Blog
Get the latest news, tips, events and software updates from the DriveWorks team.
-
DriveWorks Solo Sample Project Preview – Furniture project
DriveWorks Solo sample projects are a great way to learn how DriveWorks Solo can be used in your business, giving you a complete project to experiment with. If your business makes custom furniture then our newest set of DriveWorks Solo projects might be of some use to you. This DriveWorks project shows off DriveWorks Solo’s ability to drive advanced SolidWorks parts and features such as textures, materials and colours. This allows the project to drive entirely new variations of a cupboard with a simple drop down box. This project also shows off some of the advanced form design features such…
-
DriveWorks – Top 4 Reasons for Implementing a Sales Configurator
See the top 4 reasons for implementing DriveWorks Pro in your company.
-
SolidWorks Secret tip – Save time with DriveWorksXpress
If you design and sell products which are slightly different for each order then you could be saving a huge amount of time with this simple tool built in to SolidWorks. DriveWorksXpress is a free design automation tool found free in every seat of SolidWorks and should form a part of any SolidWorkers armoury. With SolidWorks at your fingertips it’s possible to automate drawings, parts and assemblies with just a few simple steps. The first thing to do is to open up your version of SolidWorks 2011 or newer and open the SolidWorks Tool bar and open DriveWorksXpress. Once DriveWorksXpress…
-
New DriveWorks Solo Sample Project – Machine Guard
DriveWorks Solo brings some advanced functionality to your design automation that can’t be found in DriveWorksXpress. A great way to sample this advanced functionality is through our DriveWorks Solo 30 Day trial. Our 30 Day trial not only gives you access to our advanced design automation software but also to our resources such as tutorials and sample projects. We recently updated our sample projects allowing us to show off our software and giving you the opportunity to discover all the extra DriveWorks functionality found in Solo. An important added function found in DriveWorks Solo is the ability to drive the…
-
New DriveWorks Solo Sample Project – Fan Project
By using downloading and trying out our new DriveWorks Solo projects, you can learn how DriveWork Solo can help you create variations for your SolidWorks models. DrivreWorks Solo comes with a whole raft of new features that aren’t available in DriveWorksXpress including the ability to create drawings and export those drawings in different file formats. This means that you can send off specifications and information to your customers who won’t have SolidWorks or eDrawings installed. DriveWorks Solo also allows you to import data from excel or create data tables within the DriveWorks Solo project. This allows for pricing lists and…
-
New DriveWorks Solo Sample Project – Hydraulic Cylinders
Got your free 30 Day DriveWorks Solo trial? Then why not give one of our brand new DriveWorks Solo Sample projects a try. These completed projects give you the chance to use a completed DriveWorks Solo project and all the extra functionality that you get. One of the features afforded to you in this project is the ability to control multiple sets of models in one project. What this means is that you can create rules for several different related models in one project allowing customers/ salespeople to create variations on a product in the same project. DriveWorks solo also…
-
New DriveWorks Solo Sample Project – Fan Project
By using downloading and trying out our new DriveWorks Solo projects, you can learn how DriveWork Solo can help you create variations for your SolidWorks models. DrivreWorks Solo comes with a whole raft of new features that aren’t available in DriveWorksXpress including the ability to create drawings and export those drawings in different file formats. This means that you can send off specifications and information to your customers who won’t have SolidWorks or eDrawings installed. In this example, the user is presented with a PDF as well as the .EDRW file with the individual part and complete product drawings. DriveWorks…
-
Thursday Technical Webinar – Implementing DriveWorks Solo
If you have just bought your copy of DriveWorks Solo or you are just looking for some implementation advice, this Webinar will take you through some of the steps involved with implementing DriveWorks Solo for your company. DriveWorks Solo allows for a wealth of model features and dimensions to be rules driven for automation. You can also use DriveWorks Solo to create easy to use forms that don’t sacrifice functionality. This webinar will explore the some key rules for rolling out DriveWorks Solo at your company with forms that are accesible and easy to use. Each implementation will be slightly…
-
Join us for DriveWorks World 2014
DriveWorks World is our annual Technical Event for all DriveWorks Users with an active Subscription Support Contract and all DriveWorks Reseller Applications Engineers. We will be releasing DriveWorks 11 and showing how to get the most from the software.
-
DriveWorks Solo Head Start Webinar – 5th February 2014
The DriveWorks Solo Head Start Webinar, takes place the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of every month. Are your designs the Same but Different? This Webinar takes you through the quick and easy steps involved in automating your design process with DriveWorks Solo. The Webinar Covers There are two sessions of the Webinar, to try and cover as many time zones as possible. Choose one of the sessions below and click on the link on the Registration Page to ‘view in your own time zone.’ Use this Webinar to learn how to automate your designs and like many of our customers you can learn…
-
New DriveWorks Solo Sample Project – Revconveyors
Whether your are curious of how DriveWorks Solo works, looking to get a head start on your next job or just looking for some DriveWorks related kicks, our Sample projects are a great tool. The DriveWorks Solo Sample projects have been updated with an all new fresh lick of paint. In this post we will be looking at the new Conveyor Sample project, which provides a configurable conveyor to show your how DriveWorks Solo can easily create new variations. As completed projects, they provide you with a sneak preview of how your DriveWorks Solo project could look. These sample projects…
-
Timelapse of the DriveWorks booth @ SolidWorks World 2014
Couldn’t make it to SolidWorks World? Check out this time lapse to see 1 day at the DriveWorks booth in 30 seconds. Click read more to view the video
-
DriveWorksXpress Head Start Webinar – Wednesday 4th February 2014
If you are a first time DriveWorksXpress user or are just looking to boost your proficiency in SolidWorks then this webinar will help you. In this introductory webinar you will learn the basics of DriveWorks so that you too can start to automate the modification of your SolidWorks parts, assemblies and drawings. With DriveWorksXpress, you will save time and money by reducing repetitive design tasks and producing variations quickly and error free. During the session you will learn how to drive SolidWorks geometry, create an input form and link the input fields to the model. You will also learn how to use rules to…
-
The end of Windows XP – 5 Reasons to upgrade!
When Windows XP first launched in 2001, 12 years ago, the DriveWorks journey was just beginning. Since then DriveWorks, and the world of computing, has come a long way. In 2001, the recommended requirements for running Windows XP were a measly 300 MHz processor and 128mb of ram. Today, most phones have specifications that can easily outpace these specifications. DriveWorks is now on version 10, having added 3D previews, custom form designer and online integration along the way. Despite the release of 5 versions of Windows since 2001, Windows XP still remains the second most used operating system globally. In April this year,…
-
Chris Cassettari, DriveWorks Pre Sales engineer – An introduction to DriveWorksXpress
If you are a first time DriveWorksXpress user or are just looking to boost your proficiency in SolidWorks then this hands on session will help you. In this introductory tutorial you will learn the basics of DriveWorks so that you too can start to automate the modification of your SolidWorks parts, assemblies and drawings. With DriveWorksXpress, you will save time and money by reducing repetitive design tasks and producing variations quickly and error free. During the Hands-On session you will learn how to drive SolidWorks geometry, create an input form and link the input fields to the model. You will…