“We can now generate all the manufacturing documentation needed in a day – it used to take us 5 weeks”

“Now we sell 4 timesas much”

Neil Dowse – Managing Director – Bramptons Ltd

Design Automation

DriveWorksXpress& DriveWorks

The Easy To Use Design Automation Choice for SolidWorks

Background

Easy to Use Design Automation for SolidWorks since 2001

Focus - ONLY works with SolidWorks

SolidWorks Certified Gold Partner – 2002

Marketed Worldwide

Sales & Support provided by Local Value Added Resellers

Certification Program

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DriveWorksXpress

Now inside EVERY seat of SolidWorksFill out the form…

Create new variations of your parts, assemblies & drawings automatically

Only SolidWorks has this functionality

Not just for full products...

Standard Machine Sub-baseTime saving with DriveWorksXpressFrom 30 minutes to 1 minute

Leg supportsTime Saving with DriveWorksXpressFrom 30 minutes to 3 minutes

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About Design Automation

Is what you do “The SAME but DIFFERENT”………?

Do you have repetitive design tasks that could be automated?

Could your products be defined by a set of rules?

About Rules

Example – We use a support there if the length goesabove 2 meters

Example – We always have a ¼ gap around the door frame, unless the frame is over 4ft wide, … in which case we increase the gap to 5/16

Example - Customers in the US are invoiced in Dollars ($), but customers in the UK are invoiced in GB (£)

Valuable Resources

www.driveworksxpress.comTutorials, Examples, Videos & User Forum The Little Book of Rules

Benefits of Design Automation

Automate repetitive design tasks- Free up Engineers

Remove bottle necks in design

Reduce the cost of bidding for custom orders

Respond to customer inquiries more accurately,more quickly, more professionally

Reduce the risk & high cost of potential design errors

Capture valuable company knowledge (IP)

Commercial Vehicles / Automotive Components

Machinery

Furniture / Building / Windows / Doors

Electronic Components / Enclosures

Heating, Ventilation & Extraction Equipment

Seals /Valves/Pumps

Materials Handling, Conveyors, Lifting Equipment

Counters / Catering Units

Typical Industries

What is DriveWorks?

InputsEnter Requirements in Custom Interfacelocally or on the web

Rules linkinputs to data

(including CAD)to generate new outputs

automatically

DriveWorksRules Engine

OutputsSales & Manufacturing Drawings, Documents

& Data Generated Automatically

From Specification Input Design Automation Manufacturing & Sales Outputs

DriveWorks is scalable

Start with SolidWorks & DriveWorksXpressIncluded FREE inside SolidWorks

Upgrade toDriveWorksEngineerIncludes wizard to upscale projects from DriveWorksXpress

DriveWorksEngineer

• Capture parameters and knowledge• Create the user interface/forms• Build and assign rules• Specify new & variant products/projects

DriveWorksAdministrator

At the heart of every DriveWorks Implementation

Set up, manage and run

DriveWorksTeam

DriveWorksAdministrator

For use across Internal Network

DriveWorks Model Generation ServerGenerate outputs based on user inputs

Set up & manage

DriveWorks UsersEnter specifications in User Interface / custom forms

DriveWorksEnterprise

Allow DriveWorks forms to be accessed via Web Browser

DriveWorks Administrator

DriveWorks Model Generation Server

Generate outputs based on User inputs

DriveWorks UsersEnter specifications in User Interface / custom forms

Set up & manage

DriveWorks LiveEnter specifications via web browser

DriveWorks Summary

Easy to learn5 day training course (3 day + 2 day options)

Easy to useTypical SolidWorks user can use DriveWorks

Easy to growAdditional seats can be added as and when the department or business needs them

Benefits can be measured and achieved very quicklyStart with DriveWorksXpress (included in SolidWorks – FREE)

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