Stop Rebuilding the Same Model Twice

SolidWorks Design Automation Assessment

Your SolidWorks team is losing hours every day to manual rebuilds, re-keyed custom properties, and design intent trapped in one power user's feature tree. Our free 90-minute SolidWorks Design Process Assessment shows exactly where that time is going and what automation can recover.

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Minutes. Free.

No Cost, No Obligation

6–9mo

Typical Full ROI

Built Deep on the SolidWorks Ecosystem

Native SolidWorks tools and API expertise your team already runs on

From Configurations and Design Tables to full DriveWorks configurators, we automate the SolidWorks stack from the inside.

SolidWorks API & Macros

Configurations & Design Tables

DriveWorks

SolidWorks PDM

SolidWorks CAM

Design Checker

Where SolidWorks Workflows Break Down

The patterns we find in almost every SolidWorks shop

Most SolidWorks teams share the same root-cause inefficiencies. Here are the three we surface most often.

The Groundhog Day Effect

Engineers rebuild near-identical parts and assemblies for every new order instead of driving them from Configurations or the SolidWorks API. Hours vanish tweaking models that could be generated in minutes. The cost compounds with every quote.

The Data Disconnect

Custom properties, BOMs, and part numbers are re-typed by hand as data moves from SolidWorks to CAM, ERP, and PDM. Every handoff carries risk: re-entry errors, mismatched BOMs, and procurement issues that trace back to one copy-paste upstream.

Trapped Tribal Knowledge

Your modeling standards and design rules live inside one senior user's feature tree and a folder of undocumented macros. When that person is out or moves on, model quality drops and every decision funnels through one overloaded bottleneck.

"Your best SolidWorks users should be solving problems no one has solved before.
Not rebuilding a model they configured last quarter."

Meet the Experts Leading Your Assessment

Your complimentary assessment is led by senior engineering specialists with deep experience in SolidWorks, engineering automation and complex product development.

Dan Grabowski

Digital Engineering & Design Automation

Leads the IndX Engineering Automation practice for 100+ clients, with 15 years across CAD, CAE and manufacturing engineering automation.

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Greg Pappas

Engineering Systems & Product Development

Brings 15 years of design automation and NX Open development, building tailored solutions that reduce manual effort inside existing workflows.

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Ric Hotchkiss

CAD, Simulation & Engineering Innovation

Specializes in Knowledge Based Engineering and NX Open programming, with deep expertise in surface modeling, reverse engineering and design validation.

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IndX Solution Architect leading a SolidWorks design process assessment

Free. 90 Minutes. Zero Obligation.

The Free Assessment

90 minutes that pay for themselves

A high-impact consultation with a Senior IndX Solution Architect who lives in SolidWorks. We observe your actual SolidWorks workflows and deliver a clear picture of where engineering time is being lost and what automation can recover.

Onsite or VirtualYour choice. A Senior Solution Architect joins wherever most practical.

Zero CostFree to attend. The only investment is 90 minutes of your team's time.

Concrete DeliverablesYou leave with a documented OFI list, solution options, and transparent budgetary estimates.

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How We Spend the 90 Minutes

Structured, focused, immediately useful

Every minute is deliberate. You get a live analysis of your actual SolidWorks workflows, observed in real time.

Minutes 0–15

Discovery Kick-Off

Brief overview of your product portfolio, SolidWorks version, key add-ins, and whether you run SolidWorks PDM. This grounds the session in your specific SolidWorks environment, not a generic one.

Minutes 15–60

Over-the-Shoulder Workflow Analysis

We watch a designer run a real task in SolidWorks. A change order, a new product variant, a standard drawing update. Every redundant rebuild, manual property entry, and re-keyed BOM is mapped in real time.

Minutes 60–90

Opportunity Mapping and Feedback

Immediate feedback session. Quick Wins, like a targeted macro, are separated from Strategic Automation plays, like a full DriveWorks configurator. You leave knowing what can improve next week versus what needs a phased rollout.

What You Walk Away With

Tangible outputs. Not a summary deck.

Three concrete deliverables from every assessment. No vague next steps or "we'll follow up" promises.

Deliverable 01

The OFI List

A documented list of Opportunities for Improvement tied to the specific SolidWorks bottlenecks our architect observed. Concrete, actionable, and prioritized so you know where to focus first.

Deliverable 02

Solution Verticals

Automation approaches tailored to your SolidWorks environment. API-driven design automation, drawing and BOM automation, Design Checker rules, DriveWorks configurators. Specific to what we found, not a generic catalog.

Deliverable 03

Rough Order of Magnitude Pricing

Transparent budgetary estimates based on agreed solution areas. SolidWorks macros and API scripts run $5k to $15k. DriveWorks and enterprise configurators range from $25k to $75k and above. Most clients reach full ROI in six to nine months.

Six Areas Where We Unlock SolidWorks Capacity

Built around what your SolidWorks workflows actually need

Based on what we uncover, the solution takes shape around your specific bottlenecks. These are the SolidWorks automation verticals we deploy most often.

Design Automation

Generate complex part and assembly variants instantly from input rules using Configurations, Design Tables, and the SolidWorks API. Stops variant proliferation from becoming a headcount problem and accelerates sales engineering cycles.

Configuration-Driven

Drawing and BOM Automation

Auto-generate 2D SolidWorks drawings and accurate Bills of Materials straight from your 3D models, with custom properties driven automatically. Eliminates manual transcription errors and cuts detailing hours per project.

Downstream Accuracy

Design Checking

Enforce your modeling standards with SolidWorks Design Checker and custom rules that run before release, not after a manufacturing issue surfaces. First-pass quality improves when rules are enforced by software, not one overloaded senior engineer.

Quality at Source

CAM Template Automation

Standardized toolpaths across similar part families and automated machining strategy templates in SolidWorks CAM. The design-to-manufacturing handoff becomes systematic and repeatable instead of manual.

Design to Manufacturing

Design Assessment

Design Maturity and Readiness reviews, Design for X (DfX) evaluations, SolidWorks modeling and CAD quality checks, and Standards and Compliance assessments to baseline where you stand before automation begins.

Maturity Baseline

Product Configuration Automation

A full DriveWorks or custom configurator built on your SolidWorks models. Sales reps or customers select options and the system instantly produces a valid configuration, complete BOM, drawings, and manufacturing outputs without engineering involvement.

Sales Engineering

The Business Case

Automation is an investment in throughput

Not an expense. Most clients see full return on their SolidWorks automation investment within the first year.

Cost of the Assessment

2–4wk

Proof of Concept Timeline

6–9mo

Typical Full ROI

2+ hrs

Saved Per Engineer Per Week

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See IndX in Action

Real work. Real results.

Real deployments, real outcomes across complex industrial engineering environments.

Case Study

Innovating the Future of Defense with Strategic Solutions

How IndX helped a leading defense engineering organization modernize complex design workflows and unlock engineering capacity.

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Solution Overview

Product Design Automation

Explore the full IndX Design Automation capability: SolidWorks API integration, Knowledge-Based Engineering, configuration engines, and manufacturing automation.

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90 minutes. Zero cost.
Concrete outcomes.

Tell us about your SolidWorks environment and the areas you want us to focus on. A Senior Solution Architect will be in touch to schedule your session.

First Name

Last Name

Company

Job Title

Work Email

Phone Number

SolidWorks Version

Do You Use SolidWorks PDM?

Which areas would you like us to focus on? Select all that apply.

Design AutomationConfigurations, Design Tables, API-driven variant generation

Drawing and BOM AutomationAuto-generate SolidWorks drawings and Bills of Materials

Design CheckingDesign Checker and custom rule enforcement before release

CAM Template AutomationSolidWorks CAM toolpath and strategy templates

Design AssessmentMaturity, DfX, modeling quality, and compliance reviews

Product Configuration AutomationDriveWorks or custom configurator for sales engineering

Anything else you'd like us to know?

A Senior IndX Solution Architect will reach out within one business day to confirm.

You're on the list.

A Senior IndX Solution Architect will review your submission and be in touch within one business day to confirm your session.

Ready to Recover That Capacity?

Your next SolidWorks project shouldn't take longer to design than the last one.

90 minutes gives you a clear picture of where your SolidWorks hours are going and a concrete plan to get them back. No pitch. A documented assessment with real options and honest numbers.

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