Design Automation: DriveWorks Solo

Elite Application Engineer

Quest Integration

Adam Benson

What is DriveWorks?

• Automation tool for same but different designs and orders

• Automates the creation of sales quotes, manufacturing documents and data including SOLIDWORKS parts, assemblies and Drawings

Why Use DriveWorks

• Reduce the cost of custom designs

• Respond quickly to sales enquiries

• Enhance product quality

• Reduce repetitive tasks

• Scalable all the way to the web

Implementing DriveWorks

• Choose product to automate

• Create user forms

• Outputs required

• Create Rules

• Test

• Improve

Choose Product to Automate

Create User Forms

• Who will be filling out the form?

• What is configurable with the product?

• Keep it simple…for now

Outputs Required

Capture the SOLIDWORKS Models

• Part Mode • Dimension and Features

• Advanced Features Parameters

• Custom Properties

• Drawings

• Replacement Models

• File Formats

Outputs Required

Capture the SOLIDWORKS Models

• Part Mode

• Assembly Mode • Captured Assembly Structure

• Dimensions and Features

• Custom Properties

• Drawings

• Instances

• Replacement Models

• File Formats

Output Required

Capture the SOLIDWORKS Models

• Part Mode

• Assembly Mode

• Drawing Mode • Sheets and Views • Break Lines • Annotation Text • Annotation Position • Layers • Custom Properties • File Formats

Create Rules

Document Rules

• Covering letter

• Quote

• Bill of Materials

Create Rules

Model Rules

• Parts and Assemblies • File Name

• Relative Path

• Configuration

• Feature/Dimension

• Tolerances

• Custom Property

• Instance

• File formats

Create Rules

Model Rules

• Drawings • File Name

• Relative Path

• View/Layer/Sheet State

• View/Sheet Num & Denom

• View Left and Top

• Custom Property

• Annotation

• File formats

Test

• User Interface

• Data and Rules

• Output Rules

• Preview Mode • Auto Preview

Improve

User Forms

• Ease of use

• Bad data

• Captions/Labels

• Pictures

• Hide controls

Improve

User Forms

Documents

• Apply company logo

• Modification

• Formatting

Improve

User Forms

Documents

Drawings

• Resolve overlapping views

• Set scale

• Fix dimensions

• Hide dangling dimensions

Improve

User Forms

Documents

Drawings

Names/File Paths

• Models

• Drawings

• Documents

Thank you

Application Engineer

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Adam Benson