FACTORY DESIGN UTILITIES

Factory design software to plan, design, and install an efficient factory layout.

(Available only in the Product Design & Manufacturing Collection)

Visualize and optimize factory designs

With Factory Design Utilities software, you can plan and validate factory layouts for the most efficient equipment placement to maximize production performance.

Factory Design Utilities is available only in the Product Design & Manufacturing Collection

The Product Design & Manufacturing Collection delivers tools that work right inside Inventor—including advanced simulation, 5-axis CAM, and nesting, plus AutoCAD and Fusion 360. The collection includes:

  • Inventor
  • AutoCAD
  • Navisworks

 

.. and more

System Requirements For Autodesk Factory Design Utilities

The Factory Design Utilities are available in the following Autodesk® products:

  • AutoCAD® Architecture
  • AutoCAD® Mechanical
  • AutoCAD® MEP
  • Inventor® Professional
  • Navisworks® Manage
  • Navisworks® Simulate (FDS Premium)
  • Vault Professional
Operating System 64-bit Microsoft® Windows® 10 Semi-Annual Channel
64-bit Microsoft® Windows® 7 SP1 with Update KB4019990
CPU

Recommended:
3.0 GHz or greater, 4 or more cores

Minimum:
2.5 GHz or greater
Memory

Recommended:
20-GB RAM or more with 160-GB free disk space or more

Minimum:
8-GB RAM for less than 500 part assemblies. 40-GB free disk space

Note: For Complex Models, Mold Assemblies, and Large Assemblies (typically more than 1,000 parts), recommended more than 24 GB RAM

Note: Autodesk recommends settings which allow Microsoft Windows to manage virtual memory as needed. There should always be at least twice as much free hard disk space as system memory (RAM)
Graphics Hardware

Recommended:
4 GB GPU with 106 GB/S Bandwidth and DirectX 11 compliant

Minimum:
1 GB GPU with 29 GB/S Bandwidth and DirectX 11 compliant

See the Certified Hardware
Display Resolution

Recommended:
3840 x 2160 (4K); Preferred scaling: 100%, 125%, 150% or 200%

Minimum:
1280 x 1024
Third-Party Software

Full local install of Microsoft® Excel 2010, 2013 or 2016 for iFeatures, iParts, iAssemblies, Global BOM, Parts Lists, Revision Tables, spreadsheet-driven designs and Studio animation of Positional Representations.

64-bit Microsoft Office is required to export Access 2007, dBase IV, Text and CSV formats.

Office 365 subscribers must ensure they have a local installation of Microsoft Excel 2016.

Windows Excel Starter®, OpenOffice®, and browser-based Office 365 applications are not supported.
Pointing Device

Microsoft Mouse-compliant pointing device (3Dconnexion 3D Mouse optional)
.NET Framework .NET Framework Version 4.7 or later. Windows Updates enabled for installation.