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  • DriveWorks – Online Product Configurator for Mobile, Desktop and Tablet

    Use DriveWorks on the go with an Online Product Configurator for mobile and tablet. Imagine you are a sales rep or distributor visiting a customer. They’re telling you all of their product requirements and you’re hurriedly scribbling down their specifications on a piece of paper. You have no idea if some of these complex design […]

  • The New DriveWorks Tech Tips

    A great resource for learning about specific DriveWorks functionality. Tech Tips are small example projects created by the DriveWorks Tech Team. Each Tech Tip project contains an explanation of how it has been set up, making it easy to deconstruct so you can learn exactly how you can re-implement the same functionality into your own DriveWorks […]

  • Another DriveWorks Charity Bake Sale

    To raise money for Cancer Research UK. You might remember our charity Bake Sale last year that even had our CEO, Glen, rolling up his sleeves and putting his baking skills to the test. The charity bake sale was in aid of Cancer Research UK, it was a really successful day and it was fantastic to see how generous and […]

  • A Pretty Muddy Day For DriveWorks’ Sarah

    DriveWorks Senior Developer, Sarah, took part in Pretty Muddy this weekend to raise money for Cancer Research UK. Pretty Muddy is a 5k muddy obstacle course where women run, climb, stomp and jog to raise money for Cancer Research UK. Sarah took part in the event at the racecourse in her home town of York. Sarah finished the very […]

  • DriveWorks Wins Best of Show Award

    TenLinks chooses DriveWorks to win the SOLIDWORKS WORLD 2015 Best of Show Software – Silver Award

  • Disher Join the DriveWorks Partner Program

    We are really pleased to announce that Disher have joined the DriveWorks Partner Program. After visiting Disher back in April and seeing what a professional company they are, we’re really excited to welcome them as DriveWorks Implementation Partners. Disher have a great culture and work from an office that rivals The Barley Store. To join the DriveWorks Partner Program, Disher had to […]

  • End of DriveWorks CPD Q1 – Today!

    Rewarding Certified DriveWorks Professionals for their hard work. The DriveWorks Continual Professional Development Program was introduced to help DriveWorks Reseller AE’s and Partners to learn more about DriveWorks and keep their technical knowledge up to date to support DriveWorks users  in the best way possible. Once they become a Certified DriveWorks Professional, all Reseller Applications Engineers […]

  • Latest DriveWorks Service Pack Released

    DriveWorks 12 Service Pack 1 has been released and is now available to download. As ever we have tested the updates rigorously across SOLIDWORKS and Windows Operating Systems (x32 and x64) to maintain reliability. All DriveWorks Solo and Pro Customers with an active Subscription Support Contract and all Authorized DriveWorks Resellers can download the latest […]

  • Why Use a Sales Configurator?

    How can an Online Sales Configurator help you to offer customized products profitably? Consumer choice has been increasing steadily, meaning customized products are sought after more and more. In some industries, customized products are expected, in fact they are even the norm. Customization is changing, ‘individualized personalization’ is within reach but it has proved hard to […]

  • Meet the Interns: 6 Students Join the DriveWorks Team

    Our team is growing rapidly and last week we welcomed 4 new students, a graduate, plus a summer placement student to the DriveWorks team. It’s been an exciting couple of weeks at DriveWorks with lots of enthusiastic students joining our team to build their knowledge. We’re always keen to invest in students that show potential so we’re […]

  • A New DriveWorks Reseller in Florida

    Another SOLIDWORKS reseller has now begun supporting DriveWorks, in Florida. The SolidExperts have now started selling and supporting DriveWorks in their area. The team are made up of dedicated engineers and CAD professionals and are the longest serving (and largest!) SOLIDWORKS reseller in Florida. The SolidExperts decided to become a DriveWorks reseller because they believe […]

  • Testing Our Problem Solving Skills at ClueHQ

    A DriveWorks visit to ClueHQ to test our problem solving skills. Having good problem solving skills is really important for every member of the DriveWorks team, especially for the tech team working who work with our resellers to support their customers. Last night, these skills were put to the test when we visited ClueHQ in Warrington. Clue […]

  • EpiGrid Join DriveWorks Partner Program

    We are really pleased to announce that Epigrid have joined the DriveWorks Partner Program. Companies who have purchased DriveWorks Configurator Software and who wish to host their configurator in a secure and stable hosted environment will now be able to work with their DriveWorks Reseller and EpiGrid to achieve this. To join the DriveWorks Partner Program, Epigrid had […]

  • Our Time in America

    Throughout April we’ve been travelling through America to visit our customers and resellers and SOLIDWORKS too. DriveWorks CEO, Glen and VP, Maria traveled out to America with Chris, Pre-Sales Engineer and Gemma, Business Development. Their journey started at Engineer 3D! a great event organised by DriveWorks Reseller, Graphics Systems. We were platinum sponsors and had a booth to showcase […]

  • A New DriveWorks Reseller in Australia

    Another SOLIDWORKS Reseller has now become an Authorized DriveWorks Reseller in Australia. SFWorks have now started selling and supporting DriveWorks in Australia. SFWorks was originally a design company, giving them real world design experience to really understand their customers and their needs. They have a passion for SOLIDWORKS and its growing community of successful users, which makes them […]