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Tech Talks Webinar

Using Calculation Tables Effectively

Webinar | November 17th, 2022 | 3pm 4pm (GMT)

Make your DriveWorks Projects more powerful using Calculation Tables.

Calculation Tables combine DriveWorks Rules with tabulated data helping you build dynamic configurations.

In this 1-hour webinar, the DriveWorks experts will discuss what Calculation Tables are and why they were introduced. They will then go through examples of how Calculation Tables can be used and Tips & Tricks so you can use them effectively.

Our experts will cover:
The History of Calculation Tables (How and why they came to be)
Calculation Table Basics
Applications for Calculation Tables
Demo: Error and Warnings Design Validation Table
Demo: Dynamic UX Controller
Demo: Dynamic Assembly Design
Tips and Tricks

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

The webinar will be hosted on GoToWebinar on Thursday, November 17th at 3pm – 4pm (GMT).

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

Join Our Experts

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Paul Gimbel

DriveWorks Sherpa

Will Blower

Technical Specialist

Joel Till

Applications Engineer

Tech Talks Webinar

Using DriveWorks Live with Internet Information Services (IIS)

Webinar | October 20th, 2022 | 3pm 4pm (BST)

Get your DriveWorks configurators online using DriveWorks Live with Internet Information Services (IIS).

Using DriveWorks Live with IIS helps improve your overall implementation. It increases configurator performance and improves implementation availability. Using IIS gives you more control over how users access your implementation.

In this 1-hour webinar, the DriveWorks experts will discuss the benefits of using DriveWorks Live with IIS and show you how to set it up. Learn how you can successfully implement IIS to get your configurator online.

Our experts will cover:

  • What is DriveWorks Live?
  • What is IIS?
  • The benefits of using IIS
  • Setting up IIS with DriveWorks Live
    – Installing IIS
    – Implementing DriveWorks Live with IIS
  • DriveWorks Live IIS Wizard walkthrough
  • IIS Manager IIS walkthrough
  • Troubleshooting DriveWorks Live
  • Tips and Tricks

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

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

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

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Phil Gilbanks

Key Account Manager and Implementation Consultant

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Paul Gimbel

DriveWorks Sherpa

Running DriveWorks in the Cloud.

Thursday, December 10th

Every Thursday the DriveWorks Technical Team share their knowledge and expertise in these value-added webinars, exclusively for DriveWorks Pro Customers on Subscription Support and DriveWorks Reseller AEs.

In the coming weeks, the Tech Team Thursday webinars are advanced technical sessions, created for Digital DriveWorks World 2020. The presenter will be joining the session for a live Q&A.

If you downloaded the session during DriveWorks World and you had any questions about the topic – this is a great opportunity to get answers. Or, if you’re watching it for the first time, join us to learn and get involved in the conversation.

On Thursday, December 10th, DriveWorks Systems Developer, Jake will be sharing his knowledge about Running DriveWorks in the Cloud.

The cloud opens up many opportunities and options for where you would run DriveWorks.

DriveWorks has been updated to scale well in the cloud. This session will explore the options of running DriveWorks on the Azure, Amazon Web Service and Google Cloud platforms.

Jake will discuss the new features we added in DriveWorks 17 and its service packs for running DriveWorks in the cloud. Jake will also cover the new features added to DriveWorks 18 to take this even further.

In this webinar, Jake will cover:

  • What is the cloud?
    • The concepts that underpin the idea of the cloud
    • Definitions of those concepts
    • Cloud models
    • Benefits of the cloud
  • DriveWorks support for the cloud
    • What we have found from using the cloud
  • An example of cloud implementation
  • Creating a cloud strategy for your organisation

Learn about running DriveWorks in the cloud and take advantage of the vast computing power and connectivity the cloud brings.

Join us for a live Q&A with Jake answering your questions on Running DriveWorks in the Cloud.

The webinar will take place at 4pm GMT on Thursday, December 10th.

Find the webinar time in your time zone here.

Every Thursday the DriveWorks Technical Team share their knowledge and expertise in these value-added webinars, exclusively for DriveWorks Pro Customers on Subscription Support and DriveWorks Reseller.

On Thursday, 3rd December we will be joined by DriveWorks Partner, Hitech, for a guest session to talk about some of the projects theyve worked on.

Based in India, Hitech CADD Services is the specialist engineering arm of Hitech iSolutions, an Integrated Consulting and Solutions company focused on process management and optimization.

For over 27 years, Hitech has partnered with clients globally to support, improve and automate their engineering processes, resulting in scalability, flexibility and operational efficiencies.

Hitech first became an Authorised DriveWorks Partner in December 2016. Since then they have continued to grow working alongside engineering companies across USA, Canada, Europe, and Australia.

On Thursday, 3rd December Hitech will be delivering a 30-minute guest webinar sharing some of their own customer success stories and covering different DriveWorks deployments.

This webinar will be presented by Hitechs UK-based VP, Brett Parnham and DriveWorks Project Manager, Ketan Panchal.

There will be a live Q&A session following the webinar for you to ask your questions to the presenters.

The webinar will take place at 4pm GMT on Thursday, 3rd December.

Find the webinar time in your timezone here.

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Embed Projects into Your Website New Web API

Thursday, November 26th

Every Thursday the DriveWorks Technical Team share their knowledge and expertise in these value-added

webinars, exclusively for DriveWorks Pro Customers on Subscription Support and DriveWorks Reseller AEs.

In the coming weeks, the Tech Team Thursday webinars are advanced technical sessions, created for Digital DriveWorks World 2020. The presenter will be joining the session for a live Q&A.

If you downloaded the session during DriveWorks World and you had any questions about the topic – this is a great opportunity to get answers. Or, if you’re watching it for the first time, join us to learn and get involved in the conversation.

On Thursday, November 26th, DriveWorks Applications Engineer, Thomas will be sharing his knowledge about Embed Projects into Your Website New Web API.

DriveWorks 18 introduced the new Web API for DriveWorks Live, allowing you to connect to DriveWorks from any browser, 3rd party system or connected device.

Learn how the new functionality allows you to communicate with DriveWorks Live at an API level, giving you even tighter integration and possibilities for data exchange.

In this webinar, Thomas will cover: Web Services

  • DriveWorks Themes
  • What is the IntegrationTheme
  • Getting started
  • Built-in resources
  • Demo

Join us for a live Q&A with Thomas answering your questions on Embedding Projects into Your Website New Web API.

The webinar will take place at 4pm BST on Thursday, November 26th.

Find the webinar time in your time zone here.

A Tour of the DriveWorks Community and Our Resources.

Thursday, November 19th

Every Thursday the DriveWorks Team share their knowledge and expertise in these value-added webinars, exclusively for DriveWorks Pro Customers on Subscription Support and DriveWorks Reseller AEs.

On Thursday, November 19th, DriveWorks Marketing Manager, Jessica Taylor and Robert Hayward, Technical Marketing will be giving a tour of the DriveWorks Community and sharing the wide range of resources available within our community.

The DriveWorks Community gives you access to a variety of resources and enables you to connect with other DriveWorks users and share your ideas.

With more time in the office recently, our team have dedicated a lot of time to creating even more great content and valuable resources that we are proud to share with you.

In this webinar, we will be giving a full tour of the DriveWorks Community to make sure you can get the most out of all the useful features and resources.

There will be an exciting announcement you don’t want to miss!

Whether you are new to the DriveWorks Community or are already part of it, we welcome you to explore whats available.

This webinar will take place on Thursday, 19th November at 4 pm GMT.

Find the webinar time in your time zone here.

Getting Started with the DriveWorks API.

Thursday, November 12th

Every Thursday the DriveWorks Technical Team share their knowledge and expertise in these value-added webinars, exclusively for DriveWorks Pro Customers on Subscription Support and DriveWorks Reseller AEs.

In the coming weeks, the Tech Team Thursday webinars are advanced technical sessions, created for Digital DriveWorks World 2020. The presenter will be joining the session for a live Q&A.

If you downloaded the session during DriveWorks World and you had any questions about the topic – this is a great opportunity to get answers. Or, if you’re watching it for the first time, join us to learn and get involved in the conversation.

On Thursday, November 12th, Senior Software Developer, Colin will be sharing his knowledge about Getting Started with the DriveWorks API.

Every year we add more functionality to DriveWorks. We listen to user feedback and we use our own research, knowledge and testing to improve the software year after year.

Sometime DriveWorks users require niche functionality in their projects. This is where the DriveWorks API comes in handy.

In this webinar learn how to use the DriveWorks API to create, debug and deploy your own custom Functions, Generation Tasks and Specification Tasks.

Colin will cover Creating Custom Functions and Tasks Using the DriveWorks API.

You will learn how to use the DriveWorks API to create, debug and deploy your own custom Functions, Generation Tasks and Specification Tasks.

Join us for a live Q&A with Colin answering your questions on Getting Started with the DriveWorks API.

The webinar will take place at 4pm BST on Thursday, November 12th.

Find the webinar time in your time zone here.

Tech Team Thursday Webinar.

Reading & Writing Data to SQL Securely & Safely.

Thursday, November 5th

Every Thursday the DriveWorks Technical Team share their knowledge and expertise in these value-added webinars, exclusively for DriveWorks Pro Customers on Subscription Support and DriveWorks Reseller AEs.

In the coming weeks, the Tech Team Thursday webinars are advanced technical sessions, created for Digital DriveWorks World 2020. The presenter will be joining the session for a live Q&A.

If you downloaded the session during DriveWorks World and you had any questions about the topic – this is a great opportunity to get answers. Or, if you’re watching it for the first time, join us to learn and get involved in the conversation.

On Thursday, November 5th, DriveWorks Systems Developer, Jake will be sharing his knowledge about Reading & Writing Data to SQL Securely & Safely.

This presentation covers how you can read and write data securely to SQL from DriveWorks.

Learn how to effectively pull data from SQL to DriveWorks and to write data back to databases.

Jake will show you have to keep your data secure.

In this webinar, Jake will cover:

  • Why you should use SQL with your DriveWorks implementation
  • How DriveWorks integrates with SQL Servers
  • How to use SQL safely

Join us for a live Q&A with Jake answering your questions on Reading & Writing Data to SQL Securely & Safely.

The webinar will take place at 4pm GMT on Thursday, November 5th.

Find the webinar time in your time zone here.

Tech Team Thursday Webinar.

Gathering and Processing Data with Web Services.

Thursday, October 29th

Every Thursday the DriveWorks Technical Team share their knowledge and expertise in these value-added webinars, exclusively for DriveWorks Pro Customers on Subscription Support and DriveWorks Reseller AEs.

In the coming weeks, the Tech Team Thursday webinars are advanced technical sessions, created for Digital DriveWorks World 2020. The presenter will be joining the session for a live Q&A.

If you downloaded the session during DriveWorks World and you had any questions about the topic – this is a great opportunity to get answers. Or, if you’re watching it for the first time, join us to learn and get involved in the conversation.

On Thursday, October 29th, DriveWorks Key Account Manager and Implementation Consultant, Phil will be sharing his knowledge about Gathering and Processing Data with Web Services.

Web Services opens DriveWorks up to new ways of interacting with the outside world.

In this session, Phil will cover how DriveWorks communicates with Web Services to get and process data and how DriveWorks can run as a Web Service to communicate with your 3rd party applications.

Learn about gathering and processing data using Web Services.

In this webinar Phil will cover:

  • Web Services
    • What is it?
    • Why use it?
  • Getting Data into DriveWorks
    • Send HTTP Request Task
  • Creating Data using DriveWorks
  • Specification Creation using Web Service
  • Examples

Learn how you as a company can use DriveWorks to Web Services to expand your implementations.

Join us for a live Q&A with Phil answering your questions on Gathering and Processing Data with Web Services.

The webinar will take place at 4pm BST on Thursday, October 29th.

Tech Team Thursday Webinar.

Whats New in DriveWorks 18 SP1

Thursday, October 22nd

Join Our Whats New in DriveWorks 18 SP1 Webinar

In April we released our latest major version, DriveWorks 18 and presented about the new features and enhancements during Digital DriveWorks World.

Since then, we have continued to work hard on DriveWorks 18 Service Pack 1.

COVID-19 has enabled us to dedicate a lot of time to working on adding new enhancements and updates to this release.

On Thursday, 22nd October, DriveWorks CEO, Glen Smith will be hosting a Tech Team Thursday webinar sharing Whats New in DriveWorks 18 SP1.

Join Glen at 4pm BST as he takes you through all of the new features and latest enhancements in DriveWorks Pro 18 SP1.

The webinar will take place at 4pm BST on Thursday, October 22nd.

Find the webinar time in your time zone here.

Tech Team Thursday Webinar.

Using DriveWorks with SOLIDWORKS PDM.

Thursday, October 15th

Every Thursday the DriveWorks Tech Team share their knowledge and expertise in these value-added webinars exclusively for DriveWorks Reseller AEs and DriveWorks Pro customers on subscription support.

In our new series, the DriveWorks Technical team will be running advanced technical sessions created for Digital DriveWorks World, with a live Q&A with the presenter.

On Thursday, October 15th, DriveWorks Applications Engineer, Ollie will be sharing his knowledge about Using DriveWorks with SOLIDWORKS PDM.

DriveWorks can create a lot of files very quickly. Many customers choose to manage those files inside a PDM Vault.

Since DriveWorks can store these files automatically, this session looks at the options and set up for integrating DriveWorks with PDM Pro.

In this webinar, Ollie will cover:

  • Things required for PDM and DriveWorks
  • Setting up DriveWorks for PDM
  • Plugin Settings
  • Multi-Machine Environment
  • Storing Master Files
  • PDM Tasks in the product
  • PDM Functions

Join us for a live Q&A with Ollie answering your questions on Using DriveWorks with SOLIDWORKS PDM.

The webinar will take place at 4pm BST on Thursday, October 15th.

Find the webinar time in your timezone here.

Every Thursday the DriveWorks Technical Team share their knowledge and expertise in these value-added webinars, exclusively for DriveWorks Pro Customers on Subscription Support and DriveWorks Reseller AEs.

In the coming weeks, the Tech Team Thursday webinars are advanced technical sessions, created forDigital DriveWorks World 2020. The presenter will be joining the session for a live Q&A.

If you downloaded the session during DriveWorks World and you had any questions about the topic this is a great opportunity to get answers. Or, if youre watching it for the first time, join us to learn and get involved in the conversation.

On Thursday, October 8th, DriveWorks Senior Applications Engineer, Dave will be sharing his knowledge aboutImmersive 3D Interaction and VR.

Over the years we have added lots of new features to DriveWorks 3D.

Use the latest DriveWorks 3D functionality to create an immersive online 3D experience. Engage your customers and end-users with a powerful interactive 3D experience.

This session covers 3D Document, 3D Icons, Animate, Smooth Nodes and VR.

In this webinar, Dave will cover:

  • What is DriveWorks 3D?
  • Click Macros
  • Appearance
  • Entities
  • Animations
  • VR
  • Benefits

Learn about using new and existing features to truly interact with your 3D model and create an immersive experience with 3D.

Join us for a live Q&A with Daveanswering your questionsonImmersive 3D Interaction and VR.

The webinar will take place at 4pm BST on Thursday, October 8th.

Find the webinar time in your time zonehere.

Tech Team Thursday Webinar.

Creating 3D Layouts in a Browser

Thursday, October 1st

Every Thursday the DriveWorks Technical Team share their knowledge and expertise in these value-added webinars, exclusively for DriveWorks Pro Customers on Subscription Support and DriveWorks Reseller AEs.

In the coming weeks, the Tech Team Thursday webinars are advanced technical sessions, created for Digital DriveWorks World 2020. The presenter will be joining the session for a live Q&A.

If you downloaded the session during DriveWorks World and you had any questions about the topic – this is a great opportunity to get answers. Or, if you’re watching it for the first time, join us to learn and get involved in the conversation.

On Thursday, October 1st, DriveWorks Senior Applications Engineer, Thomas will be sharing his knowledge about Creating 3D Layouts in a Browser.

Being able to click on your 3D model, then pick and choose options, is a great way to configure products.

Weve specifically added a whole set of features in DriveWorks 18 to help you create web-based layouts in 3D.

In this session, learn how to create an interactive 3D layout configuration experience in DriveWorks.

In this webinar, Thomas will cover:

  • What actually is a Layout?
  • Layouts Examples
  • Planning Your Layout
  • Tools/Methods
  • Performance Visuals
  • Validation
  • Factory Layout Demo Tour

Learn some tips and tricks to creating 3D layouts in a browser with DriveWorks.

Join us for a live Q&A with Tom answering your questions on Creating 3D Layouts in a Browser.

The webinar will take place at 4pm BST on Thursday, October 1st.

Find the webinar time in your time zone here.

Tech Team Thursday Webinar.

Working with XML Data in DriveWorks.

Thursday, September 24th

Every Thursday the DriveWorks Technical Team share their knowledge and expertise in these value-added webinars, exclusively for DriveWorks Pro Customers on Subscription Support and DriveWorks Reseller AEs.

In the coming weeks, the Tech Team Thursday webinars are advanced technical sessions, created for Digital DriveWorks World 2020. The presenter will be joining the session for a live Q&A.

If you downloaded the session during DriveWorks World and you had any questions about the topic – this is a great opportunity to get answers. Or, if you’re watching it for the first time, join us to learn and get involved in the conversation.

On Thursday, September 24th, DriveWorks Senior Technical Specialist, Tom will be sharing his knowledge about Working with XML Data in DriveWorks.

XML is a common data format for integrating different systems, useful for storing preference settings, working with the web and sharing data with other programs.

In this session, Tom will cover how DriveWorks reads and writes XML data efficiency.

Discover the best ways to work with XML data in DriveWorks.

Learn how to bring XML data into DriveWorks from another system or how to pass configurated data from DriveWorks to drive your downstream processes.

In this webinar, Tom will cover:

  • An introduction to XML and DriveWorks
  • Why use XML?
  • Demonstration of loading and reading XML data
  • Writing XML data using simple XML document
  • Writing XML data using advanced XML data documents
  • Demonstration of simple and advanced XML documents
  • Other uses of XML documents in DriveWorks
  • Demonstration of Web Service Connector and send HTTP Request Tasks

Learn about reading XML data, writing XML data and everything in between.

Join us for a live Q&A with Tom answering your questions on Working with XML Data in DriveWorks.

The webinar will take place at 4pm BST on Thursday, September 24th.

Find the webinar time in your time zone here.

Tech Team Thursday Webinar.

Load Balancing & Scaling.

Thursday, September 17th

Every Thursday the DriveWorks Technical Team share their knowledge and expertise in these value-added webinars, exclusively for DriveWorks Pro Customers on Subscription Support and DriveWorks Reseller AEs.

In the coming weeks, the Tech Team Thursday webinars are advanced technical sessions, created for Digital DriveWorks World 2020. The presenter will be joining the session for a live Q&A.

If you downloaded the session during DriveWorks World and you had any questions about the topic – this is a great opportunity to get answers. Or, if you’re watching it for the first time, join us to learn and get involved in the conversation.

On Thursday, September 17th, DriveWorks Applications Engineer, Ian will be sharing his knowledge about Load Balancing and Scaling.

DriveWorks has been architected to allow load balancing across multiple machines both for your users and the downstream document and data creation.

In this webinar, Ian will show you how to scale your DriveWorks implementation online to be performant for any number of users or tasks.

You will learn how you can scale up your implementation to handle more throughput, allowing you to deliver your automated designs faster than ever before.

In this session, Ian will cover the technicalities of scaling DriveWorks online including installation, set up and licensing, making the most of cloud and how to create a resilient implementation.

In this webinar, Ian will cover:

Useful background knowledge

What is Load Balancing?

Why Load Balance?

Should I Load Balance?

Load Balancing DriveWorks Autopilot

Load Balancing DriveWorks Live

Case Study of DriveWorks Live

Learn some useful tips and tricks on how to take advantage of more computing power to manage more users and to get quicker results.

Find out how to manage risk across multiple machines to maximise availability and to reduce downtime.

Join us for a live Q&A with Ian answering your questions on Load Balancing and Scaling.

Find the webinar time in your time zone here.