1. DriveWorks – Product Configurator
Design-to-Order
Configure your product
Generate all the engineering data & documentation needed automatically
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2. DriveWorks – Product Configurator
This interactive presentation shows how users can
design or engineer-to-order using DriveWorks
(Users can be anybody from engineers to sales people
through to customers and non-technical personnel)
If some or all of your product design can be defined by rules, then new or variant products can be designed or engineered to order using DriveWorks DriveWorks allows the user to configure the product and then generate all the required documentation automatically. In many instances reducing the time taken from weeks to hours or even minutes
This documentation includes the customer quotation, cutting lists, BOMs, 3D & 2D drawings, DXF’s etc.
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3. Open DriveWorks
DriveWorks is appropriate for any product or range of products where new or variant designs can be configured from a set of rules.
DriveWorks is currently being used in many diverse markets: from trailers to elevators, from furniture to food counters, from cubicles to conveyors.
In this example we are going to create a new conveyor.
Select Conveyor Line from the image on the right Select and then Specify New Product from the list

4. S A M P L E Project Information
The User Forms are created by the DriveWorks Administrator
The Administrator has already captured and assigned the rules affecting the product, and determined which ones the user can specify and ‘drive’
By working through the input forms, the User can design their own new or variant product. DriveWorks will then create the 3D models, 2D drawings and other required documentation automatically
There is no danger of designing something that cannot be manufactured, as the rules have already been set
S A M P L E
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5. Project Information This example will create.. Quotation
Document Record Note
Cutting List
2D Approval Drawing
3D models
DXF files
All the engineering information to enable the manufacture of every required component including
DriveWorks can be integrated with other company systems, such as CRM, ERP and MRP.
In this interactive example it is possible to select a customer from a drop down list.
This information would usually be read directly from the CRM database.
Select a Customer or Create New Customer
Choose a Quote number or Create New Quote
Select who is Specifying this product
Click Next

6. Create New Customer
Sub Forms can be used to enter supplementary information or data that needs to appear in other applications.
This example creates New Customer Information that will populate a CRM database and become available on the main customer selection form.
Enter the details of the New Customer in the boxes provided.
Click Apply

7. Create New Quote
This is another example of a sub form where a Customer is selected from a drop down list and a new quote and project assigned to that customer
Enter a quote number
Enter a Project definition
Click Apply

8. Design Specification
The information specified here is critical to the design of the product. Here we will drive a number of parameters.
Intelligence can be built into each control on the User Form.
Controls can be enabled or disabled dependant on choices made elsewhere
Controls can be populated dynamically to include options that can only be selected from previous selections.
Error Validation takes place instantly
Enter an incorrect value in the Length or Height Controls and try hitting Next!
On Screen Help
Move the mouse over the Length and Height Controls – to hide the tooltip move the mouse to a blank area of the user form
The User Form can also include images to assist in the selection process
Configure the product by selecting options from the form
Click Next

9. your logo
Quotation
A quotation, based on the information specified, is then returned directly to the User
If any changes are required the user can return to a previous form
The information in the Quotation can also be formulated in the Master Design Sheet that controls the product. This can be saved as any file type that is available in Excel (.doc, .pdf, .html, .xml, etc)
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10. Manufacturing Documentation
Further examples of documentation that can be automatically created include…….
Cutting Lists
Again the results can be reported to the User Form and formulated in the Master Design Sheet for saving out as a separate file.
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11. Purchasing Information
Further examples of documentation that can be automatically created include…….
Purchase Requisition Notes
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12. ERP/ MRP Integration
Further examples of documentation that can be automatically created include…….
Detailed Bills of Materials
These type of results are formulated in the Master Design Sheet and can be saved out as a file type that can be read into any Windows based ERP/ MRP system.
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13. Quality Documentation
DriveWorks is a great aid to Quality Management
Again the results can be reported to the User Form and formulated in the Master Design Sheet for saving out as a separate file.
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14. Generate 3D & 2D Output
Based on the variables specified, DriveWorks makes the necessary changes to all the associated parts and assemblies
DriveWorks automatically creates documentation and linking to any other windows based application is done instantly while the forms are being completed or any apply button is clicked.
DriveWorks is fully integrated with SolidWorks and generates all the 3D models and 2D drawings
… A great sales and marketing tool +
DriveWorks User
(Stand Alone)
DriveWorks User
(Network) +
DriveWorks Admin
or Server
“What you see is what you get”
DriveWorks.NET
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15. Summary of DriveWorks Benefits: Capture design knowledge
Ensure consistency of information produced
Reduce costly mistakes
Save time & money by automating repetitive tasks
Win more business by responding to your customers needs more quickly and efficiently
Sell what you can make
Implementing DriveWorks does not require expensive programming and customisation
Use DriveWorks to:
Capture all your product design rules
Automate repetitive tasks
Liberate engineers to concentrate on new and special designs
Produce manufacturing and sales information automatically
Let customers and/or sales staff can design-to-order whilst maintaining all your engineering control rules
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16. For further information on DriveWorks visit www.driveworks.co.uk
DriveWorks – Product Configurator
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