AutoCAD Factory provides a number of Suite Workflows tools that enable you to create an associative link between a 2D AutoCAD drawing and a 3D layout in both Inventor Factory and Navisworks Factory. The link, called Layout Sync, can be established between Inventor or Navisworks and AutoCAD Architecture or AutoCAD Mechanical. Keep in mind that the link from AutoCAD Factory to Navisworks Factory is one-way only. However, the link between AutoCAD Factory and Inventor Factory is bi-directional.
The five Suite Workflows commands are summarized as follows:
- Sync Inventor - Starts Inventor and creates a 3D factory layout from an open 2D drawing.
- Create from Inventor - Creates a new 2D AutoCAD drawing from an existing 3D factory layout.
- Update from Inventor - Any changes made in a 3D Inventor Factory layout are reproduced in the 2D AutoCAD drawing.
- Break Link with Inventor - Breaks the associative link between the AutoCAD and Inventor layouts.
- Sync Navisworks - Starts Navisworks and creates a 3D factory layout from an open 2D drawing.