Building and Publishing an Asset

There may be occasions when you have a 2D AutoCAD block representing a component in your factory layout, but the block is not a defined factory asset. In addition, the object may have been created with a different CAD system and so be in a different file format. The Asset Builder environment allows you to create an AutoCAD Factory asset of the block, associate a 3D object to it, and define its orientation. Once those tasks are completed, the asset may be published as a local asset or to the Cloud. The 3D representation of the object then appears when the AutoCAD layout is synced to either Inventor Factory or Navisworks Factory.

The general user workflow for this procedure is as follows:

• Select the 2D block
• Add asset properties such as Title, Company, Author, etc.
• Associate the 3D model to the block
• Validate the 3D model
• Define the model orientation
• Make any additional edits to the block, if required
• Publish the asset
• Exit the Asset Builder environment