Autodesk Factory Design Suite 2012

Factory Layout Design for AutoCAD
Autodesk® Factory Design Suite Standard 2012 offers unique functionality in AutoCAD, enabling manufacturers to create factory layouts much faster than ever before. Minimise costs by taking advantage of existing AutoCAD® software expertise to analyse 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—Add commonly used factory objects with ease, such as conveyors, robots, and material handling equipment to help expedite layout designs.
• Material flow analysis—Get real-time feedback on optimising 2D layouts directly in AutoCAD instead of calculating by hand or using spreadsheet tools.

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Build Your Digital Factory
Autodesk® Factory Design Suite Premium 2012 provides system integrators and manufacturers with a 2D and 3D digital factory solution that gives you everything you need to create digital factory models. It optimises 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—"What-if' scenarios can be tried out with ease by dragging and dropping 3D models of machine and facilities content on top of your 2D floor plan.
• Large library of factory assets—Access out-of-the-box parametric factory content such as conveyors, material handling equipment and facility equipment that can be resized and re-used.
• Factory asset builder—Use Autodesk Inventor software to create 3D models of factory equipment, or import factory assets from suppliers to include in your layout with ease.
• Factory design efficiency—Improve your digital factory design efficiency by automating manual repetitive tasks such as creating plan views and section views of the layout, and save time on tape measurements by using laser scanning in your layout workflows.
• 3D factory visualisation and analysis—Collaborate better with immersive high-quality renderings and visualisations and explore digital factory layouts with interactive 3D virtual walk-throughs and fly-throughs.

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Advanced Factory Layout & Equipment Design
Autodesk® Factory Design Suite Ultimate 2012 is an advanced factory layout and equipment design solution that helps machine and equipment builders, system integrators and manufacturers to design, optimise and visualise factory layouts and factory equipment more effectively in one economical and convenient purchase.

It contains everything in 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.

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