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We’ve blogged a lot lately about the rapid speed in which 3D printing is innovating and how the possibilities seem relatively endless. 3D printing is not only innovating in huge, life-changing ways (like printing a functioning human heart) it is also attempting to solve everyday problems faced by a lot of people. Laura Griffiths, Editorial Assistant at TCT Magazine has recently blogged about OwnPhones and their campaign. They plan to raise $250,000 to start the development process of custom made, 3D printed earphones. The earphones will be tailored to each individual who can scan their own ears using a mobile app. This…

We haven’t blogged about our weekly Show & Tell’s for a while. Two weeks ago we were too busy with the successful bake sale to blog about Chris’ Show & Tell. Last week, we were even busier planning for something very exciting… DriveWorks World 2015! This week though, we are back! Although we’re still very busy here’s an update on the Show & Tells from the past few weeks. So as mentioned before, Chris Cassettari, a name most resellers will recognise, presented his role here at DriveWorks to us all. Chris is our Pre-Sales Engineer, responsible for ensuring DriveWorks resellers are trained and…

DriveWorks Service Pack 11.1.1 is out and available to download.  As ever we have listened to our customers to enhance your user experience and performance.All DriveWorks Customers with an active Subscription Support Contract and all Authorized DriveWorks Resellers can download the latest release now. DriveWorks Pro is available from the DriveWorks Pro User Community and / or the DriveWorks Reseller Community. For DriveWorks Solo log in to your account at www.driveworkssolo.com As with any upgrade, remember to take a back up of your data! If you are working in a multi-user environment make sure you upgrade all the DriveWorks Modules e.g. DriveWorks Administrator, Autopilot,…

Yesterday, this month’s DEVELOP3D landed on my desk. Reading through the magazine as I do every month, I couldn’t help but notice that the Social Media article on page 40 (after our advert on page 13!) described perfectly the benefits and major purposes of DriveWorks. Just read the extracts below and you’ll notice it’s very hard not to make the connection! “Competition is relentlessly increasing and customers are more demanding; they want the latest innovations in their new products now.” “It’s almost as if everyone wants their own unique product to suit their specific needs. And with global internet access, individuals can…

On Monday, we blogged about how 3D printing is innovating rapidly. Since then, there has been even more innovation, proving just how quickly it is moving forward. The Guardian has announced that Oxfam, a charity fighting global poverty, have been trialling 3D printing as a way of improving sanitation, specifically in Lebanon. A 3D printer donated to Oxfam by iMakr has been used to build parts of taps and faucets to provide more handwashing facilities for the people of Lebanon. 3D printing has also been considered as a way to build emergency shelters. This technique would be extremely quick and cost effective as it takes…

If you were at SolidWorks World back in January, you may have seen our very own Glen Smith present. He talked about how design automation and 3D printing are potentially a ‘marriage made in heaven’. If you weren’t at SolidWorks World or didn’t see Glen’s presentation you can watch it on the SolidWorks World Proceedings site. Glen looked at the challenges that 3D printing faces – in particular the parts of the 3D printing process that hadn’t yet been automated.Glen explained that 3D printing is advancing so quickly that it is very hard to keep up, he tried to make some predictions…

It’s a new month so that means lots more DriveWorks webinars. There will be DriveWorks Solo and DriveWorks Xpress Getting Started webinars – hour long sessions that will save you many hours in the future. The webinars are step by step guides for DriveWorks Xpress and DriveWorks Solo, they include everything from capturing models and designing forms to creating rules and running projects. You will pick up tips and tricks from Certified DriveWorks Applications Engineers along the way.

The DriveWorks Charity Bake Sale raised a huge amount for Cancer Research UK!

The Commonwealth Queen’s Baton was actually made using a 3D printer.

We’ll be at Concept2Design, hosted by CADD Edge. Join us there, August 21st-22nd!

DriveWorks has joined Pinterest. Please help us fill up our boards!

Chris presented this weeks Show & Tell about his placement year at DriveWorks.

A local artist has very kindly donated a prize for the DriveWorks Bake Sale for Cancer Research UK.

The third DriveWorks 3D Preview Tech Tip from SolidXperts.

Sign up for the DriveWorks Solo Head Start Webinar – July 16th