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Registration for DriveWorks World 2015 has now opened! DriveWorks World will be held at the Chicago Marriott O’hare hotel from the 16th to the 20th of March 2015. Join us there for your opportunity to discover, network and be inspired. The week will begin with DriveWorks Technical Training and Certification, followed by the DriveWorks World main event on Thursday and DriveWorks Pro round table sessions and consultations on Friday. Thursday at DriveWorks World includes an in-depth look at What’s New in DriveWorks 12, DriveWorks User Presentations and Pro Specialist Topics, with an awards and networking event in the evening. There…

DriveWorks HQ has had a makeover. You may have seen our blogs this week about the new branding we have around the DriveWorks office. Today’s feature artwork is from the meeting room. The Meeting Room It’s not just for meetings but for training, brainstorming and DriveWorks Design Club. The walls are always filled with ideas, notes and designs. The artwork ties all of that passion and hard work together, whilst also reflecting what a great bunch of people make up the DriveWorks team. Stefan wanted to make sure that the photos captured what we do day to day, our beliefs…

DriveWorks HQ has had a makeover. This week, we’ve been blogging about the new artwork designed by DriveWorks Graphics Designer, Stefan, that we have had installed around the office. Below, is the new branding in the Tech Team area of the office and the reasons why Stefan chose this design. The DriveWorks Tech Team This artwork reflects the hard work the DriveWorks Tech Team do to enable DriveWorks Resellers and Customers to find answers immediately. The DriveWorks Help Files, How-to Videos and Webinars are all examples of this. The support system in place at DriveWorks ensures Resellers are equipped with the information they need to…

DriveWorks HQ has had a makeover. Yesterday, we blogged about some of the new artwork we have around DriveWorks HQ. Today, we want to share with you the branding we have in the Sanctuary. The Sanctuary is a little room attached to the Barley Store that we use for Webinars and meetings. It is, however, mainly used by the DriveWorks boys at lunchtime. The projector and comfy sofa make a brilliant area for games of FIFA, so we’re told! The branding for the Sanctuary had to reflect the nature of the room and how we use it. DriveWorks Graphic Designer,…

DriveWorks HQ has had a makeover. You may have seen on our Facebook page, DriveWorks HQ has had a makeover. We are lucky enough to have a 250 year old barn as our office and we didn’t think it was possible to make it look any better. You’ll see in this series of blog posts, the artwork we’ve added gives our office some DriveWorks personality. As mentioned on our Facebook page, our foyer has a new red wall and DriveWorks logo. Our Graphics Designer, Stefan, has been busy creating not only this, but lots of new artwork that is now up around the office. Every day…

DriveWorks Solo is a powerful Design Automation Add In for engineers using SOLIDWORKS. Design engineers across many industries use DriveWorks Solo to reduce repetitive design tasks and automate the generation of new models in SolidWorks. It is also used by Sales Teams to respond quickly to sales enquiries. You can try DriveWorks Solo FREE by downloading a 30 Day Trial from the DriveWorks Community. DriveWorks Solo can be used to automate a SolidWorks Model or even just part of your SolidWorks Project. Below are some ideas to help you get the most from your 30 Day Free Trial. Follow the DriveWorks Training…

The latest DriveWorks service pack, SP 3 has been released. You can download it from our community now to take advantage of the enhancements.

A new month means new DriveWorks Webinars. Sign up for them now to learn more, ask questions and pick up handy tips and tricks.

A new series of Tech Team Thursday Webinars begins this week. Our Tech Team Thursday Webinars have had a makeover! These webinars are our opportunity to share the Tech Team’s knowledge with our DriveWorks Pro Customers – with an Active Subscription Support Contract – and Reseller Applications Engineers. The Webinars are your opportunity to learn beyond the training manual. They are an extremely valuable resource so we wanted to make it as easy as possible for you to get the most from them. They are now 30 minutes long so you can squeeze these new concise Webinars into your busy day. The new…

DriveWorks Supports SolidWorks 2015 That means we’ve done lots of additional testing to ensure that DriveWorks software still runs smoothly within and alongside SolidWorks. We have run thousands of tests using DriveWorks 11.2 with SolidWorks 2015.

Phil is back from a very busy month in Australia visiting InterCAD, their customers, SolidWorks User Groups and Australia’s attractions. Phil, DriveWorks Tech Team Manager has finally returned from Australia. He was there for over a month where he managed to squeeze in a lot of visits and get an impressive tan. Phil visited DriveWorks Reseller, InterCAD, at their offices across Australia. He spent time with the sales teams and business development managers and saw great sights like the DriveWorks flag we tweeted about. With InterCAD, he got the chance to visit some DriveWorks customers and see first hand how they…

Glen Smith, DriveWorks CEO and technology evangelist, recently talked to Microsoft’s OnWindows about how technology is improving collaboration in manufacturing. Glen was interviewed by Jacqui Griffiths for Prime magazine, along with Peter Schroer from Aras, Simon Floyd from Microsoft, Andy Kalambi from Dassault Systèmes and Paul Brown and Jen Larsson from Siemens.Jacqui has since written an article focused on how technology enables design teams to work together, wherever they are, and design smarter than ever before. “The ever increasing amount of technology available for manufacturing is developing so quickly that we are constantly working on integrating DriveWorks with the new technologies.” In…

Tech Team Thursday Webinars are returning this week! Thursday the 16th October is the first in a series of Tech Team Thursday Webinars. This one will be hosted by Matt, DriveWorks Technical Applications Specialist. He will cover topics that are relevant to DriveWorks Pro customers. The key to a successful DriveWorks project is planning. In this webinar Matt talks you through how to plan and organise your project by developing an implementation plan. Setting targets and reasonable goals helps you to see a quicker return on your investment giving you a greater structure and clearer direction. You will pick up…

How important is color in your Sales Configurator? As more and more companies choose to interact with their customers online and websites become shop windows, it’s increasingly important to think about user experience, especially for custom products. If you are using DriveWorks as an Online Sales Configurator – allowing your dealers and customers to view and fill out your forms to create quotes and configure new products – it’s important that your forms are consistent with your company’s branding and current color scheme. But did you know that the choice of color on your forms can also influence buyers? It’s fairly obvious that horrible…

Robert Hayward, member of the DriveWorks Tech Team and LJMU graduate, has had great success already. If you’ve ever had a support call with one of the DriveWorks tech team, it may have been with Rob Hayward. Rob was on placement at DriveWorks for 15 months before returning to Liverpool John Moores University  for his final year. He graduated with a first class degree in Product Innovation and Development. He then returned as a full time member of the DriveWorks team. As a recent graduate, Rob featured on LJMU’s news pages after attending the New Designers Exhibition in London. Pictured above is Rob with the other Product Design…