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Product Versions

DBWorks and DBInventor are available in two versions:
 
EXPRESS
  • Start with the basic functionality right after installing with no extra training.
  • Enhanced data entry: create a list of values or retrieve values from other data sources on the network.
  • VBScript enabled fields can be filled based on any scripting or application.
    As you needs better organization, DBWorks provides the tool to create automatic numbering systems or drive actions on specific DBWorks events.
  • Save drawings with the name of the part/assembly automatically or copy information from the part/assembly record to the drawing record.
  • Title blocks update themselves automatically and are so flexible that they can be the result of a script you create.
  • Concurrent engineering: notify team mates working on linked documents
  • Complete revision history
  • DBWorks handles configurations correctly and is compatible with revision history
  • Basic rights management with Administrator and User rights
  • Graphic tools to customize easily tables, record viewer, external outputs
  • Customizable Html output, to create a browsable web site illustrating all the documents in your project/assembly
  • Customizable BOM output in Excel sheets, ready for printing or editing, retrieves data from external data source and performs automatic calculations.
  • Material Wizard
    Assign density to a part through a material database searching by family, subfamily or supplier
  • Outlook Style shortcut bar
    Organize queries, scripts, layout in custom folders, dynamic layouts display neat, accessible information for any type of document
  • Drawing « Part/Assembly Link Mode
    Force revisions of part/assemblies to their drawings revisions
  • DBWFilter enhanced searching tool
    Used in conjunction with feature names fill, DBWFilter can ease the search of documents that use the same type of features
  • Previous revisions multiple visualization
    Review and compare multiple revisions of a document in view only mode
  • Revision ROLL BACK
    Collapse the current revision to a previous revision with automatic removal of redundant revisions
  • DBWServer File Security Service
    Manages Windows NT file system protection on SolidWorks documents for absolute security.
  • Local checkout mode
    Separates released documents from work-in-progress allowing viewers to refer only to approved items.

ENTERPRISE
Includes base features plus:
  • Project « User management
    Manage the assignment of projects to DBWorks users, preventing them from viewing other projects' documents.
  • Remote Access
    Share the database as well as the documents with remote installations.
  • Workflow (requires DBWARM)
    Integrated Workflow module with graphical processes designer.
  • Briefcase
    Save and retrieve in/from a single zip file portions of the database including all the documents and their previously released versions. Ideal for working with remotely collaborating companies or subsidiaries.
  • Master Drawing Mode
    DBWorks considers that the drawings used internally to the company for production are not in the native CAD format, but in a industry standard format like TIFF or PDF
    DBWorks is able to preview/open/plot/visualize previous revisions, directly managing the master drawings and not the native CAD drawing.
  • Fast Preview for PDF documents
  • Released Database Mode
  • Maintain two databases in synch inside your company.
  • DBWARM
    DBWorks Access Rights Manager.
ADDITIONAL MODULES for ENTERPRISE version only :
  • DBWERP
  • WebClient (requires ENTERPRISE version + DBWARM)

 

Environment consistency

Environments with different versions (express/enterprise) of CAD integrated product are not supported

 

Product Languages

DBWorks and DBInventor are available in following languages:
Full support: English Italian German French Spanish
Partial support: Polish