About Layout Browser Workflows
Work with your layout data in various ways using the Factory Design Layout Browser.
When you Save your Factory Design layout, you are also saving an exact replica of your Factory Design data to a LayoutData file. Your Factory Design data is stored in the LayoutData file for use in AutoCAD, Inventor, and Navisworks. You can access all of your LayoutData files through the Layout Browser.
About Your Layout Data and CAD Interoperability
You do not need to have all of the CAD applications installed on your computer to work with your Layout Data. You can simply work in your layout using AutoCAD, Inventor, or Navisworks, click Save, and the changes that you made to the Factory Design data are applied to all of the 2D and 3D layout files automatically the next time you open your layouts.
For example, when your layout is updated in Inventor and you click Save, the 2D equivalent of that layout is also updated. If you open, update, and save any Factory Design components of your layout in 2D, its 3D equivalents are updated as well.