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We have a brand new DriveWorks Reseller based in Poland, SolidExpert. SolidExpert have been a SolidWorks Reseller for over a decade and now, they are an Authorized DriveWorks Reseller too! They are based in Kraków in Poland, but also have offices in Gdańsk and Białystok. SolidExpert are fully qualified in SolidWorks and they are already working on their DriveWorks Certification. That’s another excellent Reseller ready to provide local support to DriveWorks users!

October is a busy month for DriveWorks, we’ll be at a total of 12 SolidWorks Roll Out Events. The events begin tomorrow with a DriveWorks team attending the first of many CADTEK SolidWorks Roll Out Events. This one will be in Haydock, UK. It will be followed by more CADTEK events in Doncaster and Newcastle this week. Next week there will be more CADTEK events in Wokingham, Bristol and Southampton, a SOLIDSOLUTIONS event in Huddersfield and CAD2M‘s roll out event in Arnhem, Netherlands. The third week of October will see us visiting CADTEK events in Coventry, Seven Oaks and Huntingdon and NTCADCAM‘s SolidWorks Roll Out…

A new month means a new set of DriveWorks Webinars and Online Training. We are almost into October already – for us in the UK, that means cold weather is approaching and it’s time to wrap up warm! As it’s a new month, it also means there are more DriveWorks Webinars and online training. There will be DriveWorksXpress and DriveWorks Solo Getting Started Webinars – hour long sessions that will save you many hours in the future. The Webinars are step by step guides for DriveWorksXpress and DriveWorks Solo, they include everything from capturing models and designing forms to creating…

What is it really like behind the scenes at DriveWorks? Gordon Tredgold explains. Maria Sarkar, VP and Co-founder of DriveWorks, recently met up with Gordon Tredgold, a school friend who is now one of the top 100 leadership experts. Gordon writes a blog – Leadership Principles and is the author of Leadership: It’s a Marathon, Not a Sprint. After spending time with Maria and Glen (DriveWorks CEO and Co-Founder) here at DriveWorks HQ, he has written a blog post called ‘Does Leadership Define Culture‘. The blog post is based on conversations with Maria and Glen as well as what he saw first hand whilst…

We haven’t blogged about our Show & Tells for over a month! Although we haven’t blogged about it for a while, we have still been having weekly Show & Tells every Friday at DriveWorks HQ. We often blog photos of the Show & Tell presenters and tell you a little bit about their presentation. But what is it like from the perspective of the presenter? Matt Collins was on placement here at DriveWorks for 15 months. He’s recently had to go back to University (sadly for us, but good luck Matt!). On his last day, Matt did a Show & Tell all…

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.

Heat and Sensor Technology has been using DriveWorks Software for a while now, we caught up with the team to see how they’ve been using it. Heat and Sensor Technology is a premier manufacturer of industrial electric resistance heaters and sensors available primarily to the plastic injection industry. They have distributors across the USA and Canada. So how are you using DriveWorks? We’re using DriveWorks to power our Online Configurators. These contain an array of renders of stock and custom components, from which customers can begin building their own customised heater with a click of their mouse. Customers can see a…

It’s official – We are a Certified Microsoft Silver Application Developer. So what does it mean to be a Silver Microsoft Partner? Microsoft describes it as: ‘Silver competencies represent consistent capability, expertise, and commitment.’ Thanks to Product Manager, Paul, our silver status means that DriveWorks software is now not only recognised for quality by SolidWorks, but also by Microsoft. Becoming a Silver Microsoft Partner has involved research, exams, product testing and references from customers – all in order to prove that DriveWorks is worthy of Microsoft Silver Partner Status. We have invested in the future of DriveWorks. Our partnership with…

The latest DriveWorks service pack, SP 2 has been released. You can download it from our brand new community now to take advantage of the enhancements.

The first of three, one hour long DriveWorks Solo Training Webinars will be hosted today. The online training sessions expand on the lessons in the DriveWorks Solo Training Manual. Remember, you can download the manual in PDF format from the DriveWorks Community. The hour long DriveWorks Solo Training Webinars, held over three days will cover: You will have you the opportunity to ask any questions you may have and pick up handy tips and tricks from the Certified DriveWorks Solo Applications Engineer hosting the webinar. The DriveWorks Solo Training Webinars will be hosted in 3 parts at 4pm daily from Monday…

Following his DriveWorks training with Chris, Tom, Technical Solutions Specialist at CADimensions has written a blog post about the skills he learnt. Earlier this month we blogged about Chris, DriveWorks Pre-Sales Engineer, providing DriveWorks training at CADimensions in New York. As promised, Tom has written a blog post all about the week he and his team spent with Chris. The blog post features the members of the CADimensions team that attended the DriveWorks training. They all explain the lessons that were most useful to them. Tom talks about what he learnt from Chris about using child specifications to enhance form design and…

Wade Anderson has come all the way from the states and visited us here at DriveWorks HQ. Wade is from Authorized DriveWorks Services and Solutions Partner, Maro & Associates. They are based in North Dakota and offer quality services to help companies get the most out of DriveWorks. Wade spent some time with Phil, DriveWorks Tech Team Manager. He’ll be back here again this morning to work with our Pre-sales Engineer, Chris and meet some more of the DriveWorks team. “I’m here at DriveWorks to put faces with the voices. The DriveWorks team has been an invaluable asset to Maro &…

Registration has now opened for DriveWorks World 2015, an opportunity for DriveWorks users to discover, network and be inspired.

Don’t miss the last DriveWorks Solo Webinar of the month, taking place tomorrow at 10am and repeated at 4pm BST. Use the chart on the right to find the Webinar times in your time zone. A one hour webinar that will save you countless more in the future. The DriveWorks Solo webinars are step by step guides to get you started with DriveWorks Solo. The webinar takes you through the quick and easy steps involved in automating your design process, starting with a basic SolidWorks model. Matt Collins, DriveWorks Applications Engineer will be presenting tomorrow’s webinar. Using a scissor lift…

At DriveWorks reseller Solid Solutions, there is a team of consultants dedicated to DriveWorks. Meet Urs Homberger, Augustin Fässler and Rolf Frei, the dedicated DriveWorks team at Solid Solutions in Switzerland. They are responsible for DriveWorks Support and Training at Solid Solutions. Urs, Augustin and Rolf will all appear in October’s edition of Solidnews, a magazine sent out to customers of Solid Solutions, planetsoftware, Solidpro and Solid Line across Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The magazine features a quote from EDAK, manufacturers of aluminium casing and a DriveWorks customer. “Thanks to DriveWorks, we can now develop new product variants without manually copying the…