Factory Design Utilities is used for early planning and simulation of factory and plant layouts to increase efficiency and stay on budget.
Autodesk Factory Design Utilities: Plan and validate factory layouts
Available only as part of the Product Design & Manufacturing Collection
What is Autodesk Factory Design Utilities?
Autodesk Factory Design Utilities® software combines building and equipment data to create production facility layouts.
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Plan factory layouts in 2D and 3D at the same time.
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Visualize, review, and validate designs early.
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Schedule equipment installation and commissioning.
Factory Design Utilities overview (video: 2:22 min.)
Quickly place equipment in your 3D factory layout
Walk through the factory layout during the design review process
Combine all data for your factory plan in one 3D document
Take a virtual walk-through of your factory plan before equipment installation
Find potential problems before installation begins
Why use Factory Design Utilities?
Increase manufacturing flexibility
Quickly reconfigure factory layouts to meet changing demand.
Optimize factory designs
Coordinate complex data and processes to meet project requirements.
Reduce redundant processes
Reclaim valuable time with automation and data management.
Save energy resources
Design efficient factories to reduce environmental impact.
What you can do with Factory Design Utilities
Increase your production efficiency (video: 2:42 min.)
Simplify concept and detail design workflows
Easily generate 3D models from DWG™ files. Centrally manage asset libraries and attached metadata so data is reliable and available.
Save on budget during installation and commissioning (video: 2:35 min.)
Catch problems before they happen
Visualize building and equipment data in a single digital representation of the production facility. Detect clashes in detailed design reviews and simulate scheduling to anticipate issues.
“The biggest benefit of Factory Design Utilities is that this toolkit is so easy to integrate.”
—Jörg Duus, Head of Construction, Feige Filling GmbH
“Factory Design Utilities has allowed us to decrease change orders quite a bit.”
—Chris Hahn, Project Engineering Manager, Dearborn Mid-West Company
“We can now create one of our systems in two hours instead of three to four weeks. It’s a huge win.”
—Martin Andersen, Senior Manager Design Engineer, GEA
Frequently asked questions (FAQs)
Designers and engineers use Factory Design Utilities to create a digital representation of their factory layout.
Factory Design Utilities provides the flexibility to create and edit your factory layouts in 2D or 3D using AutoCAD or Inventor. Choose from a library of thousands of factory assets to drag into your design. Optimize your layout using material flow analysis tools, check for interferences, and schedule the installation of the equipment without leaving the tools included in the Product Design & Manufacturing Collection.
Factory Design Utilities runs on Microsoft® Windows® 10. See Factory Design Utilities system requirements for details.
Your Factory Design Utilities subscription gives you access to install and use the 3 previous versions. Available downloads are listed in your Autodesk Account after subscribing. See also previous releases available for subscribers.
With a subscription to Factory Design Utilities software, you can install it on up to 3 computers or other devices. However, only the named user can sign in and use that software on a single computer at any given time. Please refer to the Software License Agreement.
Launch your trial software and click Subscribe Now on the trial screen or buy Factory Design Utilities here. When buying your subscription, enter the same email address and password combination you used to sign in to your trial. Learn more about converting a trial to a paid subscription.
Factory Design Utilities is available through the Product, Design, and Manufacturing Collection. The price of the Product, Design, and Manufacturing Collection subscription is
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