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A SOLIDWORKS World Break Out Session If you’re going to be at SOLIDWORKS World in Dallas next year, don’t miss any of the Design Automation presentations. On Monday, February 1st, Michael Jolley, an Applications Engineer from DriveWorks reseller TriMech, will be presenting a breakout session on ‘DriveWorks Basics of Specification Flow and Macro Buttons’. In the hour long breakout session, […]

As a SOLIDWORKS Gold Partner product, we’re really keen to get involved with the SOLIDWORKS community. We’ve been working closely with SWUGN leaders across the globe to arrange presenters to speak about DriveWorksXpress at their meetings and even send a goodie box of DriveWorks giveaways! As DriveWorksXpress is fully embedded and included in every licence of SOLIDWORKS, it’s […]

Every Thursday the DriveWorks Tech Team share their knowledge and expertise in 30 minute value added webinars exclusively for DriveWorks Reseller AEs and DriveWorks Pro customers on subscription support. On Thursday, November 5th, DriveWorks CEO, Glen will be hosting a Q & A session. Q & A with DriveWorks CEO, Glen Smith If you’re looking […]

Take part in the SOLIDWORKS World 2016 t-shirt design contest and you could join us and many other SOLIDWORKS users in Dallas! This year SOLIDWORKS are offering you the chance to win a place at their annual user conference. Not only will you get a free full conference pass for SOLIDWORKS WORLD 2016 but your […]

It’s no secret that the DriveWorks team are passionate about beer, you only have to look back at photos from our summer party, airport visits and DriveWorks World, to see that beer is quite a common theme! Whilst most of the team are more than happy with a Budweiser, there are two members of our team who take beer […]

Paul Gimbel, from DriveWorks partner, Razorleaf, is a DriveWorks enthusiast, supplier of office cookies, forum post regular, serial DriveWorks World attendee and CPD leaderboard topper. Our partners have great knowledge of DriveWorks and Paul’s enthusiasm is clear. This means he is able to write extensive, clear, technical content about DriveWorks software and the features within it. His most recent post on the Razorleaf […]

The Oil and Gas Industry In today’s environment the Oil and Gas industry benefits our lives in several ways. The products in this industry are essential as they provide energy to heat homes, provide fuel to transport people or goods and are often the raw materials used to produce everyday items. The Industry and DriveWorks The extraction […]

Pattern Forme Limited are one of the principle Thermoforming Tool Makers in the UK, with an excellent reputation for innovation and reliability. Their products include manufacturing Patterns, Designing and Machining Thermoforming Tooling, Punch and Die Tooling, and CNC High Precision Components using a range of materials, serving the Vacuum and Pressure Thermoforming Industry. We recently […]

Get to know the team behind DriveWorks. The DriveWorks team has expanded from our single office 14 years ago, now we’ve filled The Barley Store at our Laskey Farm site and taken on more of the surrounding barns and out-buildings! Of course DriveWorks wouldn’t be such a great place without the people that make up our team. In this […]

For the 13th year in a row we’ll be attending SOLIDWORKS World! We hope to see you in Dallas, you’ll find us at booth #817 in the Partner Pavilion. We’ll also be presenting about Design Automation and Sales Configurators, look out for the dates and times of these demonstrations and workshops, announced on our blog and the SOLIDWORKS World website.

Supporting our Resellers at their SOLIDWORKS 2016 events! Join Us! Throughout October, our Value Added Resellers are hosting events to showcase the latest release of SOLIDWORKS. We’re going to be sponsoring, supporting and attending lots of these events and we hope to see you there! Keep an eye on our events page as we’re always […]

A Case Study of 360Glassware.com. Pine Research Instrumentation are a talented group of chemists and engineers who develop custom laboratory set ups for customers, which often includes glassware and custom electrodes. They’re the brains behind 360Glassware.com and they’ve been using DriveWorks Pro as an Online Sales Configurator to power it. Let’s find out more… The Problem Before using […]

Registration is now open for DriveWorks World 2016. Register now to secure your place at our annual technical focused user event. See you there!

Automating the design of custom windows and doors using DriveWorks. This month we’re focusing on the Architectural Components industry and the benefits of using design automation and sales configurator software in the industry. Origin are using SOLIDWORKS and DriveWorks to design and manufacture custom windows and doors. Origin are the UK’s leading specialist manufacturer of bespoke, doors, windows […]

A vast industry made up of Same but Different products that are perfect for Design Automation. Architectural Components are the unique details and components that, together, form the architectural style of houses, buildings and structures. There are many different products that could be classed as architectural components, such as: • Custom Windows• Beams / Supports• Sky Lights […]