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At Develop3D Live

 

What an eventful day! We set off at 12pm on 19th March, giving us plenty of time (or so we thought) to make it down to the Warwick Arts Centre and have the booth nicely set up by 6pm. However at 2pm, a serious accident struck ahead of us and we were completely stationary for 3 hours. We hope that there were no serious injuries to those involved.

Eventually the central reservation of the motorway was taken down (by The Highways Agency, not frustrated travellers), we were instructed by the police to make a u-turn and began to move again.

By the time we made it to Warwick Arts Centre it was 6pm, however luckily for us, the Develop3D Live organisers kept the exhibition space open for us to set up!

In true develop3D style the team put on a great evening event, where we had some wonderful food, followed by (lots of) beer and pool.

A very enjoyable night had by all.

The next day it was time to get down to business. Develop3D Live was superbly attended; by hundreds of industry professionals, students and educators alike, and with our ideal spot in the exhibition space we had plenty of people stopping by the booth to discuss their DriveWorks needs!

 

Plenty of people stopped by to pick up their FREE copy of the Little Book of Rules and to see all the exciting enhancements in DriveWorks 9, especially the 3D on the web and Sales Configurator developments. DriveWorks Live  

We also got to see some brilliant presentations and met lots of interesting and enthusiastic people, not just about DriveWorks, but about  manufacturing industry (and the UK too) - a very refreshing outlook!

Thank you to Develop3D for organising such a wonderful, professional and entertaining event! We look forward to Develop3D Live 2013!

DriveWorks World - What Happened?

This years' DriveWorks World took place immediately after SolidWorks World at the San Diego Convention Center. DriveWorks World gave DriveWorks Customers on Subscription Support and DriveWorks Value Added Resellers a great opportunity to see What's New in DriveWorks 9, network and talk about the software.

DriveWorks CEO, Glen Smith and Lead Developer Philip Stears, presented the highly anticipated new release DriveWorks 9! Performance enhancements, "embedded child specs" and the new plugin less, multi-browser 3D on the web experiecne, all created quite a buzz!

We were delighted too to introduce Mick Holland General Manager Eriks Industrial Products to present how his company is using DriveWorks. Mick kept the audience very well entertained. We'd all like to send a massive THANK YOU to Mick.

The General Sessions were followed by a Sales & Marketing Workshop for Resellers and Technical Sessions for Customers and Reseller Application Engineers.
There were plenty of sessions choose from:

1. Funk up your Forms

2. Deploying DriveWorks

3. 3D Workshop

4. Modelling for Automation

5. Using the DriveWorks API

6. How to use DriveWorks Specification Flow

A great lunch, provided by the San Diego Convention Center chefs, allowed everyone to get together and chat about what they had seen and heard. Then it was time for the technical tips clinic, where specific questions could be answered by our technical and development team.

All in all a brilliant event, here's some of the great feedback we've had:

 



We hope to see you all in Orlando at DriveWorks World 2013!!!!

 

DriveWorks at Develop3D Live!

 

 

 

On 20th March 2012 DriveWorks will be appearing at Develop3D Live!

After being in America for most of February for SolidWorks World and DriveWorks World it's time for DriveWorks to appear live in the UK!

 

Develop3D Live is taking place at Warwick Arts Centre at the University of Warwick, so if you are around the Midlands then it's a brilliant event to attend and see all the exciting innovations happening in the 3D design world!

  

Why Attend?

Develop3D Live is a FREE conference that will "offer a feast of new design and manufacture technology together with providing valuable insight into increasing your productivity" It will feature hardware and software advances in technology, for the design and manufacturing market. It really is the perfect opportunity for you to come along for free, see the DriveWorks team and hear all about the latest developments, (and if you stop by our booth you can get your FREE copy of the Brand New Little Book of Rules!)

 

So don't delay, register today as spaces are limited!

 

DriveWorks Pro 9 - Available to Download!

Download DriveWorks Pro 9. All DriveWorks Customers on Subscription and all Authorized DriveWorks Resellers can now download DriveWorks 9 which was released in San Diego at DriveWorks World. It is available from the DriveWorks Pro User Community and / or DriveWorks Reseller Community. You will find Release Notes in PDF format in each of the communities, so you can read What's New and what to expect before installing.

At SolidWorks World 2012

Our booth at SolidWorks World was set up to show how DriveWorks can be used by Engineering to Automate SolidWorks.... and how it can also be used by others inside and outside the organization as a sales configurator.

Here are a few photos from the show just before it opened. More to follow shortly, together with full details of our new release - DriveWorks 9

1 WEEK TO GO! DriveWorks World 2012

 

DriveWorks World 2012 will be taking place at the San Diego Convention Center, California on Thursday February 16th 2012!

 

It's  FREE to attend for DriveWorks Authorized Resellers and DriveWorks Customers on Subscription.

What can you expect from the event?

• Previews of the next Major Release
• Technical Breakout Sessions
• Sales and Marketing Workshop
• Networking with other DriveWorks Users

This is a value added event for DriveWorks Customers on Subscription with breakfast and lunch included!

DriveWorks Customers can sign up via the Customer Portal: register here

DriveWorks Resellers can sign up via the Reseller Community: register here

Just email jess@driveworks.co.uk if you've forgotten your login details!

We look forward to meeting you and your colleagues in San Diego!

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Product Data Management - DriveWorks Pro Integration with Enterprise PDM

Product Data Management is a topic that we are often asked about. And because DriveWorks is so good at generating documents and data automatically, we wanted to make sure that for those companies that are interested in managing all those files that we could provide an immediate solution.

DriveWorks Pro can be set up to automatcially integrate with SolidWorks and SolidWorks Enterprise PDM to securely store all documents created by DriveWorks in the design process.

An example of how it works

1. Say you configure a cupboard in a browser, using DriveWorks Pro Live. You fill out the form including quote number, customer name, materials, dimensions etc...

 

2. When your design is complete and you click 'Release', DriveWorks Pro Autopilot starts working in the background to generate the new files.

 

3. As DriveWorks Pro Autopilot creates all the files, these are sent into the SolidWorks Enterprise PDM Vault.

 

4. When this is complete, you can open up the location where DriveWorks has saved the files: you can see the drawings, models, parts assemblies have all been automatically been checked in to the EPDM vault.

 

 

 

 

As you can see, when you configure your design on the web and click go, everything in the background has been created and checked in.

It's really easy to set up, via the settings screens in DriveWorks Pro. Just enter: Vault Name, User Name and Password, etc - and then DriveWorks takes care of the rest.

To see all of this in action, check out the EPDM Integration video on the DriveWorks Pro website.

You can also read more in the DriveWorks Pro HelpFile  

DriveWorksXpress Hands-on session at SolidWorks World 2012

At SolidWorks World 2012 one of our DriveWorks Applications Engineers will be holding a  DriveWorksXpress Hands-on session!

If you have SolidWorks, then you already have DriveWorksXpress. It's the design automation tool included in every seat of SolidWorks. Learn how to exploit this valuable tool to create multiple variations of your SolidWorks parts, drawings and assemblies automatically.

 

Everyone who attends this session will not only learn how to automate repetitive tasks using rules to reduce design time and minimize errors, but also get a FREE copy of the BRAND NEW Little Book of Rules DriveWorksXpress and DriveWorks Solo Edition.

 

This session takes place on Monday February 13th 2012 and is from 1.30pm-2.30pm.

If you have used Design Tables or microsoft excel to do any automation then it's well worth taking a look at DriveWorksXpress. 

We look forward to seeing you in San Diego!

 

Getting ready for SolidWorks World 2012

What's the next big event? SolidWorks World 2012!

With the Christmas decorations now all packed away all of us here at DriveWorks are getting really excited about SolidWorks World.

 

 

This was us last year in San Antonio - Texas. Now we are looking forward to setting everything up in the stunning Sales Pavilion in the San Diego Convention Centre.

 

 

 

 

 

Do make sure you stop by our booth - NUMBER 324 - Have a chat get to know our team!

For anyone that wants to learn how to use DriveWorksXpress, one of our Applications Engineers will be running the DriveWorksXpress hands on session on Monday Feb 13th.

Don't forget DriveWorksXpress is included in EVERY seat of SolidWorks so it's certainly a presentation not to be missed!

We look forward to seeing YOU there!

Last Chance for 2011: DriveWorks Solo Headstart Webinar!

Make sure you don't miss out on your last chance this year to attend the FREE DriveWorks Solo Headstart Webinars.

 

These webinars are led by DriveWorks Solo Certified Appplications Engineers and show you just how easy it is to get started with the software!

As the New Year approaches it's time to make resolutions, learn new things and there couldn't be an easier way to learn how straightforward DriveWorks Solo is to use, than by simply signing up and sitting at the comfort of your own computer to be shown by a real expert how to get your projects up and running.

The final DriveWorks Solo Headstart Webinars for 2011 are being held on Wednesday 21st December at the following times:

 

	GMT	EST	PST
Session 1	10am – 11am	5am-6am	2am-3am
Session 2	4pm-5pm	11am-12pm	8am-9am

  

To sign up for either webinar, just click on the link below:

Session 1

Session 2

Hopefully, being close to the festive season means you will be able to have a little spare time to attend this webinar. However, if you're lucky enough to be on holiday too early to attend, or if you've got loads of Christmas orders to fulfill then why not sign up here for our webinar updates and see what's happening in the New Year!

Don't forget you can try DriveWorks Solo FREE for 30 days to make sure it really is the product for you!

Merry Christmas from everyone at DriveWorks!