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We recently caught up with our 2020 DriveWorks SWUGN Leader of the Year, Eric Beatty. Eric’s story from the beginning has been about education and sharing – with a true energy and enthusiasm for the work he does and continues to be a part of in the SOLIDWORKS Community. It was great to catch up with Eric and learn more about his education and experience. Look out for part 2 coming soon.

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DriveWorks 19 is now available to download from the DriveWorks Community. This latest release delivers brand new features and enhancements added to scalability, usability & UX, DriveWorks 3D and Design Automation & PDM. Download DriveWorks 19 now to take advantage of the latest updates.

We were joined by over 450 DriveWorks customers, resellers and partners from 39 different countries to talk and learn about all things DriveWorks. Thank you to everyone who joined us for two days of learning, networking and sharing ideas – all virtually.

Whilst the global situation stopped us from attending face to face events, we still wanted to provide an opportunity for us to create great content. We saw just how important it was for us to have the right set up. We have continued to invest in the best technology that allows us to deliver great content and engaging presentations. The training room has now picked up a new name… the DriveWorks ‘Digital Suite‘.

DriveWorks World is all about sharing knowledge. We’ve planned a packed agenda of learning opportunities, Q&As, discussions, presentations and technical courses. Follow our tips in this blog to get set up ahead of DriveWorks World so you don’t miss a thing!

We are extremely excited to be delivering two full days of learning, sharing and networking from anywhere in the world. With only one week to go until Virtual DriveWorks World 2021, our team are very busy finalising content and putting together presentations! Here’s what you can expect for the jam packed agenda.

We were thrilled to be a sponsor and help celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the Seattle Area SOLIDWORKS Power Users Group. This virtual celebration meeting took place on Tuesday 6th April and was attended by over 65 people! To celebrate SASPUG’s incredible 25 years, our team got together and wished the group all the best in a virtual greeting!

Following virtual 3DEXPERIENCE World 2021, we caught up with Jeff Setzer, Technology Evangelist at GSC. Jeff shared a number of stories of his early days with GSC (formerly Graphic Systems Corporation) and also his experiences in attending ‘world’ events over the last 20+ years. It was great to catch up with Jeff and learn more about his impressive time at GSC and his love of telescopes.

VanAire have been using DriveWorks since 2006. We recently caught up with Ismael Lopez, CAD Administrator at VanAire where he shared his experience of using DriveWorks over the last 7 years. Since implementing DriveWorks, VanAire have seen huge time savings and even created an online sales configurator tool.

Over the past year, we have seen how the global pandemic has accelerated the adoption of digital. In particular, we have seen how this had affected manufacturers, forcing many to shift the way they think and use technology. In this blog, we take a look at the top manufacturing technology trends for 2021.

Following virtual 3DEXPERIENCE World 2021, we caught up with Jeff Setzer, Technology Evangelist at GSC. Jeff shared a number of stories of his early days with GSC (formerly Graphic Systems Corporation) and also his experiences in attending ‘world’ events over the last 20+ years. It was great to catch up with Jeff and learn more about his impressive time at GSC!

Dolphin Solutions first purchased DriveWorks in 2017 with the aim of creating an online sales configurator tool that would help them to achieve two key targets; Reduce Design Resources and Create a Great Customer Experience. We recently caught up with Robert Allen, Product Design Engineer and main DriveWorks Administrator at Dolphin Solutions to see how they’ve implemented the software over the past few years.

On Thursday 11th March, we were excited to host the second DriveWorks Drivers virtual networking meeting. DriveWorks Drivers is an opportunity for DriveWorks users from around the world to connect, share ideas and talk DriveWorks! Find out what we got up to during this meeting including all the amazing DriveWorks customers we heard from!

Every Wednesday, Nick Sweeney, Pre Sales, Application Engineer at InFlow-Technology releases a new InPOD by InFlow podcast. Each podcast Nick is joined by special guests to discuss all the different products that InFlow offers and supports. In this week’s podcast, host Nick is joined by DriveWorks Heather Hasz and Bridie Mills to discuss all the exciting stuff happening at DriveWorks.