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Neil Dowse – Managing Director – Bramptons Ltd

“ We can now generate all the manufacturing documentation needed in a day – it used to take us 5 weeks ” “ Now we sell 4 times as much ”. Neil Dowse – Managing Director – Bramptons Ltd. Design Automation DriveWorksXpress & DriveWorks.

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Neil Dowse – Managing Director – Bramptons Ltd

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  1. “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

  2. Design AutomationDriveWorksXpress& DriveWorks The Easy To Use Design Automation Choice for SolidWorks

  3. 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 • www.driveworks.co.uk

  4. DriveWorksXpress Now inside EVERY seat of SolidWorks Fill out the form… Create new variations of your parts, assemblies & drawings automatically Only SolidWorks has this functionality

  5. Not just for full products... Standard Machine Sub-baseTime saving with DriveWorksXpressFrom 30 minutes to 1 minute Leg supports Time Saving with DriveWorksXpressFrom 30 minutes to 3 minutes www.driveworksxpress.com

  6. 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?

  7. 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.com Tutorials, Examples, Videos & User Forum The Little Book of Rules

  8. 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)

  9. Typical Industries • 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

  10. What is DriveWorks? Inputs Enter Requirements in Custom Interfacelocally or on the web DriveWorksRules Engine Rules linkinputs to data (including CAD)to generate new outputsautomatically Outputs Sales & Manufacturing Drawings, Documents & DataGenerated Automatically From Specification Input  Design Automation  Manufacturing & Sales Outputs

  11. DriveWorks is scalable • Start with SolidWorks & DriveWorksXpressIncluded FREE inside SolidWorks • Upgrade toDriveWorksEngineerIncludes wizard to upscale projects from DriveWorksXpress

  12. DriveWorksEngineer At the heart of every DriveWorks Implementation DriveWorksAdministrator Set up, manage and run • Capture parameters and knowledge • Create the user interface/forms • Build and assign rules • Specify new & variant products/projects

  13. DriveWorksTeam For use across Internal Network DriveWorksAdministrator Set up & manage DriveWorks Model Generation Server Generate outputs basedon user inputs DriveWorks Users Enter specifications in User Interface / custom forms

  14. DriveWorksEnterprise Allow DriveWorks forms to be accessed via Web Browser DriveWorks Administrator DriveWorks Model Generation Server Set up & manage Generate outputs based on User inputs DriveWorks Users Enter specifications in User Interface / custom forms DriveWorks LiveEnter specifications via web browser

  15. 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) www.driveworks.co.uk

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