A round-up of December DriveWorks Drivers
DriveWorks Drivers: Connecting a global community of DriveWorks users
Sharing technical know-how and practical experience informally with each other is something we know many people using DriveWorks like to do. DriveWorks Drivers provides a platform for this, connecting DriveWorks users from around the world. The meetings feature guest speakers sharing their experiences and encouraging questions and dialogue about the technology.
We recently hosted the December DriveWorks Drivers meeting. Thank you to everyone who joined us, with special thanks to our guest presenters. Here’s a round-up of what we covered.
Customer success
We were delighted that two DriveWorks customers joined us for the December meeting. Hearing from others about how they use DriveWorks and the benefits they have achieved is a great way of picking up new tips and finding inspiration for your own implementation.
Mitul Shrivastava, Senior Business Intelligence Specialist at WorldWeav, joined us to share how they use DriveWorks.
Worldweav manufactures custom outdoor protection solutions and is based in India. They use DriveWorks to automate and streamline their design process, and have set a goal of having no more than 10% human touch in their design process.
Gaurav Shukla, Software Engineer at Saint-Gobain, joined to share their DriveWorks experience.
The Life Sciences division at Saint-Gobain use DriveWorks to speed up turnaround times, ensure quality assurance, and provide product previews to customers before manufacture.
Gaurav also shared his advice for getting started with DriveWorks, including taking a step-by-step approach, with a deep dive into each stage before moving on to the next.
Configuring Scalextric with DriveWorks
Adi Lampert, Application Engineer at DriveWorks reseller, Solid Solutions, joined us to share how she developed her DriveWorks skills by setting up a configurator to build Scalextric tracks. She also used DWLambda functions to tell DriveWorks how to build the final track piece.
New primitive model in DriveWorks 23
Joseph Chadwick, Degree Apprentice Software Developer at DriveWorks, joined to talk us through the development of the new primitive model in DriveWorks 23. Based on the DriveWorks youngest team member, Ruby, a lively Labrador dog, the new model is included in the latest release.
The new Ruby primitive model can quickly and easily add geometry with irregular surfaces to test textures, lighting, and animations. It can also act as a reference model to add a sense of scale to a DriveWorks 3D scene.
You can learn more about the new Ruby primitive model here.
The final ascent – using tables to move beyond manual longhand approaches
DriveWorks technical expert, Paul Gimbel, took a deep dive into using tables to move beyond manual longhand approaches. He shared how to use lists and tables to handle situations where you have multiple things to store together, even if you have an unknown or even an infinite number of things to keep track of. Starting out with using lists, he continued on to using tables, calculation tables, driving generative modelling, and dynamic 3D documents
This Final Ascent has been recorded and is available to watch back in the MyDriveWorks Learning Portal.
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