Autodesk Digital Prototyping Solutions is Revolutionising the Entire Manufacturing Process
The Autodesk solution for Digital Prototyping brings together design data from all phases of the product development process to develop a single digital model, created in Autodesk Inventor software. This single digital model simulates the complete product and gives engineers the ability to better design, visualise and simulate their product with less reliance on costly physical prototypes - thereby improving time-to-market, and increasing competitive advantage.
- Express yourself conceptually in a compatible digital format
- Validate the form, fit and function of engineering designs before it's built
- Predict the manufacturability of your product through simulation
- Get your manufactured products to market faster
- Market and communicate your product more effectively to clients
Conceptual Design
Best-in-class conceptual design tools, such as the Autodesk® Alias® software products, allow industrial designers to create sketches and 3D concept models digitally in an environment that's comfortable to them. Autodesk's concept design tools let the industrial designer express himself digitally in a format that can be incorporated into the digital prototype created in Inventor software.
Engineering
Autodesk® Inventor® software takes you beyond 3D design to Digital Prototyping. Inventor allows engineers to integrate AutoCAD® drawings and 3D data into a single digital model creating a virtual representation of the final product. Using this single digital model, you can design, visualise and simulate your product digitally, minimising the need for physical prototypes.
Digital Prototyping enables you to compete more effectively, service your clients better, and do more in-house. Inventor provides powerful desktop technology for design and manufacturing companies that is both cost-effective and easy to learn.
Simulation
Inventor software delivers the best integrated simulation tools in the industry. Tightly integrated tools for calculations, stress, deflection, and motion simulation help engineers optimise and validate a digital prototype before the product is built.
Additionally, to help validate and optimise designs before manufacturing, you can also use the broad range of finite element analysis (FEA) and simulation tools in Autodesk Algor® simulation software.
Autodesk® Moldflow® is a market-leading plastics injection molding simulation software that allows designers to check the manufacturability of part and mold designs, avoid costly mold rework and minimise the delays associated with taking molds out of production
Manufacturing
Autodesk Digital Factory tools (including Autodesk® Navisworks® and Autodesk Inventor Tooling) help drive profitability into customer's manufacturing processes. It extends Digital Prototyping into the factory by enabling customers to analyse the manufacturability of the products they design, deliver critical product documentation, and simulate the factories they operate.
Marketing Communications
Autodesk delivers industry-leading visualisation software, such as Autodesk® 3ds Max® and Autodesk® Showcase®, for the creation of advanced renderings and animated visualisations of digital prototypes created in Inventor. Use these tools to create stunningly realistic visualisations of your end product that can be used for sales and marketing or making informed product design decisions before actually building anything. Comprehensive technical manuals are now possible with Inventor Publisher 2011.
