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Tech Talks Webinar

Next Level: Enhance & Accelerate Your Implementation Using DriveApps

Webinar | Thursday, 16th May | 3pm 4pm (GMT)

This series of Tech Talks focuses on taking your DriveWorks Implementation to the Next Level. Throughout the series, DriveWorks experts will share valuable insights to help you make enhancements to different aspects of your implementation.

Join us to find out how you can use DriveApps to accelerate your implementation speed and focus on whats unique to your own implementation. During this session, the DriveWorks Team will cover how you can use DriveApps to improve an existing implementation and how you can use DriveApps to get into production quickly.

This webinar is exclusively for DriveWorks Pro Customers with Subscription, DriveWorks Resellers and Authorised Partners.

To attend, please register in the MyDriveWorks Community. Click the button to log in and register.

Tech Talks Webinar

Next Level: What DriveWorks 22 Means for Your Implementation

Webinar | Thursday, 18th April | 3pm 4pm (GMT)

This series of Tech Talks focuses on taking your DriveWorks Implementation to the Next Level. Throughout the series, DriveWorks experts will share valuable insights to help you make enhancements to different aspects of your implementation.

In this session, our experts will share a recap of DriveWorks 22 feature highlights and explain how you can use them to enhance and improve your own implementations.

This webinar is exclusively for DriveWorks Pro Customers with Subscription, DriveWorks Resellers and Authorised Partners.

To attend, please register in the MyDriveWorks Community. Click the button to log in and register.

Tech Talks Webinar

Next Level: Enhancing the Performance of Your 3D

Webinar | Thursday, 21st March | 3pm 4pm (GMT)

This series of Tech Talks focuses on taking your DriveWorks Implementation to the Next Level. Throughout the series, DriveWorks experts will share valuable insights to help you make enhancements to different aspects of your implementation.

In this session, our experts will explain how you can identify aspects of your 3D that can be modified to improve performance.

During this session we will cover:

  • troubleshooting tools
  • techniques to optimize your 3D
  • tips to improve overall user experience when using DriveWorks 3D Technology

This webinar is exclusively for DriveWorks Pro Customers with Subscription, DriveWorks Resellers and Authorised Partners.

To attend, please register in the MyDriveWorks Community. Click the button to log in and register.

Tech Talks Webinar

Next Level: Enhancing the User Experience of Your Configurator Using Forms and UI

Webinar | Thursday, 22nd February | 3pm 4pm (GMT)

This series of Tech Talks focuses on taking your DriveWorks Implementation to the Next Level. Throughout the series, DriveWorks experts will share valuable insights to help you make enhancements to different aspects of your implementation.

In this session, our experts will cover how to improve your configurators user experience by making the most of DriveWorks Forms and UI Technology.

During this Tech Talk, the team will explain to take a basic configurator and use Form Controls, Specifications Macros and other DriveWorks Technology to enhance its user experience so you can apply the same techniques to your own configurators.

This webinar is exclusively for DriveWorks Pro Customers with Subscription, DriveWorks Resellers and Authorised Partners.

To attend, please register in the MyDriveWorks Community. Click the button to log in and register.

Tech Talks Webinar

Next Level: Setting Up and Using Development, Testing and Production Environments

Webinar | Thursday, 18th January | 3pm 4pm (GMT)

This series of Tech Talks focuses on taking your DriveWorks Implementation to the Next Level. Throughout the series, DriveWorks experts will share valuable insights to help you make enhancements to different aspects of your implementation.

In this session, our experts will explain the benefits of setting up and using Development, Testing and Production Environments.

Join the DriveWorks team to find out how setting up multiple DriveWorks environments can improve your DriveWorks implementation and take it to the next level.

During this Tech Talk, the team will cover:

  • what makes up a DriveWorks implementation
  • the benefits setting up multiple environments can have on your implementation
  • how data can be moved between environments
  • share how we manage some of our own DriveWorks implementations.

This webinar is exclusively for DriveWorks Pro Customers with Subscription, DriveWorks Resellers and Authorised Partners.

To attend, please register in the MyDriveWorks Community. Click the button to log in and register.

Webinar:
Improve Your Sales & Manufacturing Processes with CPQ for ERP

Wednesday, September 13th

11am EST

Implementing a Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ) solution enables manufacturing companies, of all sizes and across all industries, to offer guided selling for configurable products.

CPQ software captures the knowledge, information, and decisions that sales and engineering teams use to order and design products.

DriveWorks is the most popular CPQ add-in to SOLIDWORKS. It allows you to configure custom products on any device, anywhere, and automatically create sales documents and manufacturing data.

DELMIAWorks Manufacturing ERP (formerly IQMS) is an end-to-end ERP System developed with a shop floor first focus to help manufacturers increase efficiency and visibility of performance on the plant floor.

Integrating DriveWorks CPQ with your DELMIAWorks ERP system gives you power, flexibility, and re-use of your SOLIDWORKS design data. Enabling you to easily create 3D product visuals, configure them to order, and connect directly to your ERP system to create a smooth buying experience for your customers.

Integrating DriveWorks with your DELMIAWorks ERP system is simple, DriveWorks comes with an out-of-the-box solution to perform bi-directional data transfer, allowing you to implement a CPQ solution without the need for a time-consuming and complex setup process.

Join this webinar hosted by DriveWorks and DELMIAWorks experts to learn how you can:

  • Implement intelligent guided selling
  • Streamline your order process
  • Reduce errors
  • Improve customer experience
  • Shorten sales cycles

Register Now

Wednesday, September 13th

11am EST

DriveWorks Drivers

Virtual Networking Meetings

DriveWorks Drivers aims to connect DriveWorks Users from around the world, invite guest speakers to share experiences and encourage questions and dialogue about the technology.

These virtual networking meetings are hosted by us, as a value add for people using DriveWorks Solo or Pro who have an active subscription.

These sessions are also open to authorized Applications Engineers from our VARs with a DriveWorks focus, who can contribute to the conversations too.

DriveWorks Drivers Networking Event – Register Now

The next DriveWorks Drivers virtual networking meetingwill take place on Thursday 14th Septmeber 2023.

The event will be held at two different times to ensure that you can join at a time that best suits you!

The first session will be held at 1:30pm (NZST) and the second at 3pm (BST).

This is avirtual networking eventso you can join from anywhere.

The meeting will last around 60 minutes on Microsoft Teams.

DriveWorks Drivers meetings are technical-focused events for DriveWorks customers with active subscription, authorized partners and reseller technical staff only.

We cant wait to welcome you to the next meeting!

Register Now

Thursday, 14th September 2023

Join us at 1.30pm NZST

Thursday, 14th September 2023

Join us at 3pm BST

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New Feature Focus: PDF Integration

Webinar | Thursday, 14th December | 3pm 4pm (GMT)

During DriveWorks World 2023, Glen Smith, DriveWorks CEO, shared the latest features and functionality added in DriveWorks 21.

DriveWorks 21 is one of the biggest major releases of DriveWorks in recent years.

In these New Feature Focus webinars, our team will put a spotlight on the new features and functionality added to our latest release.

In this session, our experts will look at the new PDF Integration technology that has been added in DriveWorks 21.

Followed by a live Q & A with the DriveWorks experts.

This webinar is exclusively for DriveWorks Pro Customers with Subscription, DriveWorks Resellers and Authorised Partners.

The webinar will be hosted on GoToWebinar on Thursday, 14th December at 3pm (GMT).

DriveWorks Drivers

Virtual Networking Meetings

DriveWorks Drivers aims to connect DriveWorks Users from around the world, invite guest speakers to share experiences and encourage questions and dialogue about the technology.

These virtual networking meetings are hosted by us, as a value add for people using DriveWorks Solo or Pro who have an active subscription.

These sessions are also open to authorized Applications Engineers from our VARs with a DriveWorks focus, who can contribute to the conversations too.

DriveWorks Drivers Networking Event – Register Now

The next DriveWorks Drivers virtual networking meeting will take place on Thursday 15th June 2023.

This is avirtual networking eventso you can join from anywhere.

The meeting will last around 60 minutes.

The meeting will be held viaMicrosoft Teamsand you will receive a link to join the event separately.

DriveWorks Drivers meetings are technical-focused events for DriveWorks customers with active subscription and reseller technical staff only.

We cant wait to welcome you to the next meeting!

Join us on Thursday, 15th June at 1.30pm (NZST)

This session will be hosted by Paul Gimbel and Ahmed Lasheen from the DriveWorks team.

Join in live to ask questions, connect and learn.

Thursday, 15th June 2023

Join us at 1.30pm NZST

Introduction to using DriveWorks as a 3D Sales Configurator

DriveWorks Pro combines powerful SOLIDWORKS速 part, assembly, and drawing automation with engaging 3D CPQ sales configurator features to enable manufacturers to implement a successful digital selling strategy, work smarter, reduce errors, and exceed customer expectations.

In this webinar, our product experts will share their knowledge of Using DriveWorks as a 3D Sales Configurator.

Learnhow creating an online sales configuratorwith DriveWorks can help you tostay ahead of your competition, reduce costs, and win more business.

Respond to customer enquiries faster, improve customer experience with guided selling and 3D visualisation.

Help customers visualise configurable product options with images and interactive 3D previews. Communicate design details easily and spend more time solving customer challenges.

Introduction to Using DriveWorks as a 3D Sales Configurator

Tuesday, 21st May

1pm AEST

Join our experts as they take you through the steps involved to set up DriveWorks as a 3D Sales Configurator.

1. Design User Interface (UI)

You have complete control over the design and behaviour of your configurator. Choose from over 20 user interface controls, including images, text inputs, dropdowns, and buttons.

2. Build Rules & Logic

Enter your design knowledge into custom rules, created in the intelligent DriveWorks Rules Builder. Automatically guide users, validate product selections and create sales and manufacturing documentation.

3. Configure Again & Again

Customers, sales teams, and distributors can configure your products on any device, anywhere. Guide users to the correct buying decision based on their needs and budget.

On Tuesday, 21st May, the DriveWorks team will be presenting the session live at 1pm (AEST).

Join us to learn more and ask any questions you have about Using DriveWorks as a 3D Sales Configurator.

If this meeting time doesnt work for you, were also meeting at 3pm BST find out more and register here.

Sign up to the other webinars in the series to learn more about DriveWorks

Introduction to Creating a CPQ Solution Using DriveWorks

DriveWorks Pro combines powerful SOLIDWORKS速 part, assembly, and drawing automation with engaging 3D CPQ sales configurator features to enable manufacturers to implement a successful digital selling strategy, work smarter, reduce errors, and exceed customer expectations.

Use DriveWorks toconfigure, price and quote configurable products faster and with greater accuracy.

In this webinar, our product experts will share their knowledge of Creating a CPQ Solution Using DriveWorks.

Learnhow to build a CPQ solutionwith DriveWorks tostay ahead of your competition, reduce costs, and win more business.

Respond to customer enquiries faster,improve customer experiencewith guided selling and 3D visualisation, andautomatically generate all of the documents and data to sell and manufacture custom products.

Introduction to Creating a CPQ Solution Using DriveWorks

Tuesday, 28th May

3pm BST

Join our experts as they take you through the steps involved in creating a CPQ Solution using DriveWorks.

1. Design User Interface (UI)

You have complete control over the design and behaviour of your configurator. Choose from over 20 user interface controls, including images, text inputs, dropdowns, and buttons.

2. Build Rules & Logic

Enter your design knowledge into custom rules, created in the intelligent DriveWorks Rules Builder. Automatically guide users, validate product selections and create sales and manufacturing documentation.

3. Configure Again & Again

Customers, sales teams, and distributors can configure your products on any device, anywhere. Guide users to the correct buying decision based on their needs and budget.

On Tuesday, 28th May, the DriveWorks team will be presenting the session live at 3pm BST.

Join us to learn more and ask any questions you have about Creating a CPQ Solution Using DriveWorks.

If this meeting time doesnt work for you, were also meeting at 1pm AEST find out more and register here.

Tech Talks Webinar

DriveWorks Software Are You Up to Date?

Webinar | 20th April, 2023 | 3pm 4pm (BST)

Find out what features and functionality were added in DriveWorks 18, DriveWorks 19 and DriveWorks 20 ahead of the upcoming release of DriveWorks 21.

Learn about features you might not know about that we think will improve your implementations.

In this 1-hour webinar, the DriveWorks experts will discuss some of the features that were added in the past three releases of DriveWorks.

Our experts will cover:

  • Features that were added in DriveWorks 18, DriveWorks 19 and DriveWorks 20.
  • Remind you of features you might have missed in these releases.
  • Discuss in-depth features that can benefit your DriveWorks projects.
  • Prepare you for the release of DriveWorks 21.

This webinar will be led by the DriveWorks experts and will be delivered in a discussion format.

The webinar will be hosted on GoToWebinar on Thursday, 20th April at 3pm – 4pm (BST).

This webinar is exclusively for DriveWorks Pro Customers with Subscription, DriveWorks Resellers and Authorised Partners.

Join Our Experts

Oliver Basma-Lord

Technical Engagement Manager

Ian Prossor

Senior Applications Engineer

Paul Gimbel

DriveWorks Sherpa

Introduction to Using DriveWorks for Automating Your SOLIDWORKS速 Designs

DriveWorks combines powerful SOLIDWORKS速 part, assembly, and drawing automation with engaging 3D CPQ sales configurator features to enable manufacturers to implement a successful digital selling strategy, work smarter, reduce errors, and exceed customer expectations.

In this webinar, our product experts will share their knowledge and give you an introduction to Using DriveWorks for Automating Your SOLIDWORKS速 Designs.

Learn how to capture and reuse design, manufacturing, and cost estimation knowledge to deliver custom products faster and with greater accuracy, without using complex macros, design tables or configurations.

Rules-based automation eliminates errors and expensive, time-consuming design changes. Automating repetitive SOLIDWORKS速 tasks gives engineers more time to focus on valuable product innovation and development.

Introduction to Using DriveWorks for Automating Your SOLIDWORKS速 Designs

Tuesday, 14th May

3pm BST

Join our experts as they take you through the steps involved to set up DriveWorks to automate your SOLIDWORKS速 designs.

1. Capture SOLIDWORKS速 Models

Capture the parameters you currently change manually in your SOLIDWORKS速 models, assemblies, and drawings using the DriveWorks Add-in.

2. Build Rules & Logic

Enter your engineering knowledge into custom rules to automatically control and update the captured parameters using the intelligent DriveWorks Rules Builder.

3. Run Project
Run your DriveWorks project over and over again. Enter order-specific design requirements and automatically generate new SOLIDWORKS速 models, assemblies, drawings, and BOMs, based on your rules.

On Tuesday, 14th May, the DriveWorks team will be presenting the session live at 3pm (BST).

Join us to learn more and ask any questions you have about Using DriveWorks for Automating Your SOLIDWORKS速 Designs.

If this meeting time doesnt work for you, were also meeting at 1pm AEDT find out more and register here.

Sign up to the other webinars in the series to learn more about DriveWorks

Tech Talks Webinar

SOLIDWORKS Modeling for DriveWorks – Best Practice

Webinar | 19th January, 2023 | 3pm 4pm (GMT)

SOLIDWORKS Modeling for DriveWorks – Best Practices when Modelling in SOLIDWORKS for Automation

Join the DriveWorks Team to find out how they prepare their SOLIDWORKS models for DriveWorks and design automation.

Starting from the basics, the DriveWorks experts will cover how DriveWorks generates new SOLIDWORKS models, the impact this has on your modelling techniques, and demonstrate best practices when working with your SOLIDWORKS models.

As always, the session will be live and include live questions and answers so you can ask the questions you want.

Our experts will cover:

    • Modelling for Automation Overview
    • Bottom up/TopDown/in-context
    • Benefits of using DriveWorks
    • Modeling Techniques Demos
    • Should Captured Models be Overloaded?
    • Modelling Replacements
    • Making the Most of SOLIDWORKS Functionality
    • Tips, Tricks and Troubleshooting
    • Multiple models from a single master

Followed by a live Q & A with the DriveWorks experts.

The webinar will be hosted on GoToWebinar on Thursday, 19th January at 3pm – 4pm (GMT).

This webinar is exclusively for DriveWorks Pro Customers with Subscription, DriveWorks Resellers and Authorised Partners.

Join Our Experts

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Dave Meecham

DriveWorks Technical Manager

Conor Fadden

Applications Engineer

Sebastien Mella

Applications Engineer

Register Now for DriveWorks World 2023

Tuesday 21st to Thursday 23rd March 2023

DriveWorks World is the annual technical learning event for DriveWorks users and resellers.

The focus of the event is always on sharing knowledge, technical know-how and handy tips and tricks.

This is your opportunity to join hundreds of peers from across the globe to share knowledge, hear about the latest updates and learn how to get the very best from your software.

Were adding even more opportunities to learn for DriveWorks World 2023 you dont want to miss it!

DriveWorks World 2023 will span 3 days, from Tuesday 21st to Thursday 23rd March 2023.

Tuesday 21st is exclusively for DriveWorks resellers. Wednesday 22nd and Thursday 23rd is open to all DriveWorks users.

DriveWorks World 2023 will be hosted virtually and tickets are free for all DriveWorks customers with active subscription, reseller technical staff and authorised DriveWorks partners.

Secure your place and receive updates from us as we announce more details of the event.

What to Expect

The agenda for DriveWorks World will be packed with the most valuable updates, training and networking opportunities for DriveWorks users.

Were busy building the full agenda, but heres what you can expect from virtual DriveWorks World 2023.

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Join

Join DriveWorks World from wherever you are in the world. Choose sessions that suit your learning and knowledge level.

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Connect

Exchange tips, discuss ideas and get inspiration from customer presentations sharing how they are using the software.

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Learn

Advance your technical knowledge of DriveWorks. Choose the most valuable sessions to improve your DriveWorks projects.

Technical Learning Sessions

Learn from DriveWorks experts how to use specific functionality, pick up tips and tricks and best practices. There are sessions for different skill levels and the opportunity to ask questions.

What’s New in DriveWorks 21

We’ll be revealing the new features and functionality added in DriveWorks 21. Learn why we’ve added certain functionality and how to make the most of it. Share your ideas with us too.

Customer Stories

Learn how other companies across many different industries are using DriveWorks. Pick up ideas for your own projects and learn from each other. Interested in sharing your story? Let us know.

700+ DriveWorks users attended DriveWorks World 2022.
With even more opportunities to learn, don’t miss the chance to connect with your peers and share knowledge at DriveWorks World 2023.

“Brilliant atmosphere with lots of like minded people as well as having brilliant content.”

“I loved it… Extremely convenient and enjoyable.”

“This was such a cool idea! Were already using techniques learned.”

“The format and organisation was FANTASTIC.”

“A great event even though it was remote, I loved how interactive it was.”

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