Lower Costs Through Smarter Engineering

Get an exclusive look at cost-saving features in SOLIDWORKS.

Smarter Engineering Starts Here

There are real opportunities to lower costs inside your existing SOLIDWORKS workflows. The challenge is knowing where to look and how to connect the dots.

Lower Costs Through Smarter Engineering is an event series for SOLIDWORKS users and engineering leaders looking for practical ways to get more from the tools they already have.

The session follows actual workflows and shows how decisions made in design carry through manufacturing and inspection., Along the way, you will see how processes align and where focused changes make a measurable difference.

You will also see how reuse, automation, data management, cloud services, and AI work together inside the SOLIDWORKS environment to strengthen your overall workflow.

What You Will Learn

Turn Existing Designs into Reusable Assets

Learn how to organize legacy files, build shared libraries, and use tools like SOLIDWORKS Design Libraries, PDM, and FeatureWorks to reuse existing models.

Automate Product Configuration

See how design tables, DriveWorksXpress, and DriveWorks Pro automate repetitive design work and manage product variations with greater speed and consistency.

Extend 3D Models Across Your Process

Understand how SOLIDWORKS tools like Costing, CAM, Inspection, and Composer extend design data into other channels such as manufacturing, quality, documentation, and quoting.

Apply Cloud and AI in Your Workflow

Explore how 3DEXPERIENCE cloud services support data management and sharing, while SOLIDWORKS AI tools assist with drawings and everyday engineering tasks.

Your Speakers

Joe McDiarmid

Enterprise Technical Account Manager

Joe is the Enterprise Technical Account Manager at Hawk Ridge Systems, managing the rapidly evolving needs of our largest and most complex customers. He is a 12-year veteran of HRS with a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from New Mexico State University, and an experienced SME in most SOLIDWORKS and DS applications, ranging from CAD & Electrical to AI and Cloud 3DX Roles. He frequently spends time visiting customers to resolve real-world challenges that weave through design, documentation, business processes, and manufacturing with technical mentorship, engineering services, and consultative assessment reviews. In his spare time, he swaps engines, restores classic cars and motorcycles, and makes wiring harnesses, in-between playing with his 4-year-old son Nico.

Kenny Truong

Applications Engineer

Kenny is an Applications Engineer based on the Western Slope of Colorado. Originally from Minnesota, he comes from a background in engineering at a local startup and student teaching at the University of Minnesota. Apart from SOLIDWORKS 3D modeling, he specializes in SOLIDWORKS FEA and CFD. He recently placed second in the highly competitive Model Mania challenge at 3DEXPERIENCE World 2026. In his free time, he can often be found riding his bike, skiing, or rock climbing.