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  • New DriveWorks World 2025 Content Added To The Learning Portal

    New DriveWorks World 2025 Content Added To The Learning Portal

    All of the DriveWorks World 2025 live session recordings can now be found in one place in the DriveWorks Learning Portal. We’ve added each session as a course in the learning portal library to make it easier to navigate and find the best content relevant to you. So, whatever your level of DriveWorks knowledge, and wherever you’re up to with your DriveWorks implementation, there’s a course for you.

  • Quick start: Activate DriveWorksXpress for free design automation in SOLIDWORKS®

    Quick start: Activate DriveWorksXpress for free design automation in SOLIDWORKS®

    DriveWorksXpress is an easy-to-use design automation tool included free inside SOLIDWORKS. Our rules-based software enables you to create multiple versions of your SOLIDWORKS parts, assemblies, and drawings, quickly and accurately. It’s used by thousands of design engineers to automatically generate new versions of their SOLIDWORKS designs. Activate DriveWorksXpress in 3 easy steps to start your design automation journey today.

  • Is design automation right for your manufacturing business?

    Is design automation right for your manufacturing business?

    If your design engineers spend too much time on repetitive tasks, errors are becoming more frequent, and you’re struggling to keep up with demand, it may be time to consider design automation. Slow design and quote turnaround times can frustrate customers and slow down business growth, while increasing configuration complexity makes manual processes even more inefficient. Automating key workflows can streamline operations, reduce errors, and free up your design team to focus on innovation and higher-value work.

  • What’s coming up at June DriveWorks Drivers

    What’s coming up at June DriveWorks Drivers

    DriveWorks Drivers is a quarterly virtual networking and knowledge-sharing initiative designed to connect DriveWorks users worldwide. It’s more than just a meeting – it’s a community where you can discuss challenges, explore solutions, and celebrate successes. We will be hosting the next DriveWorks Drivers meeting on Thursday, June 5th at 11am AEST and 3pm BST. Find out what’s on the agenda.

  • DriveWorks World 2025 Live Implementation Round Up

    DriveWorks World 2025 Live Implementation Round Up

    The DriveWorks World 2025 live implementation was a real-time implementation that members of the DriveWorks team worked on throughout the event. Their brief was to build an online 3D configurator solution for a custom gate company. The team joined us live in the studio at different points in their implementation process to share their progress and discuss how and why they had implemented specific features and functionality.

  • Boost Your Sales Cycle with CPQ: A Step-by-Step Guide

    Boost Your Sales Cycle with CPQ: A Step-by-Step Guide

    B2B sales cycles can be lengthy and complex, often involving multiple stakeholders and detailed customization and pricing structures. Workflows between sales and design teams can be complicated, with lots of back-and-forth dialogue. This complexity means longer sales cycles, resulting in the loss of potential sales, especially if your competitors have quicker turnaround times. Read our step-by-step guide on how to boost your sales cycle and stay ahead of the competition with CPQ.

  • DriveWorks and PLM Group Roadshow

    DriveWorks and PLM Group Roadshow

    Join the DriveWorks team, together with PLM Group, at two events in Denmark to learn how to work smarter with DriveWorks design automation, 3D product configurator, and CPQ for manufacturing technology. At both events, we’ll be joined by a DriveWorks customer, who will share how they use our technology solutions and the benefits they have achieved with DriveWorks. Register today to join us in Brabrand on 19th May or Høje Taastrup on 20th May.

  • DriveWorks Drivers June 2025 Registration Open

    DriveWorks Drivers June 2025 Registration Open

    DriveWorks Drivers is a quarterly virtual meet-up held on Microsoft Teams for DriveWorks users around the world. It’s your opportunity to connect, exchange ideas, and explore all things DriveWorks, right from the comfort of your home or office. These informal, interactive sessions bring together users and members of the DriveWorks team in a relaxed environment where you can learn, share, and collaborate. Registration for our June meeting is now open.

  • Explore the MyDriveWorks Community

    Explore the MyDriveWorks Community

    The MyDriveWorks Community is our user hub, designed to connect DriveWorks users from around the world. It’s the go-to place to collaborate, learn, and access valuable DriveWorks resources. Whether you’re exploring DriveWorks Solo, are experienced with DriveWorks Pro, or are part of a reseller team, the MyDriveWorks Community welcomes everyone.

  • How DriveWorks makes a difference for furniture and fixture manufacturers

    How DriveWorks makes a difference for furniture and fixture manufacturers

    The furniture and fixture manufacturing industry faces a number of challenges for businesses to remain competitive, meet industry and safety standards, and design, sell, and manufacture highly customized products efficiently. DriveWorks design automation and CPQ for manufacturing technology enables furniture and fixture manufacturers to overcome these challenges by automating design workflows, streamlining the sales and quoting process, and automatically creating documents and data for manufacturing.

  • Design Automation For Beginners

    Design Automation For Beginners

    Design automation isn’t just for experts or big manufacturers. Anyone can start small and see immediate benefits. Design automation handles repetitive, time-consuming tasks, so you can focus on innovation and product development. Start automating today with DriveWorkXpress, the free design automation tool you already have inside SOLIDWORKS®.

  • Coming Up in May 2025

    Coming Up in May 2025

    If you’re looking to learn more about DriveWorks, why not join one of our webinars. The DriveWorks technical experts are running a program of webinars designed to help you learn about DriveWorks technology. If you’re new to DriveWorks, design automation, product configurators, or CPQ, they’re an ideal place for you to start. Each webinar is hosted live, and you’ll have the opportunity to speak with the host. Members of the team will also be at exclusive in-person DriveWorks events in the US and Denmark, where you’ll be able to hear from other businesses about the benefits they’ve achieved with DriveWorks…

  • DriveWorks and TriMech Automation & Innovation Summits

    DriveWorks and TriMech Automation & Innovation Summits

    The DriveWorks team is hitting the road again! Join the team in four locations across the Southeastern US in May. Together with DriveWorks elite reseller, TriMech, we’ll host exclusive automation & innovation summits. You’ll also have the opportunity to hear from other manufacturers about how they benefit from DriveWorks technology. Registration is free, and lunch is provided. Sign up for your place today!

  • Design Automation: Facts vs Fiction

    Design Automation: Facts vs Fiction

    In the manufacturing industry, design automation is often referred to as a game-changing solution that will streamline workflows, cut costs, and improve speed to market. In this blog, we clear up some of the misconceptions around design automation, uncovering the facts, and highlighting what’s achievable with design automation solutions.

  • DriveWorks World 2025 Event App Still Open

    DriveWorks World 2025 Event App Still Open

    Discover everything you missed, or want to revisit, in the DriveWorks World 2025 event app. All of the live stream recordings and additional technical content are available on demand, for you to take advantage of, at your own pace. If you were already registered for DriveWorks World 2025, then your access to the app is still live. The exclusive app content is available until 9th May.