This title slide, "DriveWorksXpress Overview," presents DriveWorksXpress as rules-based design automation for SOLIDWORKS. Its subtitle emphasizes capturing design intent, generating variants and documents, ideal for mechanical CPQ.

DriveWorksXpress: Rules-Based Design Automation for SOLIDWORKS

Capture intent, generate variants & docs. Perfect for mechanical CPQ.

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This slide outlines the agenda for a presentation on DriveWorksXpress. It covers topics including an introduction, key features, history and evolution, how it works, benefits and use cases, product comparisons, and conclusion.

Presentation Agenda

1. What is DriveWorksXpress?
2. Key Features
3. History & Evolution
4. How It Works
5. Benefits & Use Cases
6. Products Comparison
7. Conclusion

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The Key Features slide outlines rules-based automation of SOLIDWORKS parameters, generation of manufacturing drawings and docs, and CPQ for complex products. It also emphasizes mass customization and easy integration with SOLIDWORKS.

Key Features

• Rules-based automation of SOLIDWORKS parameters
• Generate manufacturing drawings & docs
• CPQ for complex products
• Mass customization
• Easy integration with SOLIDWORKS

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DriveWorks began with the 2008 launch of DriveWorksXpress, a free tool for automating SOLIDWORKS tasks, followed by enhanced Solo and Pro versions in the 2010s. In 2021, it was acquired by Symetri (part of Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence), with ongoing updates ensuring seamless SOLIDWORKS integration today.

History & Evolution

2008: DriveWorksXpress Launched Free version released to automate SOLIDWORKS design tasks. 2010s: Solo and Pro Introduced Enhanced with DriveWorks Solo and Pro for advanced features. 2021: Acquired by Symetri Joined Symetri, now part of Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence. Present: Ongoing SOLIDWORKS Updates Continuous enhancements for seamless SOLIDWORKS integration.

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The "Benefits & Use Cases" slide features a grid highlighting key advantages like 80% time savings in design processes and reduced errors in manufacturing. It also covers use cases such as sales configurators for custom products, engineering standardization, and automation for pumps, frames, enclosures, and more.

Benefits & Use Cases

{ "features": [ { "icon": "🚀", "heading": "80% Time Savings", "description": "Accelerate design processes with up to 80% time reduction." }, { "icon": "🛡️", "heading": "Reduce Errors", "description": "Minimize design and manufacturing mistakes effectively." }, { "icon": "💼", "heading": "Sales Configurator", "description": "Enable instant custom product configurations for sales teams." }, { "icon": "📐", "heading": "Engineering Standardization", "description": "Standardize designs across teams for consistency and efficiency." }, { "icon": "🏭", "heading": "Pumps & Frames", "description": "Automate designs for pumps, frames, enclosures, and more." } ] }

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The slide compares DriveWorks products—Xpress, Solo, and Pro—across cost and key features. Xpress is free for basic rules and single users, Solo is paid with multi-project support and forms, and Pro is enterprise-grade featuring API and web integration.

DriveWorks Products Comparison

{ "headers": [ "Product", "Cost", "Features" ], "rows": [ [ "Xpress", "Free", "Basic rules, single user" ], [ "Solo", "Paid", "Multi-project, forms" ], [ "Pro", "Enterprise", "API, web integration" ] ] }

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The conclusion slide, titled "Get Started with DriveWorksXpress," motivates users to boost productivity today. It features a subtitle with a call to download it for free at driveworks.co.uk.

Get Started with DriveWorksXpress

Boost Productivity Today!

Download free at driveworks.co.uk

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