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DriveWorks Drivers aims to connect DriveWorks Users from around the world, invite guest speakers to share experiences and encourage questions and dialogue about the technology. Sharing technical know-how and practical experience informally with each other is something we know many people using DriveWorks like to do. We will be hosting the next meetings on Thursday, 9th September at 3pm and 9pm (BST) so feel free to join us at whichever time suits you best! Here’s what you can expect from the next meeting.

We have been busy catching up with lots of different people from all corners of the SOLIDWORKS Community over the past few months. It’s been great to learn more about the different career paths that have led members of the community to being such a key part of the network. Catch up on any blogs you may have missed.

On Saturday, August 21st at 6pm Paris, France local time, (just after the green flag waved starting the 24-hour Le Mans) this year’s SLUGME started! This was the 6th iteration of the SOLIDWORKS Largest User Group Meeting Ever – but instead of the largest event, this time it was the SOLIDWORKS Longest User Group Meeting Ever.

We had a chance to sit down and have a catch up with Kirby Downey and Jonny Harrison to talk about The CORE Podcast, Hallway Hangouts …and eating really spicy chicken wings whilst CAD modelling! Look out for Part 2 coming soon where we will be chatting about the Magic Wheelchair and the upcoming SWUG events Kirby and Jonny will be hosting.

The ability to configure, price, and quote easily is a real competitive advantage for SME and multinational manufacturing companies. This applies to all industry sectors and is a great way to cost-effectively deliver configurable products. DriveWorks goes further than traditional CPQ solutions. DriveWorks software is proven and extends the power of a CPQ solution, with industry-leading automation features.

DriveWorks 19.1 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 19.1 now to take advantage of the latest updates.

Every year we take on placement students across many of our team and this past year has been no different. During Sophie’s placement, we tasked her with developing a Phone Holder Configurator. The goal of the project was to create a new Example Configurator for DriveWorksLive.com demonstrating how DriveWorks can be used to generate 3D printing manufacturing data for highly customizable consumer products.

This week we’re joined by the team from SolidSolution for on-site technical training with our technical experts,Tom and Will. Solid Solutions are the UK’s largest SOLIDWORKS reseller and have office locations all around the country. They have a strong technical team with over 30 Elite Applications Engineers. It’s great welcome visitors back at DriveWorks HQ making use of our training room!

Join us for the next DriveWorks Drivers virtual networking meeting on Thursday 9th September, held at two different times to suit most time zones – 3:00pm (BST) and 9:00pm (BST). DriveWorks Drivers is an opportunity for DriveWorks users from around the world to connect, share ideas and talk DriveWorks. Register now to join us!

Recently, we had a chance to sit down and have a ‘catch up’ with Nick Sweeney. Nick is a PLM Applications Engineer at InFlow Technology. In addition to this, Nick was also on placement with DriveWorks in the UK whilst completing his university studies. It was great to have someone like Nick share his story of his at The Ohio State University, his current role at Inflow Technology and of course, hearing his fond memories of working at DriveWorks! In this second part, we speak about the importance of certifications, attending virtual networking events and more about his time at…

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Using DriveWorks, Phoenix Mecano India has developed a CPQ solution for their product line of Ex enclosures that are used in explosive atmospheres. The design of these products differs depending on their specification, with every product undergoing customer-specific customization when it comes to machining and population of components. We recently caught up with Prashant Malavankar, Engineering Head at Phoenix Mecano India Pvt Ltd, to find out how DriveWorks has improved their design process.

Recently, we had a chance to sit down and have a ‘catch up’ with Nick Sweeney, PLM Applications Engineer at InFlow Technology. We speak to Nick about his education, his current role at Inflow and of course, hearing his fond memories of working at DriveWorks! Look out for Part Two coming soon.

Our product configurator examples are a great way to see what’s possible with DriveWorks, in a range of scenarios and industries. Since the release of DriveWorks 19, we have updated driveworkslive.com to use the most up-to-date DriveWorks technology. We also added a new, updated results screen, check it out in this blog!

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