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Name and Link	Description	Requirements
3D Animate Views	Learn how to animate between views inside your 3D Previews using Camera and Animation Entities.
3D Camera	See how a custom Orbit Camera can be configured inside your 3D Previews.
3D Exploded View	This examples demonstrates how to setup an exploded view using the 3D Document's Animate Translate Entity.
3D Export Images	Find out how to export images of your 3D scenes for use inside your configurator's sales and manufacturing outputs.
3D Floor Plan	Upload a Floor Plan and configure the contents of each room in 3D.	Image PowerPack
3D Glow Entity	Find out how to highlight geometry in your 3D scene using the Glow Entity.
3D Layout	These Projects demonstrates how to setup an interactive 3D Layout using DriveWorks 3D Technology.
3D Path	Find out how to create a 3D path by interacting with a 3D scene.
3D Preview Modes	This demonstrates how each different DriveWorks 3D Mode works with a Project and comparison.
3D Rotator	Learn how to convert uploaded 3D files to Drive3D and display them on a rotator inside a 3D Preview.
3D Scale	Learn how to use a 3D Document node's scale properties to control the size of geometry in a 3D scene. Scaling geometry reduces 3D assets improving user experience.
3D Scene	Learn how a 3D Document's Environment Settings can be used to control your 3D Scene's appearence.
3D Selection	Learn how to make your 3D scenes interactive using Click Macro entities.
3D Using Decals	This example outlines ways you can use the DriveWorks 3D Decal Entity to enhance the user experience of your configurator.
3D Viewports	Find out how to create a Viewport inside your 3D Previews using the 3D Camera Entity.
3D Zoom To Fit	This example demonstrates how to perform a Zoom To Fit on your 3D Preview.
Autopilot Autostart	Includes a .bat file with instructions to demonstrate how to automatically start Autopilot, open a Group and set it to run.
CAMWorks	Learn how the DriveWorks CAMWorks PowerPack allows you to integrate DriveWorks and CAMWorks to automatically generate CAM data.	CAMWorks PowerPack
Carousel Control	DriveWorks can be used to create dynamic Controls; this example uses Macro Buttons to create a Carousel Control.
Child Spec List	See how a Child Specification List can be setup to allow Child Specifications to be created from a Parent Specification.
Configuration Dims	Use the 'Create Configuration' or 'Switch Configuration' Generation Tasks to control Configuration specific dimensions.
Configurations	This Tech Tip shows multiple ways to drive SOLIDWORKS Configurations to best fit your implementation.
Control Macros	Trigger Specification Macros from Form Controls using the On Change Event.
Create Closed Child	A way of completing a Child Specification, pulling data inputted in the Parent Specification, without needing to open the Child.
Create Model Image	This Project demonstrates how to create images of generated Assemblies, Parts or Drawings using Generation Tasks.
Custom Child Spec List	How to create your own Child Specification List Control which can be tailored to suit your Forms, using a Data Table and Macro Buttons to reskin it.
Customize Controls	Control your Form Control Appearance Properties to adapt and re-skin them to match your own branding and style.
Data Validation	Make sure you are collecting the data you need by validating your user inputs.
Date Picker	Find out how to create a custom date picker inside DriveWorks. Building your own date picker gives you the ability to customize its look and feel.
Default Value Rule	This Project demonstrates the differences between the Default Value and Override Value properties on your Controls.
Deferred Drawings	This Project demonstrates how you can delay the release of your Drawings using the Release Model(s) Task's Defer Drawings property.
Dialog Form	This example demonstrates how to simulate a Dialog, or pop-up, using a Frame Control and Macro Buttons.
Dim Inserted Models	Find out how to add dimensions to Drawings that show Assemblies generated using the Insert Component Generation Task.	SOLIDWORKS PowerPack
Display Google Map	See how you can display a Map with a location or multiple locations on a Form inside DriveWorks using Google Maps APIs.
Drawing Gen Tasks	Use the 'Auto Arrange Dimensions', 'Auto Balloon View' and 'Rescale And Position View' Generation Tasks to control a driven Drawing.
Drive General Table	Add more detail to your Drawings through the creation and population of General Tables with these Generation Tasks.	SOLIDWORKS PowerPack
Drive Text	This example demonstrates how to drive text into your SOLIDWORKS models.
Drive Tolerance	Find out how to drive your captured Model Dimensions with Tolerances that can be shown on your Drawings.
Dynamic Controls	An example of how to make your Form Controls dynamic and responsive to user inputs.
Excel Export Table	This example demonstrates how to drive tables, or DriveWorks arrays, into Named Ranges inside Excel files.	Specification PowerPack
Excel Insert Images	This example demonstrates how to replace images, or shapes, in an Excel file with new images.	Specification PowerPack
Excel Trigger Macro	Creates an Excel Document, which uses a CreateReports Macro to create a copy of the document in PDF format, to a location and file name specified by you.
Export BOM	This example demonstrates how to export BOM data from a generated SOLIDWORKS Assembly.	Specification and SOLIDWORKS PowerPacks
Export Mass Properties	This Project demonstrates how to export the mass of a generated SOLIDWORKS model for use inside DriveWorks.	Specification and SOLIDWORKS PowerPacks
Frame Control	The Frame Control displays a box in which any user Form, within the Project, can be shown. This can be used to create tabs displaying different Forms when clicked.
Gen Multiple Models	Find out how to release the same component multiple times using a macro loop and have each released model be driven with different values.
Hole Wizard	Hole Wizard Features can be driven in many ways, this Project shows three of these methods: Sketch Dimensions, Advanced Feature Parameters and Generation Tasks.
Import Specifications	Using either the .tab file or a .xml file provided in the drivepkg, generate multiple Specifications at once using Autopilot.
Insert and Mate	This Project demonstrates how to insert and mate a component using Generation Tasks and how to use looping to insert multiple components.
Insert Decal on Face	This Project demonstrates how to Insert a Decal onto a part using Generation Tasks.
Insert Library Feature	This Project demonstrates how the 'Insert Library Feature' Generation Task can be applied to your models.
Item List	This example demonstrates how to simulate an Item List, using a Simple Table Control and Macro Buttons to give you more control over your user-interface.	Specification PowerPack
Live License Dashboard	Display your DriveWorks Live license entitlement and current usage using this Tech Tip.	Image PowerPack
Macro Buttons	See how a Macro Button's argument and click position can be used as an input. This examples demonstrates a color picker.
Office Via IIS	Learn how to offload the reading of uploaded COM application files when running DriveWorks Live through IIS. This examples uses Excel.	Specification PowerPack
Pack And Go	This examples shows how you can automate your Project deployment using the Pack and Go Specification PowerPack Task.	Specification PowerPack
Passing Hosted Arrays	This Project demonstrates how you can pass tables, or arrays, of data to Specifications hosted using the Specification Host Control.
Passing Hosted Data	This Project demonstrates how you can pass data to Specifications hosted using the Specification Host Control.
PDF from MD	Learn how to create a PDF from a Markdown file, removing the requirement for MS Office and streamlining document generation for users on the web.	Specification PowerPack
PDF Integration	Find out how you can work with PDFs inside DriveWorks using Tasks and functions included with the DriveWorks PDF Integration.	Specification PowerPack
Project Dashboard	See how you can create a custom Project dashboard inside a DriveWorks Project.
Project Security	An alternative to standard DriveWorks security for creating users which uses a Group Table.
Receiving Hosted Arrays	This Project demonstrates how to consume tables, or arrays, of data passed by a Specification hosted in a Specification Host Control to the host.
Receiving Hosted Data	This Project demonstrates how to consume data passed by a Specification hosted in a Specification Host Control to the host.
Regional Settings	Learn about the impact of regional settings, and decimal separators, along with the tools in DriveWorks that can help you work with them.	Specification PowerPack
Replace Components	DriveWorks can replace models in a SOLIDWORKS Assembly. These can be static or dynamic, i.e. the replacement can be driven before inserting it into the Assembly.
Responsive Forms	DriveWorks can detect the width of the screen a Form is being displayed in. Form Controls can then have their positions and size change dynamically, responding to Fo
Responsive Grid	Find out how to setup a grid of Form Controls that responds to different screen sizes.
Reuse Form Controls	This Tech Tip demonstrates how to reuse Form Controls to avoid using multiple duplicate Form Controls.
RGB To Hex	This Tech Tip demonstrates how to convert RGB values into Hex values using the ColorHex() Function.
Send HTTP Request	Look at how to request data from a web service using the HTTP Request Task. You can also look at how to retrieve data from the result using XPathGet.
Shopping Basket	This Project allows a user to select from a range of products and specify a quantity. This is stored in a Simple Table, used to create a summary and total price.
SOLIDWORKS CAM	Learn more about how to use the SOLIDWORKS CAM PowerPack with this example Project.	SOLIDWORKS CAM PowerPack
Specification Flow	Learn how powerful your Specification Flow can be. Control Who has access to a Specification as well as What, When and Where Tasks are performed.
Table Actions	Learn how to add, edit, delete and copy data from a Simple Table inside DriveWorks with this Tech Tip. The demonstrated functionality can be applied to other Table t
Table Control	Learn more about manipulating Calculations Table data as well as Simple Table data inside DriveWorks Projects.
Table Filtering	This example demonstrates how the different Table Filter Functions can be used to filter for only relevant items in a Data Table using other Form Controls as inputs.
Table Functions	There are many different Table Functiosn inside DriveWorks, this Project demonstrates some of these Functions.
Triggered Actions	This example Project shows you how to set Triggered Actions up in DriveWorks to wait until a designated file exists before Transitioning/processing a Specification.
Upload Control	This example demonstrates how you can use the Upload Form Control to allow your users to upload files for use in your configurators.
User Specific Spec Ids	Specification Settings can be used to create a Specification ID that increments separately for each user.
Using Patterns	This demonstrates some of the ways SOLIDWORKS patterns can be driven using DriveWorks with example intuitive UX.
Word Merge Docs	This example demonstrates how to use a Specification PowerPack Task to merge Word Documents.	Specification PowerPack

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