Design automation for SOLIDWORKS®
Capture and reuse your design, manufacturing and costing knowledge to deliver custom products faster and more accurately – without complex macros, design tables or configurations
Eliminate errors and design changes
DriveWorks rules-based SOLIDWORKS® automation eliminates errors and time-consuming design changes.
Save time and innovate more
Automating routine SOLIDWORKS tasks frees your team to innovate designs and improve processes.
SOLIDWORKS® Gold Partner
DriveWorks has been automating SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD since 2001 and first became a SOLIDWORKS Certified Gold Partner in 2002.
How does SOLIDWORKS design automation work?
Set it up once, then run your DriveWorks configurator again and again
Capture SOLIDWORKS® models
Use the DriveWorks add-in to capture the parameters you currently change by hand in your SOLIDWORKS® parts, assemblies and drawings.
Build rules and logic
Turn your engineering know-how into custom rules that automatically drive and update the captured parameters, using the smart DriveWorks Rules Builder
Run the project
Run your DriveWorks project again and again. Enter order-specific design requirements and automatically generate new SOLIDWORKS® models, assemblies, drawings and bills of materials based on your rules.
Try DriveWorks Solo free for 30 days.
Instant access, no credit card required.
Sales configurator features
Powerful features for advanced SOLIDWORKS® design automation
Advanced SOLIDWORKS® drawing automation
Save time and improve product quality by automatically creating accurate SOLIDWORKS manufacturing drawings.
- Control sheets, views, annotation text, annotation positions, layers, break lines and custom properties
- Generation reports provide a complete audit trail of drawing values
- Save drawings in additional file formats such as PDF, JPEG, DWF and DWG
SOLIDWORKS® master files
DriveWorks creates new copies of your SOLIDWORKS® master files; all changes are made to these copies, which are saved to new locations based on your rules.
- Your master files are never changed or overwritten
- No risk of corrupting master data
- Drawing references are always correct, driven by your rules
Component replacement
Automatically replace components in SOLIDWORKS® assemblies based on rules built in DriveWorks. Use static parts from a library or dynamic replacements pre-driven by DriveWorks.
- Unlimited replacements
- Keep master models simple
- Easily add new replacement options
Rules-based file naming
Use rules to control whether DriveWorks creates new SOLIDWORKS® files or reuses existing ones.
- Use smart file naming to build a component library
- Cut generation time by reusing previously created models
- Roll out design changes quickly
Generation tasks
Apply specific tasks that run while your new SOLIDWORKS® models, assemblies and drawings are being created, for complete control over how each new model is built.
- A toolkit of more than 30 generation tasks
- Fine-grained control of SOLIDWORKS automation
- Generative modeling with task repetition
File formats and save locations
You have full control over the save location and folder structure of the files DriveWorks creates. Automatically produce any additional file format available in SOLIDWORKS®.
- Full control over file naming – use smart file naming to build a component library
- Save files exactly where you want them
- Create any additional file format available in SOLIDWORKS®
SOLIDWORKS® PDM Professional
DriveWorks integrates with SOLIDWORKS® PDM Professional. Generated models, assemblies and drawings, as well as any other file formats created, can be checked into the vault automatically.
- Check in assemblies, parts and drawings as DriveWorks generates them
- Specify the version DriveWorks uses, or get the latest by default
- Delete files and folders from the vault with DriveWorks
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Products
Design automation software and product configurator for SOLIDWORKS®
DriveWorks Xpress
Entry-level design automation: DriveWorksXpress comes free with every SOLIDWORKS license.
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DriveWorks Solo
Powerful SOLIDWORKS® design automation. Download a free 30-day trial of DriveWorks Solo.
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DriveWorks Pro
The complete software for automating your products in SOLIDWORKS®, with an online 3D CPQ configurator.
Learn moreFAQ
What is design automation in SOLIDWORKS?
Tools that automatically generate models, variants and documentation from parameters, saving designers time.
What do I gain from automation?
Faster variant creation, fewer errors and standardization – from configuration to drawings and bills of materials.
Who benefits most from automation?
Companies with repetitive design work and a large number of product variants.
Can you help with implementation?
Yes – we design the solution (e.g. CPQ, CustomTools, DriveWorks) and train your team.
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