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DriveWorks delivers full documentation in minutes rather than days LBH International A/S has implemented DriveWorks to automate the generation of all technical and sales documentation, delivering significant time and cost savings as well as improved quality in its production of steel compensators. PLM Group, a DriveWorks reseller in Scandinavia, recently published this informative DriveWorks case study revealing the results that LBH International A/S have achieved using DriveWorks and we wanted to share it with you. Danish company LBH International A/S has automated the generation of both its technical and sales related documentation by using DriveWorks. All technical drawings, static calculations, production papers and offers…

A SOLIDWORKS World Break Out Session If you’re going to be at SOLIDWORKS World in Dallas next year, don’t miss any of the Design Automation presentations. On Monday, February 1st, Stephen Sagi from DriveWorks customer, Pine Instruments, will be presenting a breakout session with our Technical Applications Specialist, Matt on ‘Design and Quote – Use SOLIDWORKS and DriveWorks to Win Custom Orders’.The break out session is part of the Customer Success & Integrated Solutions category. Engineering drives custom orders.Discover how Pine Instruments use their online 3D configurator, 360Glassware.com, to provide real-time pricing and visualization. The SOLIDWORKS driven configurator allows them to send custom design data to the factory…

November 2015 – The Latest DriveWorks Service Pack, DriveWorks 12 SP2, is now available to download from the DriveWorks Community.

In this two part webinar DriveWorks Co-Founder and Vice President, Maria Sarkar, presents a detailed overview of DriveWorks Pro.

Let’s take a look at the benefits of DriveWorks Solo and how you can get the most out of your 30 day FREE trial. 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, automate the generation of new models in SOLIDWORKS or even just to automate part of a SOLIDWORKS assembly. You can try DriveWorks Solo by downloading a Free 30 Day Trial from the DriveWorks Community. Below are some ideas to help you get the most from your 30 Day Free Trial.…

Vallourec is a world leader in premium tubular solutions, primarily serving the energy markets, such as: Oil and Gas and Powergen. Their expertise also extends to various other industry sectors. With over 23,000 employees, sales of 5.7 billion euros in 2014 and integrated manufacturing facilities in more than 20 countries, Vallourec offer their customers innovative, global solutions designed to meet the energy challenges of the 21st century. Vallourec Drilling Products, a division of the Vallourec group, are the second largest drill string manufacturer in the world. They offer a full range of drilling equipment from the rig floor, to the…

A SOLIDWORKS World Break Out Session If you’re going to be at SOLIDWORKS World in Dallas next year, don’t miss any of the Design Automation presentations. On Wednesday, February 3rd, David Mandl will be presenting a breakout session on ‘Integrating DriveWorks with Enterprise PDM’. DriveWorks and SOLIDWORKS PDM are valuable tools that can save companies time by automating key elements of their engineering processes. This session will introduce attendees to some of the ways that the two may be integrated into a single cohesive solution. Attendees will witness how DriveWorks and SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional (formerly SOLIDWORKS Enterprise PDM) can integrate together. Topics include: Join David Mandl’s…

Q & A with DriveWorks CEO, Glen Smith – Part 2 Last week Our CEO Glen hosted a live Q & A session where he answered your DriveWorks related questions. We were so pleased that so many of you were able to join us and submit questions for Glen to answer live on air. We were inundated with fantastic questions but Glen wasn’t able to answer them all in the 30 minute session. So this week, on Thursday 12th November, Glen will be hosting another live Q & A session, where he will answer the remaining questions and also any…

It’s been a busy couple of months for the DriveWorks Team! Not only have we been on the road in the UK and Europe, attending reseller roll out events, but we’ve also been across the pond too! Visiting SOLIDWORKS In addition to visiting resellers and customers in Texas, VP, Maria and CEO, Glen spent a week in Boston USA at the DS SOLIDWORKS Waltham campus meeting with the Product Development and API teams. As always the SOLIDWORKS Partner team, Nick, Heather, Suzanne and Gabe made them feel right at home. Maria was even presented with her very own Partner Programme shirt, which she proudly…

A SOLIDWORKS World Hands-On Session If you’re going to be at SOLIDWORKS World in Dallas next year, don’t miss any of the Design Automation presentations. On Tuesday, February 2nd, Ryan Dally, Applications Engineer from DriveWorks Reseller CATI, will be presenting a ‘DriveWorksXpress Essentials Hands-On Lab’. This hands-on training will prepare students to automate their designs using DriveWorksXpress, which is included with every seat of SOLIDWORKS. Topics include: By attending this session, you will be able to apply skills learned to automate designs in your company with DriveWorksXpress. Electronic manuals and training files will be provided as well as live step by step training.

 SOLIDWORKS World Hands-On Session If you’re going to be at SOLIDWORKS World in Dallas next year, don’t miss any of the Design Automation presentations. On Tuesday, February 2nd, Chris Cassettari from the DriveWorks team, will be presenting a hands-on ‘Introduction to DriveWorksXpress’ session. This session will be an introductory tutorial intended to give a hands-on proficiency of DriveWorksXpress. If you have SOLIDWORKS then you already have DriveWorksXpress so why not learn how to use this free, time saving tool to automate modifications to your SOLIDWORKS parts, assemblies and drawings. Join Chris to learn how to: Don’t forget, you’ll also find the DriveWorks team in the Partner Pavilion. Stop…

A SOLIDWORKS World Break Out Session If you’re going to be at SOLIDWORKS World in Dallas next year, don’t miss any of the Design Automation presentations. On Tuesday, February 2nd, Danielle Splatt from Crank Out Designs, will be presenting a breakout session on ‘Designing for Design Automation’. Why attend? Design automation can be a cure-all for the aches in your design department. If you are aspiring to roll-out design automation someday, join Danielle’s breakout session to find out how you can start preparing for it now, as you are modeling parts and assemblies in SOLIDWORKS. In this presentation, Danielle will share 8 tips to get you on…

A Visit from a Tanker Designed Using SOLIDWORKS and DriveWorks. Any time we see a product created using SOLIDWORKS and DriveWorks it’s exciting, but when one pulled up outside DriveWorks HQ this morning, we all gathered at the window and couldn’t resist the photo opportunity! The driver of the tanker was very confused when we asked if we could take some photos, he definitely isn’t used to that sort of reception! When we explained that Whale Tankers were our first ever DriveWorks customer over 14 years ago, and they are still using DriveWorks software now, he realised why we were so excited. The driver…

A SOLIDWORKS World Break Out Session If you’re going to be at SOLIDWORKS World in Dallas next year, don’t miss any of the Design Automation presentations. On Monday, February 1st, Michael Jolley, an Applications Engineer from DriveWorks reseller TriMech, will be presenting a breakout session on ‘DriveWorks Basics of Specification Flow and Macro Buttons’. In the hour long breakout session, starting at 1.30pm, you will: During the session you will learn a lot from Michael’s 14 years+ of experience with SOLIDWORKS and related products. After the session: Join Michael Jolley’s DriveWorks Break Out Session at SWW16 Monday, Feb 1st 1.30pm – 2.30pm

As a SOLIDWORKS Gold Partner product, we’re really keen to get involved with the SOLIDWORKS community. We’ve been working closely with SWUGN leaders across the globe to arrange presenters to speak about DriveWorksXpress at their meetings and even send a goodie box of DriveWorks giveaways! As DriveWorksXpress is fully embedded and included in every licence of SOLIDWORKS, it’s a great tool to present to the SWUGN as each of the members already has access to DriveWorksXpress, so they can start learning and using the tool immediately. San Diego SWUG The San Diego SOLIDWORKS User Group monthly meetings take place on the second Wednesday of each…