Pancake Day at DriveWorks
With 3 mixing bowls full of batter, a selection of yummy toppings and an eager team waiting to make, flip and eat some pancakes – we had a very busy lunch yesterday!
With 3 mixing bowls full of batter, a selection of yummy toppings and an eager team waiting to make, flip and eat some pancakes – we had a very busy lunch yesterday!
This year our delicious range of toppings included all our favourites – lemon and sugar, chocolate spread, golden syrup, maple syrup, whipped cream, cinnamon sugar and fresh berries!
The flips started off low…
Then got higher…
And more confident…
Ruby was keeping a keen eye out for any dropped pancakes but unfortunately for her, every single one was caught!
We still made sure she got her favourite tennis ball and a lot of attention!
For the past 19 years the team at DriveWorks have attended SOLIDWORKS World.
This year we were excited to join World as it entered a new era – 3DEXPERIENCE World.
Before heading out to Nashville, the DriveWorks 3DEXPERIENCE World team took the 3DEXPERIENCE Platform Explorer Associate Certification to learn more about the platform.
They were proud to display their 3DEXPERIENCE Platform Explorer Associate ribbons on their lanyards during the event!
Set up in the 3DEXPERIECE Playground, we spent most of our time on our booth where we had lots of people stopping by through each day. It was great to catch up with so many familiar faces from the SOLIDWORKS community as well as meeting many new people and sharing with them the power of DriveWorks.
Our booth was the perfect place to preview what’s new in our next release, DriveWorks 18, as well as showcase our range of new and updated configurators from our online configurator site driveworkslive.com.
We were all proud to show off the best of DriveWorks and show just how much work the DriveWorks team have put into creating our award-winning software.
With multiple screens displaying our configurator examples, we showed a variety of configurators at once – showing just how easy and versatile DriveWorks software is.
We were also excited to have virtual reality set up on our booth, delegates were interacting with our 3D configurators in VR.
Every morning we joined General Session to hear from the Dassult Systemes team and keynote speakers.
Gian Paolo Bassi, CEO at Dassault Systemes SOLIDWORKS opened General Session on day one, introducing us all to the 3DEXPERIENCEWORKS Platform. He spoke about the importance of how the SOLIDWORKS community has inspired designers and engineers to create amazing products and the mission of the platform was to provide the community with tools to build a better world.
In these sessions, we enjoyed hearing product announcements and learning alot about 3DEXPERIENCE WORKS and what is possible with the platform.
A key theme throughout the week was the importance of community and bringing together people and processes through technology.
Gian Paolo Bassi described how throughout history the efficiency introduced by new technologies resulted in more time and money. As a result, people could dedicate themselves more to think, explore, invent and exchange ideas.
The 3DEXPERIENCE Platform brings together these people and processes, with 3DEXPERIENCE WORKS information on every aspect of a product or process readily available in one place, so you can get more done in less time and have more time to think and create.
Throughout the event, we heard from a mixture of inspiring keynote speakers and industry pioneers showing what can be achieved with technology.
From impressive engineering creating Gravity Industries Jet-Suit to Magic WheelChair bringing communitites together by building costumes for kids in wheelchairs using the power of design.
It was great to learn more about what has been achieved by the amazing engineers and innovators in the SOLIDWORKS Community.
On day three, Danielle Boyer, STEAM Eductor and creator of Every Kid Gets A Robot (EKGAR) took to the main stage to speak about her incredible work.
Danielle shared how she wanted to increase access to affordable STEAM educational materials making products more available for everyone.
Starting off as a project in the FIRST Robotics Competition, the robots have since developed into an easy kit that can be created in SOLIDWORKS, 3D printed and then assembled to create an EKGAR.
Dassult Systems partnered with Danielle Boyer to hold a 3DEXPERIENCE World EKGAR workshop. Attendees assembled 150 Every Kid Gets a Robot kits during the event. With each robot being designed in SOLIDWORKS and costing less than $20, the robots are perfect to provide STEM education to kids of all ages.
Dean Kamen, Founder of DEKA and FIRST, talked about his work in preparing students to solve todays problems and the global challenges our world will face in the future.
For over 30 years, Kamen has led the growth of FIRSTto become a universally recognized leading, not-for-profit STEM engagement program for kids worldwide.
Now reaching over one million kids, FIRST works to provide young people with the skills set, knowledge and courage to succeed in the future of STEM.
As a FIRST速 Robotics Competition sponsor, we are proud to be supporting teams with useful resources, learning opportunities and new skills.
As in previous year, we also presented at 3DEXPERIENCE World.
On Monday, Heather Hasz from the DriveWorks team presented in the Certified Partner Theatre about DriveWorks design automation and configurator software. The focus of the presentation was on our customer, Detroit Stoker and how they first learnt about DriveWorks at a SWUG meeting in Monroe, Michigan and what they’ve achieved since with DriveWorks Solo.
On Tuesday, Tom and Oliver delivered a DriveWorksXpress Hands-On Training Session teaching attendees about the design automation tool they already have inside SOLIDWORKS, and how to take the freeDriveWorksXpress Training and Certification.
It was great to see so many getting certified throughout the event and speak to more people about becoming a CDWXA by taking the free DriveWorksXpress Certification.
World is all about community.
Every year we love being amongst the community of engineers, designers, makers and innovators to share our passion.
This year we caught up with lots of members of the community on our booth in the 3DEXPERIENCE Playground.
It was a great opportunity to show them our latest technology and of course, handout our famous SWUGN T-Shirts to the SOLIDWORKS User Group Leaders who stopped by our booth.
On Tuesday evening we all attended the Bash on Broadway offsite event, where we had lots of fun with the community, enjoying some beers and music and seeing more of Nashville.
Every year we celebrate a User Group Leader who stands out from the crowd for going above and beyond with their support for the SWUGN community.
This year we were proud to announce Betty Baker from LaCrosse, Eau Claire, Winona Area SWUG as our 5th annual DriveWorks award for SOLIDWORKS User Group Leader of the Year!
We were also extremely proud to see our Brand and Community Ambassador, Heather Hasz awarded with the SWUGN Choice Award for SOLIDWORKS Community Champion of the Year in Wednesdays General Session.
Presented by Rachel York, Community and User Advocacy Senior Manager at SOLIDWORKS, Heather was recognized for her commitment to supporting others in the community.
The last General Session of 3DEXPERIENCE World 2020 closed with a final address from Gian Paolo Bassi who praised the SOLIDWORKS community for its imagination and inspiration.
Gian Paolo Bassi explained that things are changing for the better, with technology evolving and society moving forward – vision and values continue to remain at the heart of the SOLIDWORKS community.
The session finished with the announcement that next year, 3DEXPERIENCE World will be returning to Nashville!
Of course we will be back in Nashville for 3DEXPERIENCE World 2021 and we hope to see you there!
Time is running out to register for DriveWorks World 2020. Registration closes on March 20th – spaces and hotel rooms are filling up fast.
Head to www.driveworksworld.com to secure your place.
DriveWorks World 2020 is your chance to expand your knowledge with technical training, advanced talks and hands-on sessions.
Meet other DriveWorks users, exchange tips, discuss ideas and see whats new in DriveWorks 18.
There will be something of interest and value to you, whether you are new to DriveWorks, or are an advanced user of the software.
Secure your place!
DriveWorks World is a unique event, bringing together DriveWorks experts and enthusiasts from all over the world.
The focus of DriveWorks World is on technical learning, knowledge sharing and meeting other DriveWorks users.
DriveWorks World is your chance to learn with hands-on training and in-depth discussions around Rules, Workflow, CAD Automation, 3D, Integration, CPQ and much more.
With learning for all skill levels, you choose which days and sessions to attend, tailor your experience to suit you.
Become a Certified DriveWorks Professional (CDWP) and go beyond that with advanced learning sessions.
Be amongst the first to see and use the new functionality in DriveWorks 18.
Join our Whats New in DriveWorks 18 evening event.
Learn from DriveWorks experts how to apply the new features and functionality during the training sessions.
Understand the latest release so you can make the most of the new additions and learn more about the direction of DriveWorks software.
Meet DriveWorks CEO Glen Smith, VP Maria Sarkar, DriveWorks Senior Developers and members of the Technical Team. Talk to DriveWorks experts and learn from other users. Influence future releases. Exchange tips and discuss ideas to enhance your own configurator projects and help others to improve theirs. Whether youve been using DriveWorks for 10 days or 10 years, we want to hear your opinions, ideas and feedback.
Take the DriveWorks Pro Essentials Training & Certification to become a Certified DriveWorks Professional (CDWP).
Choose from:
Hands-on training sessions and in-depth discussions, covering administrator capability and beyond.
Learn about using Rules, Workflow, Automating CAD, 3D, Integration, Layout, CPQ and much more, from entry-level to advanced.
Tailor your learning and choose your own sessions.
Learn why and when to use different functionality. The day starts with a keynote presentation, followed by your choice of the following:
The DriveWorks Pro Advanced Sessions on Wednesday and Thursday are made up ofhands-on training and in-depth technical discussions, covering administrator capability and beyond. The sessions cover a variety of topics and knowledge levels, theres something to suit everyone. Once you’ve registered, build your own agenda, tailor your experience and choose the sessionsbest suited to you and what you want to learn.
Spaces are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. Sessions are already filling up fast so make sure youregister asap and secure your spacesin the advanced sessions!
DriveWorks World 2020 will be held at The Engine Rooms, Birchwood Park in Warrington, UK. It is ideally located between Manchester and Liverpool and close to our corporate headquarters in the UK.
This technology-focused training facility is ideal for maximising the learning opportunities at DriveWorks World.
The EngineRooms has an auditorium, where we will start each day. The classrooms are set up for hands-on technical learning. The spaces are flexible and versatile, allowing us to tailor the training to suit each topic.
Networking is a key part of DriveWorks World. The EngineRooms has some great social spaces. Theres a coffee lounge and a large food court with plenty of tables and lots of delicious lunch options.
Well be setting up technology demonstrations throughout the social spaces so theres always something to see, do and learn.
Find out more about the event and register now.
Once registered, you have 30 days to pay your invoice so you can secure your place and choose your sessions straight away.
Throughout the year, we spend a lot of time with members of the SWUG network and at SWUG meetings. 3DEXPERIENCE World is a chance for all of the community to come together in one place and its one of our favourite parts of the event.
On Wednesday, February 12th during the General Session at 3DEXPERIENCE World, there was a recurring theme of community.
During the session, several members of the SOLIDWORKS community were recognized for their contributions to the SOLIDWORKS community and to the SOLIDWORKS User Group Network.
The SWUGN Choice Awards were presented by Rachel York, Community and User Advocacy Senior Manager at SOLIDWORKS.
This award recognizes the most innovative SOLIDWORKS user group leader and highlights their new ideas and achievements.
This award is given to someone who hosted unique meetings, enabled up and coming presenters and shared their knowledge with other group leaders.
The winner of this award was Eric Spurgeon, South Central Kansas SWUG. Eric has been very active and engaged in developing his meetings to host a variety of topics and breakout sessions so people can choose from multiple subject areas that they wish to learn.
Eric’s focus is on creating meetings that add value to the users and their careers to help them move forward. Users can learn from each other and the content at the meetings is unique to the industries in Wichita.
Eric has spent time listening to the users who attend his meetings and the great ideas they have.
Eric is a new leader who started last year so it’s great to see how he is already bringing new ideas to the SWUGN community.
Congratulations Eric looking forward to seeing what your meetings will bring this year!
This was an award to celebrate the biggest, best SOLIDWORKS meetup of the year. Consideration for this award was given to attendance, venue, quality of the presentations and member, vendor and reseller participation.
The winner of this award was the Central Texas SWUG Meeting hosted in Austin, Texas. This group has been around for over 20 years. The leader of this group is Steve Calvert. Steve organizes at least 4 meetings a year.
One of these meetings combines SOLIDWORKS and hockey, with the meeting hosted at a Texas Stars hockey game. Users are treated to a great dinner with a technical presentation. After this, the group joins together for an evening of hockey.
Even the mascot for Texas Stars, Ringo the Ringtail is a SOLIDWORKS User.
DriveWorks has been a sponsor for this meeting and Heather attended their very first one it was an awesome time and such a treat for the user group.
Congratulations to this group and also to Steve Calvery go Stars!
This award celebrates a member of the SOLIDWORKS community who best demonstrates extraordinary commitment to others in the community, either across the year or a lifetime.
This award is not limited to a user group leader. It recognizes someone that brings our community together in unexpected ways and is a long-term advocate of the entire SOLIDWORKS community, including the SOLIDWORKS User Group Network.
We are so proud to announce that the winner of this award was Heather Hasz, Brand and Community Ambassador at DriveWorks!
Before joining DriveWorks, Heather worked for the SOLIDWORKS Partner Team where she supported members of the SOLIDWORKS community, helping them gain access and support to develop their technology solutions with SOLIDWORKS.
Heather joined the DriveWorks Team in March 2016. Heather’s role is to support the SOLIDWORKS Community and SOLIDWORKS User Group leaders to help make their meetings successful.
We love being part of the SOLIDWORKS community and want to help it thrive.
Our DriveWorksXpress Training and Certification Program helps SOLIDWORKS students and users learn new skills. Heather has been promoting the certification throughout the SOLIDWORKS community.
Heather has also worked on our newly launched FIRST速 Robotics Competition Team Sponsorship Program to inspire the next generation of SOLIDWORKS users and support STEM.
You will often find Heather chatting with anyone about anything – mostly dogs, SOLIDWORKS and DriveWorks – and she is always willing to lend a hand to assist anyone in need of support or otherwise be successful.
Some of the DriveWorks Team were in the audience during the General Session when Heather received her award, the rest of us at DriveWorks HQ watched it together and cheered her on from the UK!
Heather is a great community champion and is known and loved by all the leaders, who are now great friends of Heathers and of DriveWorks. It was great to hear the SWUGN Community make a lot of noise as Heather received her award, showing their appreciation.
Were proud to have Heather on our team, representing us within the SOLIDWORKS community and we look forward to continuing to work with a fantastic group of people.
Want to find out more about how DriveWorks can support your SOLIDWORKS User Group? Get in touch with us to find out more!
DriveWorks Solo includes tools to help you quickly position your Form Controls.
Grouping Controls are great for controls that you want to keep together on your forms, like a set of dimension controls (Height, Width, Depth).
To Group Controls:
To Ungroup Controls
Aligning Form Controls makes your controls snap to a grid and helps you to quickly make sure they are all placed neatly.
To align two or more form controls, either box select (by click-dragging the form design surface), or control-select each control you wish to align, and then press the relevant alignment button.
The following alignment tools are available:
Control Guides
Control guides allow quick and accurate alignment of controls when designing user forms.
Control guides appear when controls are moved on the user form.
Control Guides align to other controls in two ways:
Accurate Positioning allows you to position your Form Controls graphically to the pixel.
For fine tuning of control positions the keyboard arrow keys can be used to move the selected control one pixel at a time.
Use each Form Controls Layout Properties to ensure consistent positioning
In this example the property that defines a Form Controls Left position has been linked to a Variable.
This Variable can be used in multiple Form Controls Left position property. Updating the Variables value will update the Left position of all the Form Controls it has been applied to.
Find out more about the DriveWorks Solo Form Designer in the DriveWorks Solo Online Help File.
Spaces in the advanced technical sessions at DriveWorks World are filling up fast – secure your sessions now!
If youre already registered to attend DriveWorks World, make sure you log in to build your agenda and choose which sessions you would like to attend.
Personalise your agenda to learn whats relevant to you and your DriveWorks projects.
Manage your agenda in the DriveWorks Community. You can make changes to your agenda up until 28th March 2020.
If you haven’t registered for DriveWorks World yet, it’s not too late! Head to www.driveworksworld.com now to register. Once registered you’ll have access to the Manage Your DriveWorks World Experience area so you can choose your sessions straight away.
Take the DriveWorks Pro Essentials Training & Certification to become a Certified DriveWorks Professional (CDWP).
Choose from:
Hands-on training sessions and in-depth discussions, covering administrator capability and beyond.
Learn about using Rules, Workflow, Automating CAD, 3D, Integration, Layout, CPQ and much more, from entry-level to advanced.
Tailor your learning and choose your own sessions.
Learn why and when to use different functionality. The day starts with a keynote presentation, followed by your choice of the following:
On Monday & Tuesday you can choose the DriveWorks Pro Essentials Training & Certification that suits you.
Either complete the Design Automation Essentials classes or if youre using DriveWorks without automating any CAD, switch to the DriveWorks Pro Sales Configurator Essentials.
You can choose which option you’d like to take during registration.
If you’ve already registered and want to switch, log into your DriveWorks Community account and head to the DriveWorks World Event Manager project there you can change your training option.
Wednesday & Thursday are made up of a variety of hands-on training and in-depth discussions, covering administrator capability and beyond.
Once registered, you’ll have access to the Build Your Agenda area of the DriveWorks World Event Manager project.
Here you will select which advanced training sessions you will attend. There are many sessions to choose from, covering a variety of topics so there will be something to suit everyone.
You don’t need to fill each timeslot as there will be lots going on outside of the sessions each day.
Spaces in these sessions are filling up fast, make sure you choose your sessions as soon as possible to avoid missing out!
You can make changes to your agenda up until 28th March 2020.
During registration, you can choose to add an extra day to your DriveWorks World Experience.
You choose between:
If you’ve already registered and would like to add Friday onto your agenda, please email events@driveworks.co.uk
Find out more and secure your place now:
Get in touch with our team if you have any questions.
USA: 978 633 3230
Worldwide: +44 1925 757585
events@driveworks.co.uk
DriveWorksXpress is a free design automation tool included in every license of SOLIDWORKS.
More and more companies are adopting design automation techniques to save time, reduce repetitive engineering tasks and minimise costly errors. Design automation is becoming the norm and engineering professionals can gain the skills they need by completing the DriveWorksXpress Training & Certification.
What?
The DriveWorksXpress Training and Certification is a free certification for all engineering and design professionals who have access to SOLIDWORKS.
Becoming a Certified DriveWorksXpress Associate gives you new skills to add to your r辿sum辿, opens doors in a competitive jobs market and differentiates you from your peers.
How?
You can become a Certified DriveWorksXpress Associate by completing 3 steps in just 3 hours:
Step 1:Download and complete the DriveWorksXpress Training Tutorial.
Step 2:Take a short online test to complete the certification.
Step 3:Join a global community of DriveWorks and SOLIDWORKS engineers.
Why?
Embrace Design Automation techniques to work smarter.
Gain an extra qualification to gain an edge on the competition and stand out from the crowd.
Join a community of professionals to improve your career prospects in a competitive jobs market.
Improve your employability with an extra qualification on your r辿sum辿.
Learning Resources
We provide all the resources you need to easily complete the DriveWorksXpress Training and Certification and gain this valuable new skill to use in industry.
Completely Free
DriveWorksXpress is a free tool included in every educational and commercial license of SOLIDWORKS and the certification is free for anyone who has access to SOLIDWORKS.
Professional Certificate
On completion of the DriveWorksXpress Certification you’ll receive a professional certificate to add to your r辿sum辿 and prove your knowledge.
Complete the design stage quicker, start building sooner and get a head start on other teams!
Quickly and easily make changes to your design to try out new ideas and suggestions.
Save time and free up your team members to focus on quality robot design.
FRC 4905 Andromeda One are using DriveWorks Solo to configure and design the initial drive train for their competition robot.
Andromeda One have created a DriveWorks Solo configurator that allows them to choose from a set of parameters including length, depth, height, gearbox, gear ratios and wheel types.
The FRC team make the selections and DriveWorks Solo creates the models based on the options selected.
The CAD models are completed sooner, meaning the hardware team can get started on building the drive train earlier in the build season giving Andromeda One a head start on other teams.
If you already useSOLIDWORKS速 to design your robot, you already have design automation.
DriveWorksXpress is included free inside every seat of SOLIDWORKS. Find it under the tools menu to automate parts of your robot design, save time and reduce errors.
Getting started with DriveWorksXpress is easy and there are many resources available online to help you and your team learn more.
As part of the FIRST速 Robotics Supplier Sponsorship, FIRST速 Robotics Competition Teams can now request a free 12-month license of DriveWorks Solo.
Use DriveWorks Solo to automate your repetitive SOLIDWORKS tasks and free up your team and your mentors to focus on quality robot design.
In addition to the software, you will also have access to resources to support your learning, including DriveWorks Solo Technical Webinars, Online Training, How to Videos, Extensive Online Help Files and more.
Not only will you improve your robot and the team’s performance, you will also add to your CAD skills.
Working with FRC is part of our commitment to give even more students extra skills that will help them in future STEM careers.
Investing in the future and supporting STEM is very important to us. We launched our DriveWorksXpress Training & Certification Program to help students gain the design automation skills they need and gain a certification to prove their knowledge and skills.
Two students from Ayer Shirley FIRST速 Robotics Team (Andromeda One) were the first high school students in the world to become Certified DriveWorksXpress Associates.
We are excited to be part of the FIRST速 Robotics Competition, supporting teams with useful resources, learning opportunities and new skills.
Activate DriveWorksXpress inside SOLIDWORKS today.
If you want to take design automation even further, request your free license of DriveWorks Solo from our team.
We continue to actively promote and support STEM. The DriveWorksXpress Training & Certification is available completely free to anyone who has access to SOLIDWORKS. Students and professionals can learn DriveWorksXpress and get certified in 3 easy steps.
Our team also attend events to teach students about DriveWorksXpress and to inspire them to follow STEM careers.
Investing in our own team and their future is also hugely important to us. We have an Investors in People Silver Award and every year we take on placement students and graduates across multiple disciplines. Many of our students continue their careers with us and most of our team started their careers here as a student.
Lets face it all SOLIDWORKS User Group Leaders go above and beyond in their support of the SOLIDWORKS Community. There are, however, those that stand out above the crowd.
We have celebrated these individuals by awarding them with our DriveWorks Award for SWUGN Leader of the Year. Previous winners of this award have been:
Betty Baker is the Leader for the LaCrosse, Eau Claire, Winona Area (LEWA) SWUG.
Betty was the secretary for this group when it started in 2002. She took the leadership role in 2004 and has been leading it ever since.
Betty is the Domestic Case Goods Product Engineer at Ashley Furniture where she has worked for over 30 years.
She holds her Certified SOLIDWORKS Professional (CSWP) and also acts as an Adjunct Instructor for CAD modelling at Western Technical College in LaCrosse, Wisconsin.
DriveWorks is an advocate for STEM education. We actively promote and support STEM education, teaching students how to use DriveWorksXpress and attending events to inspire students to follow STEM careers.
Betty is very committed to her community’s STEM program in Arcadia, Wisconsin. She has leveraged local resources to help students gain skills for the workforce.
She was a founding member and mentor to the local FIRST Robotics Team Trempealeau County Robotics Team FRC #7021.
Betty has been instrumental in her efforts to inspire future generations of Women in Engineering. She has visited schools around the US to promote STEM Careers including the Burlington Alamance County Community College.
DriveWorks CEO, Glen Smith and VP and Co-Founder Maria Sarkar are in Nashville, TN along with Mark, Heather, Tom, Oliver, Phil and Bridie from the DriveWorks team for an exciting week of learning, networking and showcasing DriveWorks software at 3DEXPERIENCE World.
Before heading out to Nashville, the team took the 3DEXPERIENCE Platform Explorer Certification to learn more about the 3DEXPERIENCE Platform.
Becoming a 3DEXPERIENCE Platform Explorer Associate involves taking an exam to show you have successfully demonstrated a basic knowledge of the 3DEXPERIENCE Platform.
The exam is a skills test for navigating the platform to access communities, sharing content and visualizating and managing project data.
SOLIDWORKS is at the core of the 3DEXPERIENCE Platform and at the core of what we do too. We’re continuously improving our knowledge of SOLIDWORKS and successfully passing the 3DEXPERIENCE Explorer certification is another way for us to add to our knowledge. The DriveWorks team in Nashville are all proud to be 3DEXPERIENCE Explorer Associates!
If you are attending3DEXPERIENCE World in Nashville, find us at booth 412 in the 3DEXPERIENCE Playground or join the DriveWorks design automation and CPQ sessions. Learn about DriveWorks and how you can improve your productivity, work smarter and improve customer experience.
DriveWorks is used by manufacturing companies from a range of industries.
DriveWorks is modular, scalable and incredibly versatile so our customers use DriveWorks in many different ways, customising their Design Automation and CPQ solutions to suit their needs.
We’re always interested to hear the different ways our customers use the software we’re proud of, we regularly post customer case studies on our blog. Here are a selection of quotes from some of those case studies…
Thanks to DriveWorks, we provide quotes and drawings for each custom order, at no extra cost. Customers can get a quote anytime they want it, 24/7/365. With every order, customers receive everything they need. We are building customer loyalty, increasing sales and avoiding mistakes.
– Richard Twiddy, Design Office Manager, F.H.Brundle
For us, the most important thing about DriveWorks is the ability to create custom bespoke software utilising visual wizards rather than heavy coding. This allows our company to build and customize quickly and easily. We now have more time to focus on our workflow and business analytics
– Adam Baker, Operations and IT Manager, BKW Instruments
DriveWorks has allowed us to automate the routine processes that we undertake day in and day out, with traditional bridge design. This automatic creation of models and drawings rapidly improves the turnaround time to reach sign-off on designs and makes all downstream benefits possible
– Dr Scott McGovern, Digital Engineering Lead, Laing O’Rourke
For us, the most important thing about DriveWorks is that it helps us to drive consistency and maintain control of our engineering data.
Using DriveWorks, we’ve reduced the amount of time taken to complete forms from half a day to only 30 minutes.
– Martin Clenick, Engineering Manager, Shotton Group
We use DriveWorks for quoting and approval drawings for almost 160 teams and 530 users. We also use DriveWorks for production part component generation for various product lines and a whole bunch of other great stuff!
– Christopher Zona, Manager – Systems Automation, Blue Giant
We value many things about DriveWorks.
Most importantly is the ability to take a design standard and use the configurator software to produce an error free streamlined custom
bearing design.
Ray McDaniel, CAD Engineer, Oiles America Corporation
For us, the most important thing about DriveWorks is definitely the time saving benefits. We can accommodate much tighter delivery schedules and still havethe room to innovate and adapt to meet our customers requirements.
– Chris Kinder,
Design Department,
Pattern Forme Ltd
With DriveWorks Pro, we have been able to design our products with greater accuracy, consistency and productivity. Were pleased with our experience so far and were excited about where we can take this experience in the future.
– Design Team,
ZCL Composites
Inc.
Before using DriveWorks
we would create 20 quotes in a month, now we can do 20 in a day.
The process in the past was labour intensive as prices need to be calculated each time and
drawings all had to be prepared manually.
– David Martin, Managing Director, Elite Balustrades
In its current state, DriveWorks outputs 245 files, 60 of which are assemblies, 85 are drawings and the rest are parts files. With DriveWorks handling repetitive tasks, our engineers are freed up to focus on customized aspects of our designs, such as the internal cabinets of the vehicle.
Shawn Casebolt, Engineering Lead, PL Custom Body.
There was the need for a time saving process to reduce engineering time, so called Zero Effort Engineering (ZEE). When implementing DriveWorks Pro, our target for order-engineering was to go back from 2 hours to 15 minutes. This target has been achieved with DriveWorks.
– Rob Beffers, Manager Integrated Process Control, Rademaker BV
We implemented DriveWorks Pro and saw a 55-minute process go down to 30 minutes. The benefits of Design Automation are very, very real.
Dave Mandl, New Product Development Engineer,
S辿ura
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,
NGI A/S
One consistent software package that simplifies quoting and ordering and is easy to use, for our in-house customer service and our external distributors.
– Terry McGowan, President and CEO at Thordon Bearings
We truly hope and believe DriveWorks will generate
an extremely short
pay-back in getting
Clear Vision Cooling off the ground
– Jurnjan van den Bremer, Commercial Direction, Clear Vision Cooling
If you’ve got SOLIDWORKS, you’ve already got DriveWorks! Our free design automation tool,DriveWorksXpress is included under the tools menu in every license of SOLIDWORKS. All you need to do is activate it.
Download a 30 day free trial of DriveWorks Solo to try out the full functionality for yourself. You’ll also get access to all of our handy online resources to help you get the most from your trial.
Have a go with our many online configurator examples to see how versatile and customizable DriveWorks Pro is. Enter your email address to get the full experience, receive quotes and view your designs in 3D.
Advance your DriveWorks technical knowledge at DriveWorks World. Make the most of your experience by choosing sessions relevant to you.
The DriveWorks Pro Advanced Sessions on Wednesday and Thursday are made up of hands-on training and in-depth technical discussions, covering administrator capability and beyond.
The sessions cover a variety of topics and knowledge levels, there’s something to suit everyone.
Build your own agenda, tailor your experience and choose the sessions best suited to you and what you want to learn.
There’s a general session for each of the core DriveWorks topics. These sessions cover everything you need to know about the technology. Learn from our experts and expand your knowledge.
If you want to take your learning from the general session even further, join the hands-on session that follows to practice what you’ve learnt. Or, attend the insight session to hear how a DriveWorks customer is using the functionality, what they have achieved and their best tips and tricks.
Find out more about the core technology sessions below.
There’s a lot more to learn at DriveWorks World too. Check back on our blog over the next few weeks to see what other sessions are on the agenda. If you’re already registered, see the full advanced session agenda and sign up for sessions in the Manage Your DriveWorks World Experience area.
8:30am
Limited spaces remaining
Now you have a good understanding of the basics of design automation, lets explore how far we can take it.
The DriveWorks Advanced Design Automation session teaches you more about using generation tasks to automate all that you need to. Learn how to create the perfect drawing automatically and make sure the models you create are correct in all circumstances.
9:30am
Limited spaces remaining
In this hands on session, have a go with the Advanced Design Automation Technology you’ve just learnt about. The tasks in this hands on session require knowledge taught in the Advanced Design Automation presentation.
9:30am
Learn how DriveWorks customers are using Advanced Design Automation Technology in their DriveWorks Implementations. Learn from their experiences and pick up ideas, tips and tricks for your own implementations.
8:30am
Limited spaces remaining
Forms are the user interface of your DriveWorks configurator. You have complete control over the design, behaviour and functionality of the forms you design for your configurator.
Join this session to learn how to create a user interface that guides your users through the choices they need to make. Learn how to create an engaging user experience and how to embed forms for a modular implementation.
12:15pm
Limited spaces remaining
In this hands on session, have a go with the Advanced Forms & UI technology you’ve just learnt about. The tasks in this hands on session require knowledge taught in the Advanced Forms & UI presentation.
12:15pm
Learn how DriveWorks customers are using Forms Technology in their DriveWorks Implementations. Learn from their experiences and pick up ideas, tips and tricks for your own implementations.
2:30pm
Limited spaces remaining
DriveWorks 3D is a powerful visualization engine that can bee used to configure and visualize products online before they are ordered. In this session learn the tools required to create your very own online 3D product configurator.
This session covers 3D, Document, Nodes, Swapping Models, Appearances, configuration through rules and web-ready 3D content.
3:45pm
Limited spaces remaining
In this hands on session, have a go with the 3D Configurator Technology youve just learnt about. The tasks in this hands on session require knowledge taught in the Using 3D to Create an Online Configurator presentation.
3:45pm
Learn how DriveWorks customers are using Forms Technology in their DriveWorks Implementations. Learn from their experiences and pick up ideas, tips and tricks for your own implementations.
8:30am
Once you are ready for others in your company and beyond to use your projects in production, you can use the inbuilt tools in DriveWorks to create and maintain the different environments you need.
This session will show you how to move projects, captured data, group information and specifications safely between your development and production environments with a testing or staging environment if needed.
9:30am
In this hands on session, have a go with the Deployment Tools youve just learnt about. The tasks in this hands on session require knowledge taught in the Deployment Rolling Out DriveWorks to Your Users presentation.
9.30am
Learn how DriveWorks customers are using Deployment Tools in their DriveWorks Implementations. Learn from their experiences and pick up ideas, tips and tricks for your own implementations.
11:00am
DriveWorks is ideal for creating a Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ) dashboard.
Use DriveWorks to easily share your configurators with your sales department, distributors and customers.
Learn how to use the CPQ dashboard to manage your customers, contacts, quotes, orders and customisable price lists as well as integrating your custom configurator projects.
12:15pm
Limited spaces remaining
In this hands on session, have a go with the CPQ Technology youve just learnt about. The tasks in this hands on session require knowledge taught in the DriveWorks CPQ presentation.
12.15pm
Learn how DriveWorks customers are using CPQ Technology in their DriveWorks Implementations. Learn from their experiences and pick up ideas, tips and tricks for your own implementations.
2.30pm
Workflow gives you complete control over Who, What and When in your DriveWorks configurator.
Learn how to use Macros to run tasks to perform a whole host of actions based on rules.
This session steps through the options and best practices of creating and maintaining workflows and macros to create all of the documents and data you need to sell and manufacture your custom products.
3:45pm
Limited spaces remaining
In this hands on session, have a go with the Advanced Workflow & Macros Technology youve just learnt about. The tasks in this hands on session require knowledge taught in the Advanced Workflow & Macros presentation.
3.45pm
Learn how DriveWorks customers are using WorkFlow Technology in DriveWorks Implementations. Learn from their experiences and pick up ideas, tips and tricks for your own implementations.
Spaces are allocated on a first come, first served basis.
Sessions are already filling up fast so make sure you secure your spacesin the advanced sessions!
Every company uses DriveWorks in a different way and each project is unique. Seeing how others use the software is a great way of picking up ideas and inspiration for your own projects.
At DriveWorks World, we have a wide range of presentations from DriveWorks customers. They share how they are using DriveWorks and how they got to that point.
Previous DriveWorks World attendees have said hearing from other users about how they use the software and learning from each other is one of the best things about the event.
If you would like to share your DriveWorks story and present at DriveWorks World, let us know at events@driveworks.co.uk
We have a very limited number of customer presentation slots available. If you’re chosen to present, our team will help you prepare.
DriveWorksXpress is the time-saving Design Automation tool, free inside every licence of SOLIDWORKS.
It’s ideal for configuring designs that are the Same but Different.
Configuring and automating your designs withDriveWorksXpressis easy:
As DriveWorksXpress is based on your rules, youllsave time, reduce repetitive tasks and minimize errors and costly mistakes.
To activate DriveWorksXpress inside SOLIDWORKS and start automating your designs, follow these quick and easy steps:
Open SOLIDWORKS
Go to Tools, Xpress Products, DriveWorksXpress
Click on the link for My.SolidWorks.com/xpress to get your free activation code for DriveWorksXpress.
Copy the DriveWorksXpress activation code.
Go back to SOLIDWORKS, paste the activation code in to the product code box and press OK.
Start automating!
Learn more about DriveWorksXpress with these free online resources:
Join our DriveWorksXpress Getting Started Webinar to learn the first steps to automating with DriveWorksXpress.
You’ll find the DriveWorksXpress help file by pressing F1 or the help icon from inside SOLIDWORKS.
Watch video clips to learn how to capture parameters in your SOLIDWORKS model, create an input from and build rules to generate new variations.
Download and learn from DriveWorksXpress sample projects. Each one is set up and ready to run inside SOLIDWORKS.
