IMAGINiT Technologies Industry News

Inter-Disciplinary Firm the jdi group Goes All-In with 3D Modeling

We are pleased to be a part of the jdi group's success in moving to an integrated 3D modeling approach to their unique projects.  By helping them make the transition to Revit, Civil 3D, Plant 3D, Navisworks, Inventor and Factory Design Suite IMAGINiT and the jdi group were able to incorporate not just software knowledge but workflow for a 100,000 sq. ft. addition for a major automaker.

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Autodesk 2014 Design and Creation Suites Give Flexibility to Innovate More

The new Autodesk Design and Creation Suites offer unprecedented access to the Autodesk 2014 software portfolio spanning the desktop and cloud and allow building, product, plant, and factory design; engineering, construction and infrastructure; and entertainment creation professionals to innovate more. For the first time, the 2014 Design and Creation Suites include new reality capture software and services that more easily incorporate both laser scans and digital photographs of the physical world into the 3D design and engineering process.

The flexible, economical software access provided by Autodesk Suites means designers and engineers have a broader palette of tools to choose from — they can choose the best tool for the job at hand and better respond to changing business requirements. Suites customers on Autodesk Subscription will also have access to select Autodesk 360 cloud services that extend designers and engineers’ workflows to explore more design alternatives, collaborate more effectively and experience greater mobility. Subscription customers now can purchase additional cloud capacity as well.

The 2014 family of Autodesk Design and Creation Suites includes:

• Autodesk AutoCAD Design Suite 
• Autodesk Building Design Suite 
• Autodesk Entertainment Creation Suite
• Autodesk Factory Design Suite 
• Autodesk Infrastructure Design Suite 
• Autodesk Plant Design Suite 
• Autodesk Product Design Suite

BIG I.D.E.A.S. features IMAGINiT expert, Paul Hamonic on How Plant Design Augments Factory Professionals Needs

One of the more challenging aspects of undertaking a factory or plant retrofit, revamp or expansion is finding the right mix of tools to manage the complexities and nuances of individual projects.  BIG I.D.E.A.S. showcases the industry's best design tools and techniques that can enhance your existing AutoCAD workflow and speed the design process. 

The Autodesk portfolio of process plant design software features easy-to-learn, multidisciplinary tools for plant and equipment design that help cut training time, speed deployment, and reduce reliance on custom, heavily service-based IT and database integration . Take away best practices and techniques on how you can:

• Innovate ahead of the competition
• Communicate with greater clarity
• Design, model, and review plant projects more effectively
• Keep projects on schedule and work within your budget.

Paul Hamonic will lead the discussion and demonstrate how Autodesk's Plant Design offerings can be utilized in a factory environment. Topics will include how you can document your process piping requirements using a 2D schematic, visualize your facility with a 3D model and create additional documentation in the form of orthographic and isometric drawings.

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BIG I.D.E.A.S. Virtual Event - Registration Now Open

BIG I.D.E.A.S. showcases the industry’s best tools and techniques for effective factory layout design and optimization. 

• Are you having trouble visualizing your factory layout utilizing traditional 2D practices? 

• Are you able to check for equipment collisions before your factory layout is installed in your facility? 

• Is your Factory in a constant state of change and development? 

Attend the complimentary BIG I.D.E.A.S. virtual event and let us show you how using the Autodesk Factory Design Suite answers all of these questions.

This is a must attend event for machine and equipment builders, engineering service providers and manufacturers seeking new ways to innovate and accelerate new business. 

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IMAGINiT Technologies Hosts its next BIG I.D.E.A.S. Virtual Event

Give your Factory a Digital Makeover

The next BIG I.D.E.A.S. virtual conference will be held on June 20, 2012 and will feature the industry’s best tools and techniques for effective factory layout design and optimization. Our experts will show how you can create 3D factory layout models that communicate design intent, detect costly errors, and improve design efficiency. This complimentary event will showcase the Autodesk Factory Design Suite 2013 which is a factory layout and optimization solution to help you design and communicate the most efficient layout by creating a digital factory model.

This is a must attend event for machine and equipment builders, engineering service providers and manufacturers seeking new ways to innovate and accelerate new business. The sessions within BIG I.D.E.A.S. will provide insight and best practices on how manufacturers can optimize their factory layout and accelerate new business with Autodesk Factory Design Suite.

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Autodesk Unveils New Design Suites and Cloud Services for Manufacturers

Autodesk unveiled its new 3D design and engineering software portfolio for manufacturers, offering a complete set of integrated and interoperable suites and cloud services to simplify design, visualization and simulation workflows from product development through delivery.

The new Autodesk design suites are geared especially for manufacturers and include Autodesk Product Design Suite and Autodesk Factory Design Suite. The new suites provide a broad range of cloud services to help manufacturers more efficiently design, build and deliver better products faster and at reduced costs. The new Autodesk Simulation family of products delivers a faster, more accurate and flexible approach to predicting, optimizing and validating designs earlier in the design process.

“Autodesk’s 2013 portfolio provides our customers with a faster path to ROI for product development and delivery,” said Robert “Buzz” Kross, senior vice president, Design, Lifecycle and Simulation at Autodesk. “Our 2013 suites and scalable cloud services help manufacturers improve productivity and minimize upfront investment.”

Autodesk Design Suites Enhance Interoperability, Collaboration

Autodesk suites provide comprehensive workflows to connect desktops to mobile devices and to the cloud. These workflows enable manufacturing customers to develop complete definitions of product designs; integrate electrical and mechanical design to increase productivity; predict product performance; and visualize designs or complete factory layouts in 3D.

Autodesk’s 2013 design suites integrate with Autodesk 360 cloud offerings to better enable collaboration. Cloud-based assets promote design sharing and reuse. The suites also offer interoperability with the new 2013 version of Autodesk Vault product data management software and the company’s next generation, cloud-based alternative Autodesk PLM 360. Autodesk Vault software enables workgroups to organize, manage and track their engineering CAD data, manufacturing bills-of-material and change processes from a centralized location.

The 2013 Autodesk Product Design and Factory Design suites are available in three cost-effective, convenient editions: Standard, Premium and Ultimate.

Autodesk Product Design Suite Completes the Entire Engineering Process

Delivering a comprehensive software solution, the Autodesk Product Design Suite enables design, visualization and simulation capabilities, helping to drive innovation with integrated, discipline-specific tools and workflows built for Digital Prototyping.

New for Autodesk Product Design Suite 2013 are the addition of one-click workflows created to help customers seamlessly move through the engineering design process, advanced cloud-based services for simulation and the inclusion of additional software allowing customers to realize their end-to-end design process. Autodesk Product Design Suite 2013 updates include:

• Autodesk Inventor software in the Standard edition, establishing 3D parametric design as the foundation to the engineering design process and providing a solution that delivers powerful 3D design and drafting capabilities.
• AutoCAD Electrical software and Autodesk Inventor Routed Systems in the Premium and Ultimate editions, delivering a complete integrated electromechanical system capable of producing an entire product definition, including fully defined tubing, piping and hydraulic systems.
• Autodesk Navisworks Simulate in Premium and Ultimate editions, providing integrated electromechanical, markup and visualization workflows capability.

Autodesk Factory Design Suite Brings Digital Prototyping to the Factory Floor

The suite enhances AutoCAD and Autodesk Inventor software with exclusive access to interoperable, layout-specific workflows, new cloud-based factory asset resources and powerful visualization and analysis tools that help increase design accuracy, efficiency and communication.

Specifically, the one-to-one synchronization between 2D AutoCAD drawings and the 3D Inventor assembly within the suite means changes made in the AutoCAD drawing will propagate to the Inventor 3D layout, and changes in the 3D layout will propagate back to the original 2D drawing. The bidirectional associative workflow of the suite provides veteran AutoCAD users with a familiar, easy to learn process for generating compelling 2D and 3D factory layouts while improving efficiency and accuracy.

Autodesk Inventor Publisher: Accurate and Compelling Product Documentation

Autodesk Inventor Publisher 2013 extends the value of Autodesk Design Suites by leveraging the same 3D digital model used in the design process for developing highly visual and interactive 2D and 3D technical documentation that helps explain and differentiate products and processes. Inventor Publisher 2013 features faster performance, new video output formats that can be published directly to YouTube and Facebook, and many new interoperability additions, such as new file import formats, automatic update with new assembly formats and integration with Sketchbook Designer.

Autodesk Simulation: Fast, Accurate and Flexible

The Autodesk Simulation family of products delivers a fast, accurate and flexible approach to predict, optimize and validate designs earlier in the design process. The new family includes 2013 versions of Autodesk Simulation Mechanical, Autodesk Simulation CFD, Autodesk Simulation Moldflow and serves as a comprehensive set of simulation software tools that are easy to integrate into each phase of the product development process. Enhancements to the 2013 simulation portfolio include:

• Autodesk Simulation Mechanical – Interoperability with Autodesk Showcase 2013 allows for results to be imported into Autodesk Showcase to create high-quality photo realistic renderings and presentations.
• Autodesk Simulation CFD – Up to a 34 times improvement in overall solve time, while Autodesk Inventor Fusion enhancements include the ability to create associative internal and external fluid volumes, the ability to detect interferences, and automatic model simplification.
• Autodesk Simulation Moldflow and Autodesk Moldflow Insight WS – Allows designers and manufacturers involved in injection molding simulation to address the trend towards lightweight designs. The cloud-enabled tools provide access to computation power and enable the user to solve multiple scenarios in parallel, thereby reducing previous limitations and increasing productivity.