DriveWorks Pro
SOLIDWORKS® automation & CPQ product configurator software
DriveWorks Pro overview
Use DriveWorks Pro to build your own SOLIDWORKS automation and CPQ product configurator solution.
DriveWorks is suitable for any industry designing same but different products, save time, reduce errors, and win more orders with DriveWorks Pro.
Why DriveWorks Pro?
Connect sales and manufacturing to deliver custom products faster and eliminate errors
Guided selling
Ensure customers and sales teams configure the ideal solution every time with intelligent rules-based guided selling.
Any device, anywhere
Enable customers and sales teams to configure custom products on any device with DriveWorks Live.
Integration
Integrate DriveWorks Pro with your other company systems, to work more efficiently and effectively.
Connect teams
Connect sales and manufacturing to ensure you only offer products that can be manufactured, eliminating errors and boosting quality.
Automate Tasks
DriveWorks SOLIDWORKS® automation eliminates errors and expensive, time-consuming design changes.
Simple set up
Deliver custom products faster and with greater accuracy, without using complex macros, design tables or code.
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DriveWorks Pro features
Complete SOLIDWORKS automation
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.
- Complete SOLIDWORKS automation using Generation Tasks
- Automate SOLIDWORKS PDM, SOLIDWORKS MBD and SOLIDWORKS CAM
- Full control over drawings, BOMs and manufacturing documents
Online visual sales configurator
Enable sales teams, distributors and customers to configure custom products on any device, anywhere. Connect sales and manufacturing to reduce costs, errors and lead time.
- Optimized for all browsers and devices
- Simple to add to your website
- Control users and security
Interactive 3D visualizations
Configure products in 3D on any device with DriveWorks 3D Preview.
- Communicate complex designs easily using interactive 3D
- Import existing 3D models and geometry. DriveWorks supports files in .stl, .obj, .gtlf, .gtlb, .iam, .ipt, .par, .psm and .asm formats.
- View products in immersive Virtual Reality (VR)
Integrate with other company systems
It’s easy to securely pass data between DriveWorks and other company systems including ERP, MRP and CRM. Reduce manual data entry to cut down costly errors. Learn more about how DriveWorks can integrate with your company systems.
- Query data from your CRM directly
- Pass data to other company systems
- Dedicated SOLIDWORKS PDM integration
Intelligent workflow
DriveWorks gives you full control over who, what and when. The intelligent workflow technology allows you to manage team permissions, approval processes and customer journeys.
- Boost quality by adding approval steps and sign off permissions for teams
- Create documents and SOLIDWORKS files at the right time
- Manage order progress and automatically send status updates
Automatically generate documents
DriveWorks automates the creation of many document types, including Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, or HTML files. Automatically create custom-branded quotations, covering letters, delivery notes, BOMs and more. DriveWorks can also save your SOLIDWORKS parts, assemblies and drawings in a variety of other formats, such as eDrawings, DXFs, PDF and so on.
- Create Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, HTML, XML and text files
- Automatically send emails with generated documents and approval drawings attached
- Create BOMs, cut lists and supporting documents for manufacturing
Dynamic data
Use external data in your DriveWorks projects to create great user experiences.
- Query SQL databases such as Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle and MySQL
- Import data from Excel, XML and text files
- Request live data, such as shipping rates and material costs, using HTTP request
Scalable and cloud-ready
Easily scale your DriveWorks implementation using our modern web API and support for Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google Cloud.
- Support for Azure, AWS and Google Cloud
- Modern web API providing data and UI integration on any device
- Flexible DriveWorks Live licensing to cover peaks in usage
DriveWorks Pro modules
DriveWorks Pro is made up of 4 software modules.
The modularity of DriveWorks Pro makes it easy to build a solution that suits your company’s changing needs.
Get started with DriveWorks Administrator and then add functionality and modules as and when you need it.
DriveWorks Administrator
Setup and manage your automation and configurator project with DriveWorks Administrator and the SOLIDWORKS Add-in.
DriveWorks Autopilot
Automatically generate custom product data and associated documentation for engineering, manufacturing and sales. Automatically send emails and bulk process orders.
DriveWorks User
Enable engineers, sales teams and non-technical users within your business to run your design automation projects, configure custom products and create sales and manufacturing documentation automatically.
DriveWorks Live
Transform your existing design automation projects into online sales configurators, enabling your sales teams, distributors, dealers, and customers to easily configure and view your products in 3D on any device in their web browser.
How to buy DriveWorks
DriveWorks is sold worldwide and supported locally by authorized and certified DriveWorks resellers, on your time zone.
Training and resources
DriveWorks Pro customers with active DriveWorks Subscription have access to a wealth of resources created by our technical experts
Training
The training covers the core concepts: Rules, Automation, Form Design, Work Flow and Configuration. Download the training material from the MyDriveWorks community or contact your reseller to attend a training class.
Help file
The DriveWorks Pro Online Help File has detailed information on all aspects of DriveWorks. Quickly and easily find the answers to your questions whenever you need them.
Webinars
Learn more about specific DriveWorks Pro topics in our extensive technical webinar library, where the DriveWorks technical experts share their knowledge and best practices.
DriveWorks Pro forum
The MyDriveWorks Community is a worldwide community. Engage with others, share ideas, and learn more in the forum.
Software
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DriveWorksXpress
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DriveWorks Solo
Powerful SOLIDWORKS® design automation. Download your 30-day free trial of DriveWorks Solo.
DriveWorks Pro
Complete SOLIDWORKS® automation and online 3D CPQ configurator software. Try one of our configurator examples now.
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