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Asset Library Development in Autodesk® Factory Design Suite: Dos and Don’tsSteve SchuchardTechnical CAD Manager – Production Modeling Corporation

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Class Summary

Building an Asset library is absolutely critical to the success of using Factory Design Suite and being productive. This class will discuss the Do’s and Don’ts of building your library.

What items do you take into consideration when building assets?

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About your speaker

Steve SchuchardProduction Modeling Corporation - PMCTechnical CAD Manger and Factory Design Suite SpecialistApplicable Experience General Motors Supervisor CAD Technology and Support - Central Layout Group Developed, Implemented, and Supported:

3D Plant Layout Processes Laser Scanning Standards Training

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Learning Objectives

Setting Asset Expectations Construction Techniques for Layout Users Understanding how Assets help Workflow Asset Distribution Library Structures Considerations for Practical Conventions

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understand the differences…

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Level of Detail

Fabrication Installation

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Who is your target user?

2D\3D AutoCAD to FDS Transformations FDS Ideal Candidate

2D AutoCAD Users Easy Candidate – Should turn into ideal or remain

Inventor to FDS Inventor Shifts Challenging Candidate – Desired detail, complex model creator

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Library Types

Out of the Box – Autodesk Content Personal – Unshared Content Corporate – Standard Shared Assets Temporary – really an Asset? Distribution Methods

Cloud Zip

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why should I share… ROI

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Sharing Benefits

Why - It makes FDS work! One author Layout Time Savings Standard Symbols Bi - directional editing in AutoCAD and Inventor! Marketing Tool for Equipment Builders (Web Based “Cloud” Content)

Assume Cloud Published content will be downloaded and reused and re-purposed.

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The Good Stuff…

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File Structure

Create your directory structure with forward thinking so you do not have to move items later.

Keep the filename of the part the same as you want to see it in the browser.

When saving your master asset files, keep it in the same directory structure as published.

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Feature Naming

Don’t use Extrusion100

- CamelCase- Use_Underscores

- Plan ahead with Names

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Adjustment

The first sketch constraints impact users!

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Parameter Names

FDS Users View of your model 1 = enabled / on, 0 = disabled / off Parameters shown to user in Alphabetic Order! (Componet Name +

parameter – ex Base_Width, Base_Height) Make all critical parameters a User Parameter.

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UCS – It really makes no difference, but…

Simplify Authoring by using same UCS orientation as AutoCAD…

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Asset Publishing – Landing Plane / Insertion Points

Always define… Landing Plane Insertion point

Consider AutoCAD CAD Practices Are you making multiple insertion points?

Why: Insertion Pt1 = block insertion in AutoCAD Drag operation in Inventor Tab to switch between Insertion Points

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Variants!

Variants save time and help your AutoCAD User base.Eases migration and implementation of FDS / 3D Layout.

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2D Plan View

Use the option to create simple plan view for AutoCAD.

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Elevation Control

Pro 2D Plan Views Elevations makes elevation control easy.Cons Each elevation will be a new instance… more variations Requires Connector Classes

Alternative – Create a work plane and create a constraint for the items to that plane. By performing work in this fashion, you can change the elevation of all these items at the same time.

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Check

Perform UAT on each asset. 1. Publish to a temporary library.2. Roundtrip each item after modification.3. Open the item in Navisworks.4. Verify Plan Views are updating correctly in AutoCAD.5. Add to a master list.

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Don'ts

Fillets and Curves – Only as necessary Emboss Text – minimum iMates – ouch Materials – ex. - Expanded Mesh – Does not convert to Navisworks or

AutoCAD.

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Administration Tips

Limit number of authors.

Keep a master catalog file with all the assets you have created in one file(s). You will be asked for this in the future.

Use the master catalog file to test new versions of FDS against existing files and assets as you migrate to new versions.

Perform Quality Control.

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Summary

Understand point of use – Downstream Consider sharing options. Multiple project use? Develop a convention Be consistent Use the right amount of detail.

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