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Configurations and DriveWorksXpress · Lesson 3: Introduction to DriveWorksXpress

How DriveWorksXpress works and how to capture the model parameters.

Lesson goal

Understand the DriveWorksXpress steps and capture the parameters that will drive the model.

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2 videos

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1 exercise

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Prerequisite: Lesson 1

1. Watch the videos

Dassault Systèmes videos hosted on MySolidWorks: they open in a new tab and a free account is enough. Watch them in order.

Getting Started with DriveWorksXpressVideo 1▶Getting Started with DriveWorksXpressThe steps to generate variants of a master model and a tour of the interface.↗ DriveWorksXpress - Captured ModelsVideo 2▶DriveWorksXpress - Captured ModelsCapture the dimensions, features, properties and configurations to drive.↗

2. Key takeaways

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DriveWorksXpress generates new parts, assemblies and drawings from a master model.

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You capture only the parameters that vary: dimensions, features, custom properties, configurations.

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A clean, fully defined master model is the condition for the variants to rebuild without errors.

Tip

Give each captured dimension an explicit name (Overall_length, Bore_diameter): the rules in the next lesson will be easier to write.

3. Do the exercise

On a simple plate or bracket:

  • open DriveWorksXpress and create a database
  • capture the length, width and thickness
  • capture a hole feature that can be suppressed
✓To check: The captured parameters appear in the DriveWorksXpress list with their explicit names.

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