Factory Design Tutorials
An introduction to the Factory Design Utilities tutorials.
Introduction
Welcome to the Autodesk® Factory Design Utilities tutorials. This tutorial allows you to sample some advanced layout functionalities and efficient layout design workflows available in the Factory Design Utilities.
This tutorial workflow offers a one-to-one synchronization between your 2D AutoCAD drawings and 3D Inventor assembly models. Changes made in the 2D AutoCAD drawing propagate to the Inventor 3D layout, and changes in the 3D layout propagate back to the original 2D drawing. The bidirectional workflow provides veteran AutoCAD users with a familiar, easy-to-learn process for generating compelling 2D and 3D Factory layouts.
In Tutorials 1 through 3, we'll work through the basic 2D-to-3D workflow that is unique to Autodesk Factory Design. During the exercises in each section, we will use the 2D workflow in AutoCAD to easily create a rough layout of a work cell. When 3D elements are needed, we can use the Cross-Product Workflows tools to open your design in the Inventor environment where 3D modifications are easy to apply. Once the design is complete, the Cross-Product Workflows tools allows you to update all AutoCAD drawings. All of your layout's Factory Design data is also stored in a LayoutData file, keeping your data connected, centrally located, current, and up to date.
In Tutorial 4, we'll dive into the Analysis tools in AutoCAD Factory and analyze how materials flow through your factory.