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Add to your DriveWorks knowledge and get Certified. Our Certifications, created by our DriveWorks Technical Experts, test your capability and understanding of the training. They are a great way to demonstrate your DriveWorks knowledge and skills. Expand your knowledge, benchmark skills and achieve more with DriveWorks Certifications. DriveWorks certifications are free and available online.

Digital DriveWorks World 2020 starts on Monday at 10am BST. Don’t miss out on the chance to join us for 4 days of online technical presentations and hands-on sessions, presented by the DriveWorks team. Get involved in conversations with other DriveWorks users, share ideas and exchange tips and tricks. New live sessions and downloadable content will be added every day next week.

DriveWorks 18 sees enhancements and new features to Design Automation & PDM, Usability & UX, Scalability and DriveWorks 3D. DriveWorks Resellers and Customers with an Active Subscription Support Contract can download DriveWorks 18 from the DriveWorks Community now.

In addition to the virtual SOLIDWORKS User Group meetings, we wanted to take this opportunity to share with you some free online technical resources available for you to use or share with your SOLIDWORKS User Group members.

Furniture designers and manufacturers using DriveWorks rules-based software can embrace digital transformation to improve customer experiences and make selling these custom products quicker, easier and more profitable. Explore our example cupboard configurator to see how you can use DriveWorks and the power of 3D for online sales and digital manufacturing.

The technical sessions we run at DriveWorks World are extremely valuable, after cancelling the event, we wanted to make sure you could still learn from the valuable content our technical team have worked hard to create, so we’re making the technical training sessions available online, free of charge. Find out how to access the sessions here.

We’re hosting a What’s New DriveWorks 18 webinar series. Join Glen Smith, DriveWorks CEO as he takes you through all of the new features and enhancements in DriveWorks Pro 18.

We are proud to announce that our VP and Co-Founder, Maria Sarkar has been nominated to be a Northern Powerhouse Export Champion for 2020. An opportunity to share our achievements in export and inspire other companies in the region to consider exporting as a realistic and successful opportunity for growth.

There’s a lot of uncertainty across the world right now, but we want to reassure you that we’re here as normal for anything you need. We are well set up for working remotely and will be continuing with business as usual, we are open and operational. All our teams are available to work and support you as usual via email, by phone and web meeting where appropriate.

We have revamped the DriveWorks Solo Certification and made it available to anyone with DriveWorks Solo, including the 30-day trial. Take your knowledge further with the free DriveWorks Solo Certification. Complete the exam in less than 3 hours to learn more about design automation and add an extra certification to your CV.

The health and safety of DriveWorks World attendees is our top priority. We have made the very difficult decision to cancel DriveWorks World 2020. This is the last thing we wanted to happen but unfortunately the situation is out of our control. We know DriveWorks World is a valuable event and we sincerely apologise that it has come to this.

This year at 3DEXPERIENCE World we were honoured to receive a plaque of appreciation from Chicago SOLIDWORKS User Group recognising our sponsorship over the years.

We are proud to be sponsoring FRC Team #4905 Andromeda One who received the Engineering Inspiration Award for outstanding success in advancing respect and appreciation for engineering within a team’s school or organization and community.

At 3DEXPERIENCE World we proudly presented our SWUGN Leader of the Year Award to Betty Baker along with a personalised 3D printed bottle opener. Learn how our placement student, Amer designed the bottle opener configurator and printed the bottle opener ready to take to Nashville.

Every year on pancake day we mix up some batter, buy lots of yummy toppings and have a lot of fun at lunch, making and eating pancakes! See how our pancakes turned out this year!