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The DriveWorks Community is a great resource for anyone, bringing together our customers, resellers and partners from around the world. We’ve recently created a brand new community, with updated features and content based on your feedback. Get involved and join us over at my.driveworks.co.uk

Recently, we had a chance to sit down with Marie Planchard (virtually of course) and get to know a bit more about her early years, education, being a woman in engineering and what brought her to work for SOLIDWORKS. In part 2 we continue our conversation with Marie as she shares her vision for the future of the SOLIDWORKS Education Community.

On Thursday 10th December, we were excited to host the first-ever 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 the first-ever DriveWorks Drivers meeting!

DriveWorks World 2021 is your chance to expand your DriveWorks knowledge. Save the date and join us virtually 20th-21st April 2021.

We’re taking a break from our Tech Team Thursday webinar series for the holidays. We’ll be back in the new year with a great new series including new and exciting content!

Many of us have heard the phrase “Find a job you enjoy doing, and you will never have to work a day in your life”, and we believe Marie Planchard is proving just that. We caught up with Marie Planchard, Senior Director, Education and Early Engagement, SOLIDWORKS to learn more about her background and how she started her journey with SOLIDWORKS.

This year the DriveWorks team took part in Movember. After 30 days of growth, the mo’s were looking pretty good, and so was their fundraising – this year, they have raised over £2,000! Well done everyone for raising money for such a great cause and thank you to everyone who helped the team exceed their target by donating and supporting!

On November 17th, user groups from around the globe joined together virtually for the SOLIDWORKS Largest User Group Meeting Ever, otherwise known as SLUGME. We were proud to be a part of it!

In this month’s DEVELOP 3D magazine, DriveWorks CEO Glen Smith talks about software updates: When you should go for it when you should hold back, and how you should decide which version is the ‘right’ version for your organisation.

Sharing technical know-how and practical experience informally with each other is something we know many people using DriveWorks would like to do. We’ve decided to use technology to set up a new digital event to help you all connect more often and without the need to travel. We’re excited to introduce you to – DriveWorks Drivers.

This year more of our team than ever before are taking part in Movember! Keep checking back for updates on their moustache growing and fundraising journey!

We want to help even more students learn extra skills that will help them in future STEM careers. We are now a FIRST® Robotics Competition Sponsor. Teams can now request a free 12-month license of DriveWorks Solo.

On Thursday, 5th November, England entered a second lockdown due to Coronavirus. Just as we adjusted to the first lockdown, we’re doing the same now. Although we love being in the office, we’ve made sure we can work from home successfully when we need to, and that we stay connected as a team. Following the latest government guidelines, we are fully operational, selling and supporting our software across the globe.

Normally during this time of year, our team would be heading out all around the world to attend our reseller’s SOLIDWORKS launch events. Although it’s a huge shame we can’t be there, it has worked well joining the events online. We take a look at how technology has improved capability online and some of the benefits we have seen from both attending and hosting virtual events.

Earlier this month, we caught up with Dan to get to know him a bit better and learn about his journey to becoming Manager of the SOLIDWORKS User Group Network. In Part 2 we continue our conversation with Dan, chatting about his vision for the future of SOLIDWORKS User Groups and what he thinks of user group meetings going virtual.