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Another Reseller signs up to sell and support DriveWorks

 

We are delighted to welcome Origen to the DriveWorks Reseller Community.

Headquartered in Seville, Spain, Origen are already a well established SolidWorks Reseller.

Custom Railings created by DriveWorksXpress

Create your own railings/gate design with DriveWorksXpress.

Download the DriveWorksXpress file from the website. Open it up in SolidWorks - enter your dimensions and there you go one fully designed set of railings with manufacturing drawings.

All you need to do now is get someone to make them for you :D

http://www.driveworksxpress.com//index.php/Industry-Examples/Railing.html

Exlar Corporation describes Design Automation Savings

Saving Time and Money through Design Automation was the subject of the presentation at SolidWorks World 2009 by Trevor Waldeland and Eric Summerfield of Exlar

The customer has the option to put any motor on this product line.

Because of this, there is a list of things that can vary with the motor plate. (shown in Orange)

• Pulley center to center distance
• Motor mounting screws bolt circle
• Motor pilot diameter and depth
• Size of the motor mounting screws

 

There are 2 steps to using Design Automation with DriveWorksXpress.

1. Setting Up your project
2. Running your project

So once you have decided what things can change, you identify and capture those things from your SolidWorks Model, make sure you have a drawing, create a form and build your rules.

Once that is done you simply fill out your form with the specification for your new variation.

 

Your new part will now have all the new dimensions we entered.
You can now create any new parts in the future in about 1 minute using the project you have set up in DriveWorksXpress

 

1. How long did it take to create variations before DriveWorksXpress?
30 minutes to 1 hour

2. How long did it take to set this project up in DriveWorksXpress?
2 hours

3. How long does it take now to create a new variation using DriveWorksXpress?
5 minutes

4. How many possible variations could there be?
Unlimited

5. How would you describe your experience of using DriveWorksXpress?
Really easy to setup and use. We are in the process right now of installing
the full version of DriveWorks because of the easy of use and time savings.

6. Have you shared your work with your colleagues?
Yes, all of our SolidWorks users has access to these files.

7. Will you be adding more products and rules?
Absolutely!!

DriveWorks Announces Design Automation Awards

It was great to see so many Resellers at the International DriveWorks Reseller Conference in Orlando. thank you to all that attended.

Details of Award Winners to follow......

 

SolidWorks World 2009

With 17 sessions devoted to Design Automation this year and many focused on DriveWorksXpress and DriveWorks this was the lull before the storm. We wanted to admire the booth before the Partner Pavilion opened - here are just 2 of 4 photos I took the whole time. So if anyone else has any photos of DriveWorks at SolidWorks World please send them to me by email

Enterprise PDM and DriveWorks Plug In

We are often asked if DriveWorks integrates with PDM. And the answer is YES.

There's some great info on the DriveWorks / SolidWorks Enterprise PDM Plug In on the TriMech Blog

"What the plug-in does is allow you to have all the clones from DriveWorks saved into your vault, automatically checked-in and entered into a workflow. This means that you can have a reviewer glance over drawings to approve them before they're sent to the shop floor or your clients. It also makes it easier to control who has access to these files through your existing EPDM rules."

 

SolidWorks 2009 - DriveWorksXpress Tutorial

As DriveWorksXpress has been incorporated by SolidWorks Corporation into every seat of SolidWorks you can access a DriveWorksXpress Tutorial from inside SolidWorks too.

Design Automation at SolidWorks World

Design Automation on this years' agenda for SolidWorks World.

Check out the Agenda here to learn more about DriveWorksXpress and DriveWorks

Thrilled with Achievements in DriveWorksXpress

On the DriveWorksXpress site we have an area where people can tell us how they have got on using DriveWorksXpress. They can upload picures of their products, screen grabs of their DriveWorksXpress form and a Rules Summary. They can also tell us how long things used to take them before they had DriveWorksXpress and how long it takes them now. The feedback has been stunning.

One such company to told us what they have been doing is Mondragon Assembly. They design and manufacture systems and equipment for process automation. They are a global company, manufacturing in Europe and North America, and offer highly custom solutions for assembly process automation requirements.

Oscar José Hernández is thrilled with his achievements in DriveWorksXpress...

 

Time spent setting up – 6 weeks
"It took around six weeks, this includes learning how to use DriveWorksXpress, and whenever I discovered something new, I stepped back to make everything smoother and easier."

 Time spent before SolidWorks and DriveWorksXpress – 2 days
"It took approximately 2 days."

Time taken with SolidWorks and DriveWorksXpress – 10 minutes
"It now takes around ten minutes… or less."

 How would you describe your experience with using DriveWorksXpress?
"This tool is awesome, at first I thought we couldn’t make a good use of it, but it has made our life much easier."

 Do you make use of the resources available at www.driveworksxpress.com?
"Of course, when I have a question I go to the DriveWorksXpress forum for some “enlightenment” and also when I was learning DriveWorksXpress I downloaded the exercises and videos."

 Have you shared your work with colleagues?
"Yes, the entire design department uses this."

I'm going to keep reporting these results here on the blog because I think it's worth sharing with everyone. with results like these it becomes easy to justify purchasing the full version of DriveWorks.

A new DriveWorksXpress Example for you to use

Here is yet another completed DriveWorksXpress example for you to have a go with.

Fill out a DriveWorksXpress Form to specify a new under run bar for a trailer and generate all the models and manufacturing data associated with it

Specify and automatically create parts, assemblies and drawings for new variations of the Guard Rail over and over again.  Just enter your required Length and Height and select your material preference.

You can also go in to Add/Edit Model and step through the example to see how it has been created and how the rules have been built - it is the ideal way to get to know the ins and outs of DriveWorksXpress

And remember all you need to know is Microsoft Excel to build rules in DriveWorksXpress - it really is the Easy-to-Use answer to Design Automation for SolidWorks Engineers.