Factory Design Utilities is a set of 2D and 3D factory layout tools that makes it possible to design functional layouts able to create a virtual factory model.
Factory Design perfects AutoCAD and Inventor software by operating directly on layout workflows and on the factory’s essential elements. Designers are able to work on the layout process in Inventor’s 3D parametric environment or use AutoCAD 2D. Factory Design supports the connection between AutoCAD and Inventor, making for accurate and functional design workflows.
Factory Design Utilities is a set of 2D and 3D factory layout tools that makes it possible to design functional layouts able to create a virtual factory model.
Factory Design perfects AutoCAD and Inventor software by operating directly on layout workflows and on the factory’s essential elements. Designers are able to work on the layout process in Inventor’s 3D parametric environment or use AutoCAD 2D. Factory Design supports the connection between AutoCAD and Inventor, making for accurate and functional design workflows.
Competition in global markets nullifies any possible advantage in the costs of raw materials, semi-finished products and components, processing and distribution, all of which are almost aligned between direct competitors. Only one “profit-making” possibility remains. It is the reduction of the costs of internal logistics through the optimisation of spaces, based on the flows that refer to them.
This is why in the space of a few years, the factory layout, the real pulsating architecture of the production or distribution system, has become the fundamental asset to which stakeholders and investors refer.
A decisive rethinking and repositioning of factory space is now considered by many economists to be an essential factor of merit for corporate sustainability itself, all the more so in the transition to Industry 4.0. It applies to the factory as to the supermarket, to the warehouse as to the airport. FDU places no limits on the ongoing fine-tuning of spaces for human activity.
Factory Design Utilities owes its proactive strength to the fact that it works in full DWG mode, operating in 3D on Inventor work and “fetching” everything created in 2D with AutoCad.
With Factory Design, in essence, the layout designed in Inventor will be automatically synchronised with its 2D counterparts; at any time it will then be possible to update all AutoCAD drawings with the changes made in the 3D model.
This incredible teamwork makes for a refined interconnection between past and present. On the basis of the history, it is thus possible to arrive at a refined unitary vision of the future, which associates the “old” spaces with any new surfaces acquired during the design, laying bare the volumes required by the logistics system and indicating, in relation to the available spaces, the most logical flow variants.
The automated work processes and factory design workspaces created in AutoCAD and Inventor allow companies to realise any type of layout in a very short time, with significant savings in terms of costs and energy.
All this enables the designer to really focus on the objectivity of the choices, according to the given objectives: he or she will, in fact, be able to translate the 2D layout into a 3D model using parametric factory assets, such as tools and means for moving objects that can be modified, resized or reused.
One of FDU’s most significant assets is process optimisation through Process Analysis. With what goals? For example:
Factory Design Utilities is conceived to design and create all types of layouts, whether they are of the production order, the classic factory, or of the logistics-distribution or service order, such as large airport infrastructures.
Comprehensive plant planning and visualisation, digital asset library, simulation and analysis, layout optimisation, integration with AutoCAD and Inventor: all this and more is packed into Factory Design Utilities.
Factory Design Utilities creates 2D and 3D layouts to provide a complete and detailed view of installations. This helps to identify space management or workflow problems before actual implementation.
It includes an extensive library of digital assets (such as machinery, equipment, shelving, etc.) that can be easily used in factory layouts. These assets can also be customised to suit specific needs.
Factory Design Utilities integrates seamlessly with AutoCAD and Inventor, enables data exchange, and allows you to take advantage of their advanced design and modelling capabilities.
Users can simulate workflow, material handling paths and ergonomics to optimise layout and improve efficiency.
It facilitates collaboration between team members and lets projects be easily shared with stakeholders for review and feedback.
It offers tools for analysing and optimising factory layouts, reducing wasted space and improving production flow.
Directly oriented towards specific application processes that, like mechanical engineering, require familiarity with dedicated libraries and applications, the courses organised by QS Infor are structured according to the customer’s needs and objectives, on an individual or group basis, at the customer’s company or at the QS Infor site.
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