DriveWorks Solo
Automation for companies that Engineer-to-Order
DriveWorks Solo provides the means to capture and re-use rules needed to specify, design, manufacture and Engineer-to-Order. With DriveWorks Solo you can automate repetitive tasks and automatically generate sales, design, marketing, and manufacturing outputs required to create new and variant products. You will save time and be able to specify products whilst maintaining your engineering controls.
Should you be using DriveWorks Solo?
- Does your company design product variants or Engineer-to-Order?
- Do you have repetitive design tasks that could be automated?
- Could your products be defined by a set of rules/equations?
- How often do you work on a product that is similar to something that you have designed before, or that is a variant of a standard product?
If the answer to any of these questions is YES then you should be automating your business with DriveWorks Solo
Benefits of DriveWorks Solo
- Increase the speed, consistency and accuracy of your sales and manufacturing data.
- Increase the speed and quality of your response to customers.
- Automate your repetitive design tasks.
- Generate documentation/outputs automatically e.g. Sales Quotes, BOMs, 3D models, 2D drawings, Cut Lists, DXF’s, and eDrawings.
- Works inside SolidWorks with a familiar user interface which is easy to learn and use.
- Manage quality ensuring that results are consistent and accurate. DriveWorks manages the relationships between the specifications and performs relevant calculations to generate the 3D models.
DriveWorks Solo Process
DriveWorks Solo features a wizard based interface which works right inside of the SolidWorks Task Pane. A brief outline of the process involved for using DriveWorks Solo is listed below:
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Using SolidWorks and the DriveWorks Model Wizard you capture parameters from parts and/or assemblies that are to be driven to create variants of the design. |
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The captured data is transferred automatically to the DriveWorks Rules Wizard so that Rules can be assigned. The rules are your company design procedures to be assigned to your products. |
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Associate drawing templates. You can also assign custom properties with additional information about the CAD model. The properties can then be used to populate drawing borders. |
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You can quickly create a custom user interface (form) for specifying new and variant products. This form will be used as the main interface for you and possibly your customers. |
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Using the created form enter the design requirements and based on the rules you defined the new versions/variants of the design will be created automatically - along with sales, marketing and manufacturing documents! |
How will your company use DriveWorks Solo?
Set up DriveWorks Solo
The principle in DriveWorks is straightforward - Set up your project, automate and run. Decide what you want to control and drive. You can drive Dimensions, Features, Custom Properties, Drawings, Replacement Files & File Formats. You can generate all your manufacturing drawings and data as well as sales quotes and covering letters.
Create a Customizable User Interface
Creating custom forms with dynamic navigation is easy in DriveWorks Solo. There are tools for aligning & displaying controls, and you can include images and messages on your forms to give feedback and guidance when filling out the form.
Build Design Rules using a Wizard
The power of automation lies in the DriveWorks Rules Wizard. The interface is logical and intuitive.Rule Building uses Excel Syntax so that no custom code or programming knowledge is required. Rules are used by DriveWorks to scale 2D drawings, control views, dimension positions, and much more.
Automatically generate your Sales, Marketing, and Manufacturing Data
DriveWorks Solo is a valuable Sales Tool. You can quickly respond to sales enquiries by automatically generating sales quotes, cover letters, compelling images of custom products for use in your marketing material, and all the drawing and BOM data for manufacturing.
