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Products in the HVAC industry are often very specific and custom, and that’s where HVAC manufacturers can benefit from the power of a product configurator. The DriveWorks HVAC configurator example shows how this can be achieved with DriveWorks. In this blog, we’re stepping through the example to explain how the HVAC product configurator works.

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 Senior Technical Specialist, Tom Wormald to talk all things DriveWorks!

DriveWorks is sold worldwide and supported locally by authorized and certified DriveWorks resellers, on your time zone. We’re really pleased to announce that we have 6 new resellers joining us to sell and support DriveWorks!

In this month’s DEVELOP 3D magazine, DriveWorks CEO Glen Smith, talks about the importance of having the right to repair, repurpose and recycle products. Glen discusses the importance of technology advancing and the fact that ‘new’ doesn’t always mean better. Sharing stories of his love for repairing and restoring, Glen looks at how things have changed and how we can still innovate new technology by building on what is already there.

This month marks one year since we received our double Queen’s Awards. We couldn’t have predicted the year that would unfold following receiving our Queen’s Awards but our commitments to innovation and international trade, recognised by our Queen’s Awards, have helped us to remain strong and efficient throughout this pandemic. Let’s take a look back at what’s happened in the past year.

After purchasing DriveWorks Solo, HSI Cranes created their first project and soon realized they wanted to create a customer-facing online tool, and therefore upgraded to DriveWorks Pro. End users are so happy and HSI are able to make the most of their new sales tool. The company already have plans to expand and improve their project further.

This month marks one year since we received our double Queen’s Awards. We couldn’t have predicted the year that would unfold following receiving our Queen’s Awards but our commitments to innovation and international trade, recognised by our Queen’s Awards, have helped us to remain strong and efficient throughout this pandemic. Let’s take a look back at what’s happened in the past year.

The global pandemic has led to fewer face to face meetings, making 3D visualization and online configuration essential commercial tools for manufacturers of custom or customizable products. Explore our example custom Bi-Fold Door configurator to see how you can use DriveWorks and the power of 3D for online sales and digital manufacturing.

DriveWorksXpress allows you to automate any part of your SOLIDWORKS design, giving you the flexibility to automate time-consuming and repetitive tasks, simplifying your design process, and enabling you to use your time more efficiently. Activate your free license of DriveWorksXpress, inside the SOLIDWORKS Tools Menu.

IMA PG is a leading pioneer in packaging solutions in India. Since installing DriveWorks, their design time has reduced from 4 days to just one day. Costly manufacturing errors have also reduced significantly, and IMA PG are now at 80% drawing accuracy across their product line.

We are huge advocates for anything digital and the ability for UK companies to bring wealth and business back to the UK through export. We work hard to ensure our software is easy to use and can be supported no matter where you are in the world.

FIRST® is committed to continuing their efforts to provide students with the skills and confidence they need to change the world – today and tomorrow. To help prepare young people for the future, FIRST® has created a global robotics community online, where students can continue to explore, learn and share during this time.

At DriveWorks, we share in a strong sense of what it means to support and engage with the community. Our goal when it comes to the community is to ‘connect users, support education and share knowledge’. We have been watching, learning, and implementing new ways for our team to support these areas in a ‘virtual’ environment and it’s been exciting to see what opportunities are available.

We have seen that COVID-19 has dramatically sped up digital transformation and not just in the manufacturing industry. With the world changing at an unprecedented speed, we see a tangible transformation taking place– with technology at its centre. Moving into this new era, it’s clear that digital transformation is no longer just a nice to have.

In the coming weeks, the Tech Team Thursday webinars are advanced technical sessions, created for Digital DriveWorks World 2020, with the presenter joining the session for a live Q&A. If you have questions about the topic, this is a great opportunity to get answers. Join us to learn and get involved in the conversation.