A 2D drawing of a factory floor layout showing all factory components and personnel in their proper locations can be created in AutoCAD. The drawing can also be created in another CAD program capable of outputting a file in DWG format. Using the Add DWG Overlay command, the drawing can then be overlaid onto the factory floor in Inventor Factory to serve as a snap-to guide in the precise placement of 3D factory assets.
After placement, right-clicking the DWG overlay node in the assembly browser displays a pop-up context menu with various options. The drawing may be repositioned, scaled, rotated, cropped, or deleted. The visibility of drawing layers may also be toggled on and off. If any AutoCAD Factory 2D assets exist in the overlay, they can be replaced with Inventor Factory 3D assets using the Auto-place 3D Assets option. The context menu also provides the option to open the overlay directly in AutoCAD (all flavors of AutoCAD are supported).