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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!

New Machine? How To: Return Your License Key

It happens to everyone, you buy a brand new computer, then have to put all your programmes on to the new machine and make sure they're all licensed to that new machine. At DriveWorks we want you to be able to get back into action using your DriveWorks Software on your new machine as quickly and easily as possible.

So... simply return your license from your OLD machine via the internet to our license server, and then whether that means you're lucky enough to be getting a brand new machine or just reformatting and existing one, then the license is available for you to use again when you're ready!

Here's a simple guide to show you How To Return Your DriveWorks Solo License Key:

1. Go to the Windows Start Button

2. Click through All Programs > DriveWorks Solo > DriveWorks Solo License Manager

3. Click Return License

4. Click Finish on the License Management wizard once it is complete

And to return your DriveWorks Pro License Key:

1. Go to the Windows Start Button

2. Click through All programs > DriveWorks (program group)

3. Select the license that is to be returned and click View

4. Click Return License

5. Click Finish on the License management Wizard once it is complete

 

Then just do all your changes to your machine and activate the same code again which you can access through the DriveWorks Solo/DriveWorks Pro websites. Then you are back in action! 

 

The key thing with this is making sure you return the license BEFORE you make the changes to your machine, or BEFORE you need to activate it on your new machine!

 

This procedure is really quick and easy, but if you do come across any difficulties, then just drop us an email at licensing@driveworks.co.uk and we'll get it sorted for you!

For help with other queries, why not check out our online HelpFiles

DriveWorks Solo:

http://help.driveworkssolo.com/

DriveWorks Pro:

 http://docs.driveworkspro.com/

SolidWorks User Group of Manchester RELAUNCH meeting!

SolidWorks User Group of Manchester

(SWUGOM)

On the evening of 5th December, people from various walks of life (engineers, students, lecturers) braved the hailstones, snow, rain and winds of the North West to attend the relauch of 'The SolidWorks User Group of Manchester' at our offices.

 

The event was a huge success, with over 30 people seeing the presentations. There was plentiful food, supplied by Greenfields deli, around the corner from the office. It all went down very well and certainly made an impressive welcome for the attendees.

 

User Group leader, Gareth Rogers started the meeting off by announcing the re-launch of the group and setting a competition for all SWUGOM members - to design a new logo that will be used on the website and in all future work for the SWUGOM. The winner of this competition will be lucky enough to receive a SpaceMouse Pro courtesy of 3D Connexion! A fantastic prize for any designer or engineer, I'm sure there'll be countless entries for this competition! Especially as everyone had the chance to have a go with one (see photo)!

Glen Smith kicked off the presentations on the benefits of being a  'Certifed SolidWorks professional' (CSWP)  and the steps involved to achieve the certification.  

Adam Papworth from Liverpool John Moores Unversity gave a presentation on the benefits of work placements.  Then it was time for more food.

After this, Craig Darrall from Laser Lines  did a presentation on the increasingly popular topic of 3D Printing, this certainy created a lot of interest with everyone going away eager to investigate further!

The keynote speaker for the event was Andy Deighton  SolidWorks Territory Manager for Northern Europe, giving a presentation on SolidWorks 2012.

With everyone attending clearly being a SolidWorks User, they were all keen to learn as much as possible from a SolidWorks expert like Andy! His presentation went down really well, helping everyone learn as much as possible about what is new in SolidWorks 2012.

Everyone then had the opportunity the get their hands on some of the SolidWorks swag. Every attendee was also lucky enough to get  FREE copy of Develop3D magazine and the chance to sign up for a subscription!

Thank you to all the sponsors!

All in all a brilliant success.

So now it's your chance! If you are a SolidWorks User in the North West of England, why not join the group or attend the next meeting which is also being held at the DriveWorks offices, on Monday 12th March. Make sure you're there, it's a great networking opportunity not to be missed.

For anymore info visit the SWUGOM website

or email SWUGOM leader Gareth Rogers: info@swugom.co.uk

DriveWorks - Appearing at a SolidWorks Reseller Event Near You!

Over the past couple of months there have been countless SolidWorks Reseller events all over the world, spreading the word about SolidWorks 2012!

 

DriveWorks software (along with our DriveWorks Solo pop-up banners) has been popping up at as many as possible, here are just a few:

DriveWorks Seminar at the Alignex Event:

 

 

 

 

 

 

DriveWorks at the 3D Vision Event:

            

          

 

 

 

 

 

 

DriveWorks at the Graphics System Corporation event:

 

 

 

 

 

 

DriveWorks at the Solid Solutions Management Events:

 

DriveWorks at the DASI Event:

 

 

 

 

 

 

DriveWorks at the CATI event

 

 

 

 

 

 

We've been at many more events, but if I put all the photos on here, it would take up the whole blog! See our Facebook Page for more details of where we've been and where we're going next!

DriveWorks Facebook Page

Come and see the new DriveWorks Facebook page!

www.facebook.com/DriveWorks

The time has come to create a DriveWorks Facebook page.

'Like' our page for all the up to date
information on Webinars, DriveWorks World, SolidWorks events DriveWorks will be attending and much more!!!

You can even leave us a little comment, let us know if you're going to be at, or near an event we're attending, and  hopefully we can meet up!

So, 'Like' our page and get to know the day to day life of DriveWorks.

We look forward to seeing you there!