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The Twelve Atlantic Station hotel is really easy to get to but we wanted to make sure you had all of the information need to join us at DriveWorks World.

Twelve Atlantic Station

Getting There

By Air

Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is around a 30 minute taxi drive to the venue with an estimated cost of 45 USD one way.

Taxi

The hotel recommend Checker Cab. Call (404) 351-1111 for a quote or to book.

Rail

If you are travelling by train, the closest station is the Arts Centre Station which runs a free shuttle service to the hotel. You can check train times and fares here.

Driving

If you are driving to the hotel from the airport, directions are available here.

From the Residence Inn

If you’re staying at the Residence Inn, you’ll find useful walking directions to the Twelve Atlantic Stationhere, or you can call Checker Cabs using the details above.

Twelve Atlantic Station
361 17th Street NW
Atlanta, Georgia
30363

Why not connect with other attendees and share your travel plans? You could share transport and reduce the cost.
Tell usyour travel plans and we’ll try to connect you.

What to Bring

Don’t forget, you’ll need to bring your laptop pre-loaded with software and licenses, as explained in the laptop confirmation questionnaire.

See You There!

The DriveWorks team will be around the hotel from Sunday evening, if you need anything or have any questions, come and find us or call Maria on 978 633 3303.

If you have any questions before you arrive in Atlanta, email us.

The annual CPD program is a rewards program for Certified DriveWorks Professionals at all DriveWorks resellers, the winner of the program’s biggest prize has just been announced!

Congratulations to Lee Herron from Javelin Technologies!

This CPD year has already been record breaking, with more active users and more points registered than ever before. As with last years CPD program, the person at the top of the leader board at the end of Q3 has won their flights paid for to DriveWorks World!

This year the prize goes to Lee Herron from one of our Canadian Resellers Javelin Technologies! Lee has worked with many of our DriveWorks customers and prospects demonstrating the functionality of DriveWorks and helping Javelin customers create great implementations.

Lee will be joining the DriveWorks Team, alongside many of our users and resellers from around the world, at DriveWorks World in Atlanta Georgia on March 6th!

DriveWorks World will see the release of DriveWorks 15, a brand new set of training manuals used in Track 1 and advanced topics to help you take your projects to the next level covered in Track 2.

If you plan on joining us all in Atlanta dont hang around to book as the closing date for registration is today!

The second and third place CPD prizes are still up for grabs and will be presented at DriveWorks World, so dont stop registering your creditsin the CPD Project!

Congratulations once again to Lee and see you in Atlanta!

NGI A/S is the world leading manufacturer of a wide range of machine feet in stainless steel and reinforced polyamide for adjustment, stabilization and vibration absorption of all types of machines and equipment.

The Challenge

At NGI, my main challenge is to create documents for a lot of parts, and this has proven pretty difficult to do without DriveWorks. – Tomas Hecht Olsen, R&D Manager.

Four years ago we only had what we were selling, and if we sold something new or had a customer asking for something new, they would need a drawing and it would take nearly one day. Today, they can just grab it on the internet, look at it, see the measurements and if they like it, they can have the drawing.

The Solution

Today we have drawn 15,000 extra products on our website and these drawings are not drawn by engineers, they are drawn by logic and spreadsheets.

Design Automation has an effect on all of the departments at NGI. For example, in marketing we have a very fast upload of drawings, pictures and especially pictures where you have to do a render. It takes time, but we can do that at weekends and we can do hundreds of products at the same time.

On Monday morning, we just upload it to the internet site and we would have photo realistic pictures on all of our products.

When we look at production, automisation has helped us with getting the same DNA in our drawings. Our drawings have the same look, whether its a small part, big part, special part for one thing or another. Theyre drawn the same because theyre drawn from the same rules and regulations.

Results With DriveWorks

The engineering department gained a lot of time that we can use on developing new products and innovating new systems. To get that time, we need to get the automation system to do the drawing or the boring work and we do all the fun work, and thats much better for NGI.

My vision for this system is that the customer can get exactly what they want by going to our home page, choosing their product and ordering. Without any engineers involved, the order would go through our ERP system, down to the production, put in the package area and we would just pack it, put a stamp on it and it would be finished. That would be beautiful!

Today we have 15,000 actual products on our website, and those products are not drawn by engineers, they are automatically created by logic and spreadsheets – Tomas Hecht Olsen, R&D Manager.

Another SOLIDWORKS Reseller has now become an Authorized DriveWorks Reseller!

Were really pleased to announce that P CAD CAM Customizationhave now started selling and supporting DriveWorks in India!

It is very thrilling to be on board as a DriveWorks Reseller. DriveWorks is an amazing product. I havent see any other product with that level of support for design automation. We can see our end products ready in a few minutes that would otherwise have taken days -Hari Vamsi, Owner of P CAD CAM Customization.

Their mission is ‘to grow and help their customers achieve their goals’ and we’re pleased that they are now selling and supporting DriveWorks!

Welcome to the DriveWorks Community, P CAD CAM Customization!

For the latest news and updates, check out P CAD CAM Customization’s blog.

We’re getting ready to head off to SOLIDWORKS World in LA, see you there!

Our booth has left our office and has already arrived in LA. We’re excited to be flying out there this weekend too ready for the action to start on Sunday!

Don’t forget to stop by and see us at booth 511 in the Partner Pavilion.

We’ve all downloaded the SOLIDWORKS World app, visit the networking tab to connect with us.

Throughout the event there will also be presentations and sessions about design automation and sales configurators, hosted by us and other members of the DriveWorks community. You can find these on the schedule and speakers tabs on the app. Make sure you add them to your schedule!

See you there!

DriveWorks World 2017 is sponsored by a number of carefully selected technology partners and service providers that add relevance and value to the event.

We’re pleased to announce that Disher Designare sponsoring the event and their Product Design Engineer, Jason Noteboom, will be joining us.

We recently caught up with Jason to find out more about why Disher Design chose tonot only attend, but also sponsor the event.

What has your company done with DriveWorks since becoming an Authorised Partner?

We have been working with our local DriveWorks Reseller and looking at our existing customer base to identify customers who are interested in learning more about DriveWorks.

Please tell us about your previous experience at DriveWorks World

DriveWorks World is an absolute blast! I have had the pleasure of attending the last two DriveWorks World events and they both were excellent. There is something for all skill levels and it is always fun to learn something new.

What are you most looking forward to about DriveWorks World 2017?

I think the most exciting part of DriveWorks World for me is getting a chance to see new ways you can push the envelope using DriveWorks. Whether its new functionality available in DriveWorks or a customer using DriveWorks in some unique way, its fun to have your mind stretched.

What do you want to share with other DriveWorks World delegates in The Exchange?

Experiences and excitement. DriveWorks is a lot of fun to use and people all over are using DriveWorks to do some incredible work.

What are you looking forward to learning about at this years event?

I am looking forward to learning about the new features and functionality in DriveWorks 15.

What would you say to someone thinking of attending DriveWorks World 2017?

From my experience, you will learn more at a DriveWorks World than you will at any other conference.

Register Now to Secure Your Place

Registration for DriveWorks World 2017 is still open, but places are filling up fast! Head over to www.driveworksworld.com to secure your place.