Friday 6 February 2009

DriveWorks at SolidWorks World


For those that are attending SolidWorks World next week there are an unprecedented number of breakouts tailored towards design automation.



The interesting point about this is that these are topics that people who use DriveWorksXpress or DriveWorks have chosen to present. It gives us great satisfaction that DriveWorks is making such an impact that end users and resellers are compelled to talk about it.


I have picked out the sessions that focus on DriveWorksXpress and DriveWorks below: -


Designing for Reusability
Monday, February 9, 1:30 - 2:30 - Jeff Sweeney, Engineering Data Specialist, 3DVision Technologies - Room: Osprey Ballroom
Learn how to use existing designs to create new designs. Attendees explore what happens when parts change and customers do not use SolidWorks, how to create library parts for flexibility, and examine configurations, design tables, the API, mates, and DriveWorksXpress.

Design Automation with DriveWorksXpress
Tuesday, February 10, 1:30 - 2:30 (Hands-On) - Steve Fick, Regional Application Engineer, Fisher/Unitech - Room: Swan 2
Learn how to easily automate your designs with DriveWorksXpress. In this hands-on session, attendees walk through creating an automation project; capture dimensions, properties, drawings, and configurations; and explore different options for the powerful rule-building capability that DriveWorksXpress offers.

Design Automation: Design Tables vs. DriveWorksXpress
Tuesday, February 10, 1:30 - 2:30 (Hands-On) - Scott High, Technical Services Manager, 3DVision Technologies - Room: Swan 3
Discover which SolidWorks tools are best suited for your design processes and how to scope and develop an automation project. Via step-by-step, hands-on exercises, attendees will contrast the different methods of automation as they utilize Design Tables and DriveWorksXpress.

Save Time and Money with DriveWorksXpress
Tuesday, February 10, 2:45 - 3:45 - Trevor Waldeland, Product Designer, Eric Summerfield, Design Drafter, Exlar - Room: Swan 9/10
Learn how to automate design aspects that you do day after day - and never do them again! Attendees examine how to use DriveWorksXpress to automate features in their designs and create one-off parts fast and cost-effectively.

Design Automation for Today and the Future - A DriveWorks Story
Tuesday, February 10, 4:30 - 6:00 - Nicholas Benner, Mechanical Engineer/CAD Administrator, Scott Buiten, Mechanical Engineering Manager, Granco Clark - Room: Swan 7/8
Gain a broader view of design automation for an immediate return and with an eye to the future. Attendees explore what an implementation at their company might entail and how to get an early ROI without sacrificing long-term goals.

Design Automation Options within SolidWorks
Wednesday, February 11, 1:30 - 2:30 - Keith Schaefer, Regional Technical Manager, Computer Aided Technology - Room: Asia 4
Gain a better understanding of the different progressions of design automation within SolidWorks. Attendees will examine the strengths and weaknesses of configurations and design tables, DriveWorksXpress®, and DriveWorks®, as well as available options, add-on products, and tips and tricks.