DriveWorks Solo has achieved SW Gold Partner Status

DriveWorks has just announce that DriveWorks Solo is now officially a Certified Gold Product. I found this rather surprising because I assumed it already was –DriveWorks Pro has been a gold product since 2002. Turns out each new product needs its own certification.

When looking to buy a partner product, its certification status should be part of your decision making process.

Here is SolidWorks’ definition of a gold product:

Beyond demonstrating success in the SOLIDWORKS market, Certified Gold applications present a seamless and familiar environment to the SOLIDWORKS user. Certified Gold Products:

Run on the same operating systems as SOLIDWORKS software, and have the same Windows® desktop application for ease of administration

• Use and support SOLIDWORKS documents and terminology
• Utilize SOLIDWORKS graphics display and selection
• Provide edit definition capability
• Use SOLIDWORKS style UI and Help, including tutorials, etc.

Gold Product Certification requires an ongoing partnership with Dassault Systèmes SOLIDWORKS Corp to:

• Keep up with and ensure compliance with new SOLIDWORKS functionality
• Test Gold Products with new SOLIDWORKS releases builds and make timely corrections to any ‘bugs’ or glitches
• Stay current with SOLIDWORKS operating system requirements