Autodesk Factory Design Suite Standard 2013

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Top Benefits

Benefits for your workflow:

Features and tools that support AutoCAD^® software users, facilities layout designers, mechanical/systems engineers, sales engineering/marketing professionals, that help you to:

Take Advantage of Your Existing AutoCAD Expertise – Use your existing skills to generate compelling 2D and 3D factory layouts that are always in sync.
Try Different ‘What If?’ Scenarios Digitally – Explore different layout options in a 3D visual layout environment with drag-and-drop functionality.
Share, Store, and Manage Assets in the Cloud – Expedite designs with a large library of 2D and 3D parametric assets.
Design and Publish Parametric Assets for Layout Use – Easily create custom, smart parametric assets to use in factory layout designs.
Optimize Your Layout with Better Insight – Analyze material flow, machine utilization, and energy consumption directly in AutoCAD^® software. Quickly evaluate multiple design scenarios and improve layouts early.
Visualize and Share Large Facility Layouts – Aggregate manufacturing facilities, production line layouts, and industrial machinery from various CAD systems. Create a lightweight digital factory model anyone can review with real-time walkthroughs.
Use Laser Scanning Workflows and Detect Interferences – Accurately record any shape or configuration. Detect interferences between facilities point clouds and factory layout model data.
Transform CAD Data into Dynamic Presentations – Transform CAD data into compelling imagery and movies to improve the factory design review process and protect data.
Communicate Design Intent with Cinematic Realism – Produce cinematic quality animations that help clients see your digital factory in motion.
Simulate Installation or Demolition Sequences – Simulate construction schedules and logistics in 5D (3D + Time + Cost) to help analyze project activities and minimize cost and sequencing problems.

Benefits for your business:

Whether you are engineering service providers, manufacturers and factory owners, or machine and equipment builders, Autodesk^® Factory Design Suite can help you to:

Gain a competitive advantage with new capabilities – Assist customers with their internal process optimization, layout design, and installation.
Integrate easily with existing workflows – Extend existing workflows with the same product line.
Adapt to changing requirements – Adapt more quickly with parametric models that can be constantly be adjusted—even after they’ve been inserted into the layout.
Use modern laser scanning workflows – Conduct a 3D laser scan of the indoor and outdoor area for more secure planning and less time-consuming repairs.

Software included in Autodesk^® Factory Design Suite 2013 Standard, Premium, and Ultimate editions

Product	Description	Standard	Premium	Ultimate
AutoCAD^® 2013	Speed documentation, share ideas, and explore 3D concepts with powerful design and documentation tools.	✔	✔	✔
Autodesk^® Factory Design Utilities 2013	Make better manufacturing facility layout decisions with factory-specific functionality and interoperable workflows in AutoCAD and Autodesk Inventor 3D CAD software.	✔	✔	✔
AutoCAD^® Architecture 2013	Get the power and familiarity of AutoCAD software with features designed specifically for architectural drafting.	✔	✔	✔
AutoCAD^® Mechanical 2013	Get AutoCAD software, plus standards-based parts and tools for automating mechanical CAD tasks.	✔	✔	✔
Autodesk^® Inventor^® 2013	Design better products in less time with easy-to-use 3D mechanical CAD, visualization, and documentation software.		✔
Autodesk^® Inventor^® Professional 2013	Design, visualize, and simulate products digitally with powerful 3D mechanical design, simulation, and tooling software.			✔
Autodesk^® Navisworks^® Simulate 2013	Integrate multiple models to improve team collaboration, simulate construction sequencing, and enhance project review.		✔
Autodesk^® Navisworks^® Manage 2013	Integrate data from multiple sources to facilitate whole project review and construction simulation.			✔
Autodesk^® 3ds Max^® Design 2013	Create cinematic-quality visualizations of manufacturing facility layouts with photorealistic rendering and 3D animation toolsets.		✔	✔
Autodesk^® Showcase^® 2013	Improve the design review process by easily transforming CAD data into compelling imagery and presentations.	✔	✔	✔
Autodesk^® Vault Basic 2013	Effectively manage your digital design data.	✔	✔	✔

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Benefits	Factory Design Suite Ultimate with Subscription US$10,970 MSRP* Autodesk Factory Design Suite Ultimate with Subscription provides even greater value, with access to cloud benefits like Autodeskk 360 Optimization for Autodesk Inventor, Autodesk Green Building Studio, software upgrades, flexible licensing, tech support, and more. Includes: Autodesk® 360 Optimization for Autodesk® Inventor® Autodesk® Green Building Studio® Autodesk® 360 Rendering Access to software upgrades Flexible license rights Technical support Intended for: Factory layout designers Manufacturing facilities designers Mechanical and systems engineers Engineering services providers Systems integrators Factory Design Suite Ultimate with Subscription US$10,970 MSRP*	Factory Design Suite Ultimate US$10,495 MSRP* Autodesk Factory Design Suite Ultimate delivers interoperable workflows and advanced tools for creating 3D digital models of machine lines and entire manufacturing facilities. Includes: AutoCAD®, AutoCAD® Mechanical, and AutoCAD® Architecture Autodesk® Inventor® Professional Autodesk® Factory Design Utilities Autodesk® 3ds Max® Design Autodesk® Navisworks® Manage Autodesk® Vault Autodesk® Showcase® Intended for: Factory layout designers Manufacturing facilities designers Mechanical and systems engineers Engineering services providers Systems integrators Factory Design Suite Ultimate US$10,495 MSRP*	AutoCAD US$3,995 MSRP* AutoCAD software is a trusted choice to design and document your projects. Help speed documentation, share ideas, explore concepts more intuitively, and customize for your needs. Includes: Surface, mesh, and solid modeling tools Model documentation tools Parametric drawing capabilities Native support for DWG™ technology Intended for: Designers Architects Engineers AutoCAD US$3,995 MSRP*
Professional drafting and documentation tools Maximize productivity with automation, management, and editing tools specially designed for drafting, minimizing repetitive tasks, and speeding projects to completion.
Native support for DWG files Create in the genuine DWG file format to share your work with colleagues and clients. The DWG format is one of the most commonly used design data formats.
Point cloud support with clash detection Autodesk Navisworks software inside Factory Design Suite Ultimate allows developers to run clash detections between point clouds and the solid models that make up the factory layout.
Robust clash and space constraint analysis Anticipate problems and resolve conflicts before you make any expensive capital equipment commitments with interoperable clash and space constraint workflows.
Material flow analysis in AutoCAD Use Factory Design Suite to improve the efficiency of your factory design. Analyze your layout for material flow, machine utilization, and energy consumption in the early stages of layout design. Receive real-time feedback directly in AutoCAD.
Validate equipment performance with assembly-level dynamic simulation and finite element analysis (FEA) Create an accurate digital prototype with the advanced 3D CAD modeling and integrated simulation capabilities of Autodesk Inventor Professional.
Simulation of installation or demolition sequences Simulate construction schedules and logistics in 5D (3D + time + cost) to help analyze project activities and minimize cost and sequencing problems.
Engineering review and data aggregation tools Manage and aggregate a multitude of third-party CAD data for manufacturing facilities, production line layouts, and industrial machinery from different equipment providers into one model.
Easy-to-use drag-and-drop environment for creating 3D layouts models of manufacturing facilities Easily try what-if scenarios by dragging and dropping 3D models of machine and facilities content on top of your 2D floor plan; integrate equipment design capabilities with facility layout.
Bidirectional syncing of 3D layout models and 2D documentation Because 2D drawings and 3D factory layout models are associative, they automatically update whenever layout design changes.
Large library of 2D and 3D manufacturing and architectural content Easily search, modify, and reuse smart 2D and 3D architectural features, manufacturing, and material handling equipment that stay in sync when the design changes. Publish your frequently used assets to the cloud for easy sharing.
Cloud services for Asset publishing and translation Leverage the computing power of the cloud to translate and publish assets from third-party CAD systems for future layout use.
Create intelligent models of custom factory assets Author and publish smart assets for layout use. Define landing surface, insertion points, and connectors. Streamline projects that require using third-party CAD data. If the design changes, the 2D AutoCAD and 3D asset models always stay in sync.
Manufactured parts and products design tools Get more consistent results producing mechanical drawings using a comprehensive set of standards-based components. Use a library of more than 700,000 parts with support for international standards to increase consistency and save time.
Compelling visuals and interactive presentations Transform CAD data into compelling imagery, movies, and interactive presentations to improve the design review process, secure internal buy-in, and win competitive bids.
Cinematic rendering and animation Create photorealistic renderings and cinema-quality 3D animations that demonstrate the operation of layout designs in real-world settings to improve communication and accelerate new business.
Explore layout designs with visual fly-throughs and walk-throughs Bring your layout to life and help nontechnical stakeholders understand design intent. Improve the design review process by sharing a lightweight digital model anyone can review.
Mobile and online sharing of 3D layouts View or share 3D factory layouts anytime, anywhere, using Autodesk 360 on your mobile device or online.
Inventor Optimization Users can extend ideation and simulation beyond the desktop by testing the performance of multiple design options with Inventor Optimization, powered by Autodesk 360.
Rendering Reduce time and project costs with Autodesk 360 Rendering. Produce compelling, photorealistic visualizations—without tying up the desktop or requiring specialized rendering hardware.
Green building Take your designs beyond the desktop to perform faster, more accurate energy analysis, optimize energy efficiency, and improve the carbon footprint of multiple design options with Autodesk Green Building Studio.
Autodesk 360 cloud benefits Increase mobility, improve collaboration, and optimize designs with 25 GB of cloud-based storage space per seat on Subscription, along with cloud-based services that complement your software.
Software upgrades Stay current with immediate access to the latest software releases.
Flexible licensing Work with previous versions of your software. Use it at home or in multiple locations.
Technical support Resolve issues online with Autodesk product support specialists who can help with installation, configuration, and other needs. Stay on top of your company's support cases with web-based tracking and management.
Access additional assets as they become available during the year Subscription customers get immediate access to additional assets as they become available.

Functions	Factory Design Suite
Functions	Standard US$5,775 MSRP*	Premium US$6,825 MSRP*	Ultimate US$10,495 MSRP*
Full AutoCAD® functionality and native support for the DWG™ file format
2D factory asset library with cloud-based 2D asset publishing and translation
Material flow analysis
Architectural-specific tools for creating facility layouts
Create compelling imagery, movies, and interactive layout presentations
Automatically generate 3D layouts from 2D drawings with bi-directional associativity
Large library of intelligent 3D factory assets with cloud-based 3D asset publishing and translation
Easy-to-use drag-and-drop environment for creating 3D layouts
Create intelligent models of custom factory assets
Create visual fly-throughs and walk-throughs of the factory layout
Engineering review tools to better collaborate with the extended team
4D simulation for playback of installation or demolition sequences
Photorealistic renderings of layout designs
Mobile device and online sharing of 3D layout models
Routed systems design, including tube and pipe, and electrical cable and harness design
Interference checking to detect space constraints and equipment collision for large factory layouts
Validate the operating characteristics of your factory equipment with assembly level dynamic simulation and finite element analysis (FEA)

Products	Factory Design Suite
Products	Standard US$5,775 MSRP*	Premium US$6,825 MSRP*	Ultimate US$10,495 MSRP*
AutoCAD®
AutoCAD® Architecture
AutoCAD® Mechanical
Autodesk® Showcase®
Autodesk® Vault
Autodesk® Factory Design Utilities
Autodesk® 3ds Max® Design
Autodesk® Navisworks® Simulate
Autodesk® Navisworks® Manage
Autodesk® Inventor®
Autodesk® Inventor® Professional

System Requirements

Autodesk Factory Design Suite Standard 2013 System Requirements

Supported Operating Systems

32 bit

Microsoft^® Windows^® 7 Home Premium, Professional, Ultimate, Enterprise
Microsoft^® Windows^® XP Professional (SP3)

64 bit

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium, Professional, Ultimate, Enterprise
Microsoft Windows XP Professional X64 (SP2)

Supported CPU Type

Baseline Recommendation

Intel^® Pentium^® 4 (w/SSE2)
Intel^® Xeon^®
Intel^® Core^™
AMD Athlon^™ 64 (w/SSE2)
AMD Opteron^™ (w/SSE2)

Recommended Memory

Minimum

4 GB RAM

Notes/Exceptions

For complex layouts (>1,000 components) – 8 GB

Recommended Graphics Hardware

Microsoft^® DirectX^® 9.0 or higher, 256 MB or higher graphics card memory

Recommended Display Resolution

Minimum

1,280 x 1,024 with true color

Recommended Hard Disk

Minimum

60 GB of free space

Other Requirements:

Browser

Minimum

Microsoft^® Internet Explorer^® 7.0 or higher

Pointing Device

Minimum

Microsoft^® Mouse compliant

Media

Minimum

USB 2.0

Network

Minimum

Internet connection

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