=\"https:\/\/community.plm.automation.siemens.com\/t5\/Solid-Edge-Blog\/Student-Design-Contest-Winner-December-2018\/ba-p\/556299 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Solid Edge blog<\/A> too about this winning entry. To enter the design contest,&nbsp;<\/SPAN><a href=\"https:\/\/community.plm.automation.siemens.com\/t5\/Student-Design-Contest\/con-p\/Student-Design-Contest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><FONT color=\"#0066cc\">submit a new entry<\/FONT><FONT color=\"#0066cc\">&nbsp;<\/FONT><\/A><SPAN>with an image created using one of Siemens PLM Software products. If you are a student,&nbsp;please check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.plm.automation.siemens.com\/global\/en\/topic\/academia-students\/12620\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">student resources<\/A>&nbsp;on our website.<\/SPAN><\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We would like to highlight our recent monthly design contest winner who used Solid Edge to design his winning model. 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