46,000 visitors PLUS, that is the number of people that visite the Show! That is ALOT of people and with all the halls at the massive Anaheim Convention Centre full to bursting it meant there were ALOT of exhibitors too... and that included DriveWorks!
Time to invest in cushion-soled 'show' shoes I think!
Thanks go to DriveWorks resellers Hawk Ridge and Go Engineer for their support over the 3 days at the Show.
So with the booth all set up on the Saturday I always look forward to the Sunday evening reception.
It's great to catch up with friends and colleagues in the 'Reseller Exclusive' Preview and of course to speculate on what announcements we might hear during the general sessions.
As you can see from the photo the booth was divided into 3 sections to show the fully scalable path all the way from DriveWorksXpress included in SolidWorks, to DriveWorks Solo, inside SolidWorks, to DriveWorks Pro.
DriveWorks Pro takes our product configurator out to the web as a sales configurator whilst maintaining full fidelity Design Automation for the generation of sales and manufacturing data and documentation.
This our 9th SolidWorks World! And our first in Anaheim. The venue is impressive, everything very conveniently located and reading through the agenda there are at least 22 presentations on Design Automation. Today is Saturday and we have just finished setting up the DriveWorks booth in the Partner Pavilion. The folks from the SolidWorks Partner Team came by to see how we were getting on!
Great to see that CAPInc are hosting a DriveWorks Event Thurs Oct 22 2009 3pm EST :)
You can register by clicking on this link. http://tinyurl.com/ykndxfg
For years I have been telling my friend Joanna (who lives 200 miles away from me) that one day we will have a virtual dinner party. We will agree a time for dinner, we will agree to cook the same food and we will both have 52" screens in our homes. At the agreed time she and I (with our LOCAL guests) will log on to our virtual dinner party. Visual and Audio technolgies will create the illusion that we are all seated around the table together - enjoying great conversation, spontaneous banter and a few bottles of red.
And what of today?... Well today i am testing our Virtual Booth for SolidWorks Asia Pacific Innovation Day .... a Virtual Event! Here is our booth... We will be showing DriveWorks Solo - Design Automation INSIDE SolidWorks :)
How cool is THAT! Why not pay us a visit. http://bit.ly/319Ot2
The only downside is that i will be logging on at 4am my time to chat!
We will be there! Will you?
SolidWorks World 2010 - Anaheim, CA - USA
http://www.solidworks.com/swworld/index.htm
I can't believe that it's that time again already but it is...... Time to get ready for SolidWorks World again and we have lots of exciting stuff to show and tell.
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)
There are 2 steps to using Design Automation with DriveWorksXpress.
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!!
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
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 on this years' agenda for SolidWorks World.
Check out the Agenda here to learn more about DriveWorksXpress and DriveWorks
