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DriveWorksXpress overview

DriveWorksXpress is entry-level design automation that’s included for free in every seat of SOLIDWORKS.

Use DriveWorksXpress to automatically create new, order-specific versions of your SOLIDWORKS parts, assemblies, and drawings.

Setting up and using DriveWorksXpress is simple. Capture the parameters you manually update in SOLIDWORKS, build a form to enter your product requirements, and create rules to accurately calculate how the captured parameters should be updated.

Once DriveWorksXpress is set up, you can run it again and again to automatically create new SOLIDWORKS files.

Activate your free license of DriveWorksXpress in the SOLIDWORKS® tools menu.

Get started with DriveWorksXpress

Simple to set up and maintain

DriveWorksXpress is simple to set up and maintain. Forget complex SOLIDWORKS macros, design tables, and configurations.

Automate tasks and focus on what matters most

Automate repetitive SOLIDWORKS tasks and free up time to focus on product innovation and development.

Eliminate errors

DriveWorksXpress uses rules to eliminate errors and expensive, time-consuming design changes.

DriveWorksXpress features

Free SOLIDWORKS automation without complex macros, design tables, or configurations.

Automate SOLIDWORKS

Capture and control the parameters you manually change in your SOLIDWORKS models and assemblies in DriveWorksXpress.

Control dimensions, features, custom properties and switch configurations.
Update drawings by associating them with driven models.
Add and update captured parameters easily.

Input forms

Create input forms to enter product requirements. Add validation to controls to ensure inputs are always suitable.

Show requirements and add validation to inputs.
Add text boxes, numeric text boxes, drop-down lists, spin buttons and checkboxes.
Set default values and order of controls on input form.

Rules builder

Build rules to link input controls with captured parameters using the intelligent DriveWorks Rules Builder.

Define your design knowledge using mathematical formulas and logical statements.
Use standard Excel functions.
Use intelligent file naming to build a library of components.

How to activate DriveWorksXpress

DriveWorksXpress design automation is included for free in every seat of SOLIDWORKS.

Open DriveWorksXpress

Open DriveWorksXpress from the Tools menu in SOLIDWORKS, click the link and go to your MySolidWorks Account.

Get your activation code

Copy your activation code and paste it into the DriveWorksXpress activation window in SOLIDWORKS.

Automate SOLIDWORKS

Set up DriveWorksXpress once and use your forms over and over again to configure new variations.

View DriveWorksXpress learning resources

Training and resources

Resources to help you get the most from DriveWorksXpress.

Training

Join our DriveWorksXpress Getting Started Webinar to learn the first steps to automating with DriveWorksXpress.

DriveWorks Learning Portal

The DriveWorks Learning Portal offers a whole host of DriveWorks training courses and resources for you to access at any time.

How to videos

Watch video clips to learn how to capture parameters in your SOLIDWORKS model, create an input form and build rules to generate new variations.

Sample projects

Download and learn from DriveWorksXpress sample projects. Each one is ready to run inside SOLIDWORKS.

Help file

You’ll find the DriveWorksXpress help file by pressing F1 or the help icon from inside SOLIDWORKS.

Little Book of Rules

Packed with examples of the rules used to automate designs with DriveWorks and a guide to the syntax you can use. Buy the Little Book of Rules here or tell us what you have achieved with DriveWorks and we’ll send you one for free!