3 Dawn Consulting has developed the following products to help increase our efficiency on our design projects. We now offer them to you to share our efficiency. We have bundled a number of them into a suite of tools we call EfficiencyWorks. Any of the following products can be purchased individually. Some products have two different prices: individual use (registration is tied to a Solidworks Serial Number) or company use (one registration code for all users in the company). Many products have a demonstration mode in which you can try out the tool for 30 days. Click on the Product name to see more information about the product you are interested in.

Product Description Included in EfficiencyWorks? Trial Version Available  
EfficiencyWorks This is our bundled product that combines many of our best tools into one package this set of tools will dramatically improve any company's CAD & Design efficiency.
 
Template Wizard This tool will help you quickly create part, assembly, and drawing templates that are correct. Custom drawing templates can be designed in minutes!      
Starter Templates Yes, Solidworks comes with some basic templates. But they are really poor starter templates. Ours include the latest features and all of the settings that will help you get your company up and running in a matter of a few minutes - instead of a few days. When paired with our SetProperties tool you will maximize your users efficiency immediately!

 

 
SetProperties Tool SetProperties is our flagship product. It is so basic to efficient design that we use it daily. This tool walks the user through basic questions about the active document. What is the part description? What is the part number? The active document type determines what questions are asked. For example, whe a part is active the user asked for a material. When a drawing is active the tool asks the user for their user initials.

 
Material Database This is a superb material database for your company! It has over 80 common materials. This database replaces the general material database supplied with Solidworks with one that doesn't give general names (such as "Alloy Steel"). When paired with our Material Wizard your users can quickly select the most appropriate material.

 

 
Material Selection Wizard The material wizard is designed to assist users with an interface that helps them identify a material and finish that meets their needs quickly. It links to a company's preferred material database, a finish database, and offers a notes section that can be customized to assist users with why, when and material properties so they don't have to look it up or guess at material availability.
 
Get Next Part Number Wizard The Get Next Part Number Tool quickly retrieves the next available part number from an Excel spreadsheet. The document is saved as the new part number, the document and spreadsheet are updated! This tool can save companies thousands of dollars per year in time spent, consistency, and errors. If this isn't enough for you see our Advanced Numbering Tool

 
Export Wizard The export wizard helps you export your Solidworks files for purchasing or quoting purposes. Assembly documents or folders can be exported into multiple formats such as IGES, STEP, and PDFs. This one step process saves companies a considerable time on every project.

 
CAD Administrator Manage all of your Solidworks users settings! Always know that user settings are consistent. Also, you can copy new files to their computer upon startup so that they have the most recent library files. If you want a macro to run automatically at start up of Solidworks, when any new document is created, or many other "events" in Solidworks, then this tool is for you! 3 different events in solidworks can be set to automatically trigger a macro to run. For example, when creating a new document wouldn't it be nice to run a macro that retrieves a new part number? Or, upon startup the 3Dawn Solidworks Timer is always started?
 
Free Solidworks Macros
  • Point Cloud Importer
  • Split Feature Manager
  • Reset Table Row Height
  • Set Part as Fastener
  • Set Current Revision
  • Toggle Document Units (Inch to Millimeter)
 
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