{"id":126383,"date":"2019-03-14T19:32:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-14T23:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-cati-marketing.pantheonsite.io\/maxed-declutter-configurations-equations-driveworks-solo\/"},"modified":"2022-06-14T15:47:29","modified_gmt":"2022-06-14T19:47:29","slug":"maxed-declutter-configurations-equations-driveworks-solo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cati.com\/?p=126383","title":{"rendered":"Maxed Out? Declutter Your Configurations and Equations with DriveWorks Solo"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"driveworksAs a <\/span>SOLIDWORKS<\/span><\/a> user, you likely appreciate how easy it is to create parts and assemblies. But what if you want to make that process even easier? Maybe you\u2019ve noticed that your assembly was pretty much the same, but still a little different, and started to leverage the use of Configurations. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAmazing! Now all I have to do is create a configuration of the same assembly and configure its components, dimensions, and features as I like!\u201d Presto! No new assembly needed. Combine this with a design table and you can create configurations of various shapes and sizes faster than Usain Bolt can run the 100-meter dash. But what do you do if what started out as a tremendous help started to become a burden?<\/span><\/p>\n

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What if when you started your Configuration tree, it looked like this:<\/span><\/p>\n

\"driveworks<\/p>\n

But now it looks like this:<\/span><\/p>\n

\"driveworks<\/p>\n

And perhaps that your design table started off like this:<\/span><\/p>\n

\"driveworks<\/p>\n

And now, looks like this:<\/span><\/p>\n

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The consequences are that now, your assembly file is much larger than you wanted, you are running into issues referencing the correct configuration in your drawing, or maybe you\u2019re having issues with your design table no longer functioning properly. <\/span><\/p>\n

Maybe you thought, \u201cI\u2019m going to work smarter not harder. Instead of having a giant design table and tons of configurations, I\u2019ll create one assembly and drive all of its parameters by equations.\u201d This would mean just having one assembly file allowing you to \u201cdial up\u201d a new configuration and pack and go as needed. <\/span><\/p>\n

Fast forward six months and your initially simple, equation driven assembly have become more of an engineering textbook with a SOLIDWORKS file attached. What began with just a few equations now has enough to significantly slow down the file. So you\u2019ve maxed out design tables, configurations, and equations\u2026 now what? <\/span><\/p>\n

Well, there\u2019s hope; and it’s a tool that works with any seat of SOLIDWORKS that will not only replace the need for configurations but can also handle all the needed for configurations but can also handle all the needed parameter manipulation and engineering calculations so that SOLIDWORKS is not bogged down. That tool is <\/span>DriveWorks Solo<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

What is DriveWorks Solo?<\/b><\/h2>\n

\"whatDriveWorks Solo is a\u00a0<\/span>Design Automation tool<\/span><\/a> that allows one engineer to automate their job using a form to configure their design. DriveWorks Solo lets you drive dimensions, features and custom properties, swap in replacement models, create and control drawings, and also lets you drive the file names and locations of your new configurations. <\/span><\/p>\n

In my recorded webcast below<\/span>, I show you not only how DriveWorks Solo operates, but I\u00a0 take an already \u201cmaxed out\u201d assembly and show you to how easy it is to convert its rules to the DriveWorks environment. During our time together you will learn: <\/span><\/p>\n