Make: Volume 82

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, ...