Autodesk Factory Design Suite

Autodesk® Factory Design Suite is a factory layout and optimization solution built to help you design and communicate the most efficient layout by creating a digital factory model. It enhances AutoCAD® and Autodesk® Inventor® software with exclusive interoperable layout workflows and factory-specific content that can help you:

• Increase factory layout design productivity and layout efficiency
• Reduce costs by analyzing and optimizing factory layouts before building
• Improve collaboration and help win more business by visually communicating your layouts in 3D
• Take advantage of cloud-based factory asset resources and efficient factory asset creation workflows

No matter what your role, the Autodesk Factory Design Suite, available in Standard, Premium, and Ultimate editions, provides a set of software targeted to enhance your layout design workflow.

Manufacturing Facility Layout for AutoCAD

Autodesk® Factory Design Suite Standard 2013 offers unique functionality in AutoCAD® software, enabling manufacturers to create factory layouts much faster than ever before. Minimize costs by taking advantage of existing AutoCAD expertise to analyze factory layouts for material flow efficiency early on during the conceptual phase of factory planning.

• Facilities layout design—Continue to work in your familiar AutoCAD-based working environment using architectural drafting tools such as walls, doors, and windows.
• 2D asset library—Easily add commonly used factory objects such as conveyors, robots, and material handling equipment to help expedite layout designs.
• Material flow analysis—Get real-time feedback on optimizing 2D layouts directly in AutoCAD instead of calculating by hand or using spreadsheet tools.
• Cloud services for 2D asset publishing and translation—Access custom, out-of-box, and manufacturer-specific content in the cloud.
• Laser scanning workflows—Save time on manual tape measurements by leveraging laser scanning in your layout workflows.

Includes:
AutoCAD®
AutoCAD® Architecture
AutoCAD® Mechanical
Autodesk® Factory Design Utilities
Autodesk® Vault Basic
Autodesk® Showcase®

Build Your Digital Factory

Autodesk® Factory Design Suite Premium 2013 provides an integrated 2D and 3D digital factory solution that gives you everything you need to create digital factory models. It optimizes existing AutoCAD® and Autodesk® Inventor® software workflows to help teams improve communication and make better layout decisions digitally before any equipment is installed and commissioned on the factory floor.

It contains everything in the Standard edition, plus:

• 2D and 3D visual layout environment—Easily try "what-if" scenarios by dragging and dropping 3D models of machine and facilities content on top of your 2D floor plan.
• Large library of 3D factory assets—Access out-of-the-box parametric 3D factory content such as conveyors, material handling equipment, and facility equipment that can be resized and reused.
• Cloud services for 3D asset publishing—Access custom, out-of-box, and manufacturer-specific content in the cloud.
• Factory asset builder—Use Autodesk Inventor software to create 3D models of factory equipment, or easily import factory assets from suppliers to include in your layout.
• Factory design efficiency—With bi-directional associativity, 2D drawings and the 3D factory layout model automatically update whenever the layout design changes. Automate manual repetitive tasks such as creation of plan views and section views of the layout.
• 3D factory visualization and analysis—Collaborate better with immersive high-quality renderings and visualizations and explore digital factory layouts with interactive 3D virtual walk-throughs and fly-throughs.
• Mobile device and online sharing of 3D layout models—Make it easy for nontechnical stakeholders to view and understand your layout design intent.

Includes:
AutoCAD®
AutoCAD® Architecture
AutoCAD® Mechanical
Autodesk® Showcase
Autodesk® Inventor®
Autodesk® 3ds Max® Design
Autodesk® Navisworks® Simulate
Autodesk® Vault Basic
Autodesk® Factory Design Utilities

Advanced Factory Layout & Equipment Design

Autodesk® Factory Design Suite Ultimate 2013 is an advanced factory layout and equipment design solution that helps machine and equipment builders and manufacturers better design, optimize, visualize, and share factory layouts and factory equipment designs.

It contains everything in the Premium edition, plus:

• Interference checking—Detect space constraints and equipment collision early in the design process with Autodesk® Navisworks® Manage software.
• Motion simulation and stress analysis—Predict how your equipment will work under real-world conditions with Autodesk® Inventor® Professional software.
• Automated tools for designing routed systems—Use Inventor Professional to reduce errors and save time with automated tube and pipe runs and electrical cable and harness design.

Includes:
AutoCAD®
AutoCAD® Architecture
AutoCAD® Mechanical
Autodesk® Showcase®
Autodesk® Inventor® Professional
Autodesk® 3ds Max® Design
Autodesk® Navisworks® Manage
Autodesk® Vault Basic
Autodesk® Factory Design Utilities

Factory Design Suite AVIs

See how functionality in the Factory Design Suite can help you accelerate your factory design process in these product overview videos.

AutoCAD Architecture AVI

Autodesk Inventor AVI

Autodesk Navisworks AVI