{"id":4373,"date":"2016-05-27T09:38:49","date_gmt":"2016-05-27T08:38:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4373"},"modified":"2016-05-27T09:38:49","modified_gmt":"2016-05-27T08:38:49","slug":"whats-new-in-driveworks-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/05\/whats-new-in-driveworks-14\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s New in DriveWorks 14?"},"content":{"rendered":"

DriveWorks 14 includes many customer enhancements and new features.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve taken Design Automation<\/a> to a new level and we\u2019ve made sure that\u00a0it\u2019s even easier to\u00a0set up and use\u00a0DriveWorks as an Online 3D Configurator<\/a>.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve packed lots of cool new features into the latest release, so\u00a0let\u2019s take a geek\u2019s peek look at what you can expect\u2026<\/p>\n

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Taking Design Automation to the Next Level\u2026<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Generation Tasks<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Run additional automation tasks on models and drawings before and after the normal driving sequence.
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\n\u2013 Insert Components \u201con the fly\u201d
\n\u2013 Mate Components
\n\u2013 Create Configurations
\n\u2013 Auto-Balloon Drawings
\n\u2013 Save as Image
\n\u2013 Scale Views
\n\u2013 Create Your Own
\n\u2026and much more!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Form\u00a0Design Controls<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Slider Control:
\n\u2013 Apply a custom image to the thumb.
\n\u2013 Set the colour of the track.<\/p>\n

3D Preview Control:
\n\u2013 Image Mode Property, automatically loads image when WebGL is not available.
\n\u2013 Events to trigger Touchpoint.<\/p>\n

\u2013 Hierarchical Control Properties, every control property can be used in rules by referencing its address.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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3D<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u2013 Server side rendering when WebGL is not available
\n\u2013 Enhanced rendering for transparency and glass
\n\u2013 Save as Drive3D from viewer
\n\u2013 Standalone viewer
\n\u2013 STL and OBJ support
\n\u2013 Touchpoint<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Autopilot<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u2013 Multiple Autopilots now load balance
\n\u2013 Specification processing
\n\u2013 Email sending
\n\u2013 Triggered Action processing, reports of the success or failure of email and triggered actions in the activity log.<\/p>\n

Benefits<\/h3>\n

\u2013 Autopilot targeting
\n\u2013 Better load balancing
\n\u2013 Enhanced reporting<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Live\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u2013 Image gallery added to the Specification details Module
\n\u2013 Images appear and auto-scroll immediately on generation<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u2013 Enhanced 3D Preview Control properties to support Touchpoint.
\n\u2013 Multi-select components to build rules
\n\u2013 MyName() support for Drive3D parameters
\n\u2013 Captured Drive3D info stored in project that doesn\u2019t get overwritten when a Drive3D file is replaced
\n\u2013 Alpha-numeric sorting<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Tagging<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u2013 Add tags to component sets to allow multiple Autopilots to prioritize generation
\n\u2013 Prevent models with certain tags being generated on a particular Autopilot with the Block queue<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Capture & Model Rules<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u2013 Instance parameter support function
\n\u2013 Drawing parameters displayed per sheet
\n\u2013 Features can be captured by selecting the model (previously only selectable from feature manager)
\n\u2013 Show only missing, available for all parameter types in the capture assistant<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Templates<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u2013 Email documents support HTML allowing you to easily create HTML emails
\n\u2013 Web service specification task
\n\u2013 Templates \u2013 Support for creating Excel, Word, Email documents and specification macros
\n\u2013 Create a project from a template<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Model Insight<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u2013 Analyse Assembly and Drawing generation, step by step, in real time!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Functions<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u2013 Enhanced MyName() Support
\n\u2013 NEW! ExtractNumber \u2013 return a number from a specified value<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u2013 Enhanced support for SOLIDWORKS Product Data Management
\n\u2013 Re-release and overwrite models while maintaining existing meta-data<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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What\u2019s Next?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The Online Help Files have been updated for DriveWorks 14 and should give you everything you need to get started with this latest release<\/p>\n

DriveWorks Solo Online Help File<\/a><\/p>\n

DriveWorks Pro Online Help File<\/a><\/p>\n

Download DriveWorks 14 now from the Software Page<\/a> of the DriveWorks Community.
\nDriveWorks Pro 14 is available to Resellers and all Customers with an Active Subscription Support Contract.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Important Things to Remember<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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As ever we have tested the updates rigorously across SOLIDWORKS and Windows Operating Systems to maintain reliability.<\/p>\n

And despite being so full of features \u2013 it\u2019s quick to download too!<\/p>\n

As with any upgrade, remember to take a back up of your data!<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you are working in a multi-user environment make sure you upgrade all of the DriveWorks Modules e.g. DriveWorks Administrator, Autopilot, any DriveWorks User licenses, DriveWorks Live AND of course DriveWorks Pro Server.<\/p>\n

Make sure you have your DriveWorks 14 license codes\u00a0to hand.<\/p>\n

Content provided by DriveWorks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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