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SOLIDWORKS World 2018 in Los Angeles will be DriveWorks’ 15th year at SOLIDWORKS World! We’re excited to be a part of the action again – sponsoring, exhibiting, presenting, listening and learning!

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Our links to the manufacturing industry come right from our roots and DriveWorks configurator software is the ultimate choice in 3D CPQ for manufacturing. At the recent MechFuse event we enjoyed meeting a range of different manufacturing companies and read some fascinating facts about the growth of the manufacturing industry. Here are some of our favourite facts…

With £1100 still to raise for our defibrillator fund, we did what we do best… threw a party and raised over £400! Of course, it wouldn’t be a DriveWorks Halloween without a configurable 3D printed pumpkin!

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Seth is PS DOORS’ CAD Systems Administrator and his background is in engineering, manufacturing, design and information technology. We recently caught up with him to learn more about his role at PS DOORS and what he likes about DriveWorks.

The DriveWorks subscription support contract is a value-added support plan for each DriveWorks module. With an active subscription support contract, DriveWorks customers are entitled to a wealth of value-added content, new software releases, knowledgeable technical support, an SDK, webinars, plugins, training and more.

On Thursday 2nd November, our Product Manager, Matt, will be presenting a Tech Team Thursday webinar about the new DriveWorks CPQ Template. The template, built on DriveWorks functionality, makes it easy for manufacturing companies to reap the benefits of guided selling and CPQ, quickly.

DriveWorks configurator software enables businesses to set up a configurable 3D CPQ solution that engineering and sales teams can use. CPQ solutions are built on rules, workflow, user interface and integration. These are the core technologies that have underpinned DriveWorks since the software was first introduced to the SOLIDWORKS market in 2001. With our goal of ease of use, we’ve created a specific CPQ template, built on DriveWorks functionality, to make it easy for manufacturing companies to reap the benefits of guided selling and CPQ quickly.

Since acquiring DriveWorks, PS DOORS’ throughput has increased by 300% while their design team has only increased by 25%. This is due to DriveWorks enabling them to do more with less.

Last week, Heather from the DriveWorks team was on the road completing a SWUGN tour of the South and Southwest USA. She’s back in the office after a busy week and we caught up with her to find out more about her tour.

During the SWUGLe event at SOLIDWORKS World 2017, we announced our second annual award for SOLIDWORKS Group Leader of the Year. The winner was Jeff Holliday, the Mid-Atlantic Region Independant SOLIDWORKS User Group leader. Now the search is on for our next winner!

Back in August, we showed off an impressive Magnum configurator, created by CAD2M, a DriveWorks reseller based in The Netherlands. Now, CAD2M have taken the project even further with yet more creative ways to use DriveWorks that they unveiled at their recent customer day, CAD2M Live.

P L Custom Body are a custom vehicle manufacturer that were founded in 1946 and are based in Manasquan, New Jersey. They’ve been using DriveWorks Pro to automate the configuration process of their custom ambulances. At DriveWorks World 2017, their Engineering Lead, Shawn Casebolt, took the stage to tell us more about how they use DriveWorks.