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Supported Operating Systems and Browsers

DriveWorksXpress

DriveWorks Solo

DriveWorks Pro

Windows 8.1, Windows 10 (DriveWorks Desktop Applications)	✓	✓	✓
All of the above plus Windows Server (2016, 2019) (DriveWorks Live Web application)			✓
Google Chrome 8+, Mozilla Firefox 4+, Microsoft Edge, Safari 5.1+ (Configuring products in a Browser through DriveWorks Live)			✓
Cloud Hosting: Microsoft Azure, AWS			✓

CAD - Controlling SOLIDWORKS 3D Models and 2D Drawings

DriveWorksXpress

DriveWorks Solo

DriveWorks Pro

Drive Dimensions, Features and Custom Properties	✓	✓	✓
Drive Color, Material and Textures		✓	✓
Drive Advanced Feature Properties (Hole Wizards, Sheet Metal, Weldments)		✓	✓
Drive Instances		✓	✓
Replace Components (with existing files or dynamically driven files)		✓	✓
Create additional model file formats (STEP, STL, PDF, DXF, JPEG, etc.)		✓	✓
Full control over new model file names and locations		✓	✓
Control multiple model sets from a single project		✓	✓
Run SOLIDWORKS Model Macros			✓
Generative design – create new features on the fly (configurations, insert components, mates, etc.)			✓
Create a drawing for each part and assembly	✓	✓	✓
Create multiple drawings for each part and assembly		✓	✓
Full control over new drawing file names and locations		✓	✓
Create additional drawing file formats (PDF, DXF, DWG, JPEG, etc.)		✓	✓
Control Drawing Sheets (Re-scale, Rename, Delete)		✓	✓
Control Drawing Views (Re-scale, Re-position, Delete)		✓	✓
Control Annotations (Dimension Text, Notes, Symbols, etc.)		✓	✓
Control Dimension positions		✓	✓
Control Custom Properties, Break Lines and Layers		✓	✓
Run SOLIDWORKS Drawing Macros			✓
Run additional tasks on the fly (Auto Balloon, Arrange Dimensions, Rescale and Position Views, etc.)			✓

Document Creation

DriveWorksXpress

DriveWorks Solo

DriveWorks Pro

Create documents (such as Sales Quotes, Purchase Orders, Bills of Materials, etc.)		✓	✓
Built in document templates		✓	✓
Fully customizable document creation (from Word, Excel, XML, etc.)			✓
Send HTML emails with attachments			✓
Create Additional File Formats (PDF, HTML, TXT, XML, etc.)			✓

Output Generation

DriveWorksXpress

DriveWorks Solo

DriveWorks Pro

Immediate generation of SOLIDWORKS models and drawings	✓	✓	✓
Real Time Preview (On Demand) – updates model while specifying		✓	✓
Manual release of generation queue – allows multiple specifications to have their models generated from a queue			✓
Automatic generation – unattended generation of outputs			✓
Load balancing – distributes output generation over multiple machines			✓
Priority processing – Change the order that outputs are created based on rules			✓
Output Tagging – Generate outputs on targeted machines or in specific locations			✓

 

User Interface Design

DriveWorksXpress

DriveWorks Solo

DriveWorks Pro

Automatic Form designer	✓
Expert Form Designer (Resolution and Control Guides, Control Grouping, Control Property Grid, etc.)		✓	✓
Multiple form creation with dynamic navigation		✓	✓
Basic Form Controls (Text Box, Numeric Text Box, Drop Down, Spin Button, Check Box)	✓	✓	✓
Enhanced Form Controls (Hyperlink, Label, List Box, Option Group, Picture Box, Slider)		✓	✓
Advanced Form Controls (3D Preview, Child Specification List, Data Table, Date Picker, Frame Control, Macro Button, Upload Control, etc.)			✓
Dynamic options for list controls		✓	✓
Dynamic control of Enable and Visible properties of form controls		✓	✓
Dynamic control over fonts and colors		✓	✓
Static validation and validation messages	✓	✓	✓
Dynamic validation and validation messages		✓	✓
Copy and paste form controls		✓	✓
Re-skin controls		✓	✓
Support for responsive forms (allows re-positioning of controls when used on screens of different sizes)		✓	✓
Project hierarchy (run a specification inside a specification to any level (For example a contract with multiple configurable line items)			✓

 

Working with Data and Rules

DriveWorksXpress

DriveWorks Solo

DriveWorks Pro

Use tabular data to calculate rules		✓	✓
Copy and paste Excel data		✓	✓
Create internal data tables		✓	✓
Use dynamic data from ODBC Data sources in rules (SAP, Oracle, MySQL, SQLServer, etc.)			✓
Export data to ODBC data sources (for example SAP, Oracle, MySQL, SQLServer)			✓
Pull and Push data dynamically to and from SQL Server Databases using SQL or Windows authentication			✓
Create Group Level Tabular data for use across an entire implementation			✓
Create Calculation tables where each cell can be calculated from other cells			✓
Create Rollup data tables – where information such a price or BOM Quantities is rolled up through the project hierarchy			✓
Web Service integration – communicate with any web service OR use DriveWorks as a web service			✓
Over 250 engineering, mathematic and scientific functions		✓	✓
Over 50 vector (3D), database and PDM functions			✓
Rules builder with function wizard and rule insight (rule breakdown and drill down, function assistance, syntax highlighting and function helper text)		✓	✓
Reusable rules (Variables)		✓	✓
Pervasive search/filtering capabilities		✓	✓

 

Maintainability, Reporting and Diagnostics

DriveWorksXpress

DriveWorks Solo

DriveWorks Pro

Rules commentary		✓	✓
Rules revisioning		✓	✓
Reporting on model generation success or failure	✓	✓	✓
Reporting on specification process success or failure			✓
Real time testing during form design		✓	✓
Rules analysis and breakdown		✓	✓
What-if scenarios (Specification Test Mode)			✓
Interactive step through of model generation			✓
Rule Profiling (rule specific error debugging, performance solving and insight features)			✓

 

Scalability

DriveWorksXpress

DriveWorks Solo

DriveWorks Pro

Import DriveWorksXpress Projects		✓	✓
Import DriveWorks Solo Projects			✓
Underlying database – Microsoft SQL Server			✓
Security – Users and Teams			✓
Security – Active Directory compatibility			✓
Granular permissions			✓
Zero-Conversion web access			✓
Unattended model generation			✓
Standalone user seats			✓
Fully customizable work flow – (who, what and when)			✓
Built in Apps providing ready to run functionality: Dashboard – Link to Projects, access KPI’s CPQ – Full Configure, Price, Quote solution			✓
Automatic processing of external data			✓
Fully documented API with Software Development Kit			✓
Plugins			✓

 

Integration

DriveWorksXpress

DriveWorks Solo

DriveWorks Pro

SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional (Automatic check-in of models, drawings and documents)			✓
Salesforce			✓
3rd party system Integration through file import and export			✓
3rd party system Integration through SQL\ ODBC connections			✓
3rd party system Integration through web services			✓
3rd party system Integration through fully documented Application programming Interface			✓

 

Online Configurator and DriveWorks 3D

DriveWorksXpress

DriveWorks Solo

DriveWorks Pro

Direct web access through the application			✓
Run as a service through Internet Information Services (IIS)			✓
Application Mode – replicate desktop running directly on the web			✓
Web Theme with basic re-skinning			✓
Choice of fully responsive skins			✓
Integration Theme with Web API enabling full integration with existing websites			✓
Session Management – control license usage over the Internet			✓
Image gallery – display image files as they are created			✓
Configurable 3D in a browser			✓
Virtual Reality support			✓
Real-time 3D text support			✓
Virtual Reality support			✓
Real-time 3D text support			✓
Server side rendering of web optimized DriveWorks 3D files			✓
Image fall back mode when no WebGL on client machine			✓
Model click interaction			✓
Transparent image support			✓

 

• DriveWorks Pro is made up of a number of Software Modules – Please check the DriveWorks Pro Data Sheet for specific functionality of each to meet your needs.
• Preview Generation (On Demand) is available for DriveWorks Solo and Pro modules that run as an add-in to SOLIDWORKS and is not available in DriveWorks Pro Live.
• The modules DriveWorks Pro user and DriveWorks Pro Live provide access for Users to enter data.
• DriveWorks Pro Live provides seamless conversion of DriveWorks projects for web access.
• DriveWorks Pro Autopilot is required for some features.
• Multiple licenses of DriveWorks Pro Autopilot are required for some features.
• DriveWorks Pro User is required for some features.