By following this video alongside the DriveWorksXpress PDF tutorial you will soon be automating your own designs in SOLIDWORKS.
You’ll find the PDF tutorial, along with the SOLIDWORKS project files at
The SOLIDWORKS files are in a zip file, extract the files before beginning the training.
In this tutorial, we will be automating the creation of a scissor lift. Imagine you work for a company that designs and manufactures scissor lifts, where each scissor lift you design is the same but different.
The length and width of the scissor lift can be changed. This means a custom design needs to be produced for each sales enquiry or order. This could take a few hours and be very repetitive for you, the engineer. Time spent creating custom files manually could also delay the company’s sales cycle.
However, by using DriveWorksXpress, it is possible to reduce both the lead time and the cost of custom designs to help companies t