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Integrated BIM tools, including Revit, AutoCAD, and Civil 3D
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Professional CAD/CAM tools built on Inventor and AutoCAD
Integrated BIM tools, including Revit, AutoCAD, and Civil 3D
Professional CAD/CAM tools built on Inventor and AutoCAD
Transcript
00:09
Welcome back to our presentation called The Difference Between PDM and PLM, and why you need both.
00:16
My name is Klaus Loerincz and I'm a Senior Implementation Consultant with Autodesk,
00:21
and it will be my pleasure to guide you through the presentation.
00:25
I work with our customers mainly focusing On Product Data Management (often referred to as PDM),
00:32
and Product Lifecycle Management (often referred to as PLM).
00:37
I have 15 plus years of experience.
00:39
I like to work with our customers and their requirements, both from a product and a process point of view.
00:47
Within Part 2 of this presentation, we will concentrate on the PDM content supported by Vault.
00:56
Vault is a product that has been around for years.
01:01
It's a mature product.
01:03
It is not just for Inventor anymore.
01:06
Vault works with just about every CAD tool we issue at Autodesk and this is not where it stops.
01:14
I think the number is just under 40 different CAD applications just from Autodesk alone.
01:21
And then you layer in other CAD tools like SolidWorks or PTC's Creo.
01:27
It works with Adobe PDF and Microsoft Office.
01:32
We have a plugin of Vault right inside Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook.
01:39
Some applications, like the manufacturing applications at Autodesk, Power Mill and Netfabb for instance,
01:45
are supported as well with plugins issued from our customer success organization.
01:52
So if you need to capture anything, any file type, no question, you can Vault it.
02:01
So what does this mean?
02:03
It's CAD-integrated PDM.
02:06
Vault runs in Canvas.
02:09
So that means, for instance, inside of AutoCAD, the option to access Vault is there.
02:14
It represents itself up there in the toolbar.
02:18
There are menu pulldowns and it shows up in the Xrefs,
02:22
and other CAD applications will show it right where the user will need it to interact.
02:29
What this means is that if you're a designer and you're using the software,
02:35
you need to check in, check out, or undo a checkout for instance, or change the state of a document,
02:43
your Vault options are right at your fingertips, making it easy as possible to perform your actions without leaving the CAD applications.
02:60
It is there inside of AutoCAD and AutoCAD Electrical, Mechanical, MEP.
03:07
You get the idea.
03:09
It's just there inside the tools in Canvas, another natural part of your design process.
03:19
It's not just for AutoCAD, it is also for 3d Studio Max.
03:25
For instance, if you are using Max as part of the collection and you're bringing in other file formats and you want to capture that design,
03:35
capture the build, you can check it into your Vault from 3ds Max.
03:44
We have it, of course, inside of Inventor.
03:47
The first product Vault ever worked with was Inventor because all of the different file types.
03:54
There are parts and assemblies and drawings and presentations,
03:58
and loads of unique idiosyncrasies to all of these CAD systems.
04:04
Vault simply understands it and says, "I've got this."
04:14
It works with Civil 3D projects, it works with Revit, it works with Navisworks.
04:21
It is there.
04:22
It is there inside the applications.
04:25
I would encourage you if you haven't taken a look at all the Vault can do, to look into it.
04:33
It understands all of these different file types and formats and their dependencies.
04:39
The outputs from the systems are different.
04:42
The inter-workings are different in Vault to understand that.
04:48
So it's the Product Data Management system for all of these applications.
04:59
We can go worldwide supporting you with Vault.
05:03
Vault is scalable for any size team and even enables multi-site collaboration.
05:10
If you have different departments, divisions, locations that are spread across different geographies,
05:17
people can work collaboratively as if they are in the same location,
05:22
enabling 24/7 engineering and design work and productivity.
05:32
Vault also helps you collaborate with external stakeholders beyond your firewall.
05:38
For example, it can be a challenge if you're going back and forth with your customer or a supplier, using email,
05:46
FTP file transfers, Dropbox, One Drive or Box.
05:53
Those tools are not CAD-aware and information can be lost or miscommunicated.
05:59
There's too much room for errors and lost time due to file size issues, number of documents,
06:07
and disconnected information in different places.
06:11
Instead, you can simply use a secure cloud-based app called Fusion Team,
06:18
with Vault represented here with the F to share design files.
06:23
External collaborators like customers, suppliers and subcontractors that you authorize, can access shared data and collaborate with you.
06:35
Vault also helps you collaborate with external stakeholders in the area of building and construction.
06:43
You can simply use a secure cloud-based app called BIM 360 Docs, with Vault represented here with the B to share design files.
06:54
Now, relevant design data is automatically synced between Vault and BIM 360 without any user interaction.
07:02
For example, when main consultants update models in BIM 360,
07:08
they get automatically updated to Vault for the engineering teams to use.
07:13
Administrators can control project-based, which data should be shared one way or two ways.
07:21
Vault will take care of keeping them up-to-date and you know you will be working on the latest version of your project files.
07:30
It's making collaboration easy compared to what it was used to be for engineers.
07:35
Give it a try.
07:41
What else does Vault PDM help with?
07:44
Productivity.
07:46
We have design reuse.
07:49
Through tools like Copy Design,
07:53
you can take an existing design and copy it and copy might mean a complete copy of everything.
08:02
Typically, there are common components like libraries that you want to reuse.
08:07
If you have a proven design, for example, you can go and copy it, and that saves you time.
08:15
You don't have to start from scratch.
08:17
You hit the ground running.
08:21
You might be 50% done, you might be 90% done.
08:26
Change a few things, update some drawings and title blocks, and you can release it for review.
08:34
Another way that Vault frees up designers from manual and repetitive work is with Task Automation.
08:43
If you are manually creating PDFs of released designs to share with others in engineering,
08:49
or with purchasing, or manufacturing, and outside your organization,
08:55
you can stop wasting all that time and effort.
08:58
With the automation engine in Vault,
09:01
you can automate PDF publishing as well as other tasks such as badge plotting,
09:07
data transfer, file type conversion, and much more to save time.
09:15
It all helps with earlier time to market.
09:21
For custom fabricators that work in the building and infrastructure industry,
09:26
Autodesk understands that you want to provide more value to your customers.
09:31
Autodesk Inventor now provides seamless integration with Revit data,
09:36
and maintains associative links for seamless interoperability.
09:42
The Revit project can be accessed from a local file or coordinated via the cloud using Autodesk BIM 360.
09:51
Vault supports the Inventor and Revit interoperability.
09:55
For example, when collaborating on Civil and AEC projects,
10:00
Vault can work with Revit files that have been linked with your Inventor models from your local network drive,
10:07
or via BIM 360 Docs.
10:11
The advantage is Revit data is not archived and managed in Vault.
10:15
But Vault can check in in Inventor files properly.
10:19
When you open them, the links to the referenced Revit files will resolve.
10:28
Vault can help you detect and clean up unused files that are no longer required and prevent unused files from being released.
10:42
Another way that Vault helps with duplicate search and reduction abilities.
10:49
So we all know that there are inefficiencies.
10:52
If you've ever worked on a design and you're thinking, "Have we ever done this before?
10:59
I thought we did something just like this."
11:03
You have a nagging feeling.
11:05
Well, you may have and through a variety of different means,
11:11
have a similar design that you've already made and is already approved.
11:17
Someone had already pulled a part number for it.
11:20
It's out in production, there's a tracking number.
11:24
We find that if we could just reduce the number of duplicates inside a data management system,
11:31
we could realize a savings of between 4 and $23,000 per year per item.
11:39
And we've done some research on it.
11:44
And that means that this item or that part that went all the way through the design process,
11:51
somebody took it, they analyzed it, they used it, they mocked it up,
11:57
they may be pulled another part number, they sourced it, they machined it, and all of that work.
12:06
If the design you're starting is the same as something else that's out there,
12:12
that can be a significant cost savings and of course a significant time savings.
12:19
With duplicate search inside Vault Professional, you actually get benefits that are twofold.
12:26
You get a retroactive look at everything that's involved by its geometry to see "Did we do this before?"
12:34
It will tell you if there is an identical part by its geometry, it will let you know, and that is significant.
12:42
It is also proactive.
12:44
So if, for example, you are working inside of Inventor,
12:48
you can check in your design and run and find out if this part is a duplicate, there's something just like it.
12:57
Maybe it's under a different name.
13:00
We actually took the hard path of identifying the geometry because you can always search for title description, name, file name,
13:10
and all those other things.
13:12
But we compare by geometry.
13:15
That means that retroactively, we get a dashboard of how many duplicates are involved.
13:20
You get an idea, a ratio, and then you can go and reduce time going forward and say, "We already made it."
13:29
Tools like Vault, working with Inventor, we have a replace command where if it's the same geometry,
13:36
you can replace that without losing any constraints.
13:40
So it's a significant time savings in addition to all of those benefits you'll find in the PDM.
13:50
Everything you check into Vault is the recipe for your product,
13:55
your drawings, your designs, your CAD data become your structured engineering bill of materials,
14:03
to get it ready for the next stage of your journey.
14:12
This concludes our Part 2 of the presentation.
14:16
Please watch the remaining Part 3 to capture the complete content which we provide for you.
14:22
Thank you.
Video transcript
00:09
Welcome back to our presentation called The Difference Between PDM and PLM, and why you need both.
00:16
My name is Klaus Loerincz and I'm a Senior Implementation Consultant with Autodesk,
00:21
and it will be my pleasure to guide you through the presentation.
00:25
I work with our customers mainly focusing On Product Data Management (often referred to as PDM),
00:32
and Product Lifecycle Management (often referred to as PLM).
00:37
I have 15 plus years of experience.
00:39
I like to work with our customers and their requirements, both from a product and a process point of view.
00:47
Within Part 2 of this presentation, we will concentrate on the PDM content supported by Vault.
00:56
Vault is a product that has been around for years.
01:01
It's a mature product.
01:03
It is not just for Inventor anymore.
01:06
Vault works with just about every CAD tool we issue at Autodesk and this is not where it stops.
01:14
I think the number is just under 40 different CAD applications just from Autodesk alone.
01:21
And then you layer in other CAD tools like SolidWorks or PTC's Creo.
01:27
It works with Adobe PDF and Microsoft Office.
01:32
We have a plugin of Vault right inside Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook.
01:39
Some applications, like the manufacturing applications at Autodesk, Power Mill and Netfabb for instance,
01:45
are supported as well with plugins issued from our customer success organization.
01:52
So if you need to capture anything, any file type, no question, you can Vault it.
02:01
So what does this mean?
02:03
It's CAD-integrated PDM.
02:06
Vault runs in Canvas.
02:09
So that means, for instance, inside of AutoCAD, the option to access Vault is there.
02:14
It represents itself up there in the toolbar.
02:18
There are menu pulldowns and it shows up in the Xrefs,
02:22
and other CAD applications will show it right where the user will need it to interact.
02:29
What this means is that if you're a designer and you're using the software,
02:35
you need to check in, check out, or undo a checkout for instance, or change the state of a document,
02:43
your Vault options are right at your fingertips, making it easy as possible to perform your actions without leaving the CAD applications.
02:60
It is there inside of AutoCAD and AutoCAD Electrical, Mechanical, MEP.
03:07
You get the idea.
03:09
It's just there inside the tools in Canvas, another natural part of your design process.
03:19
It's not just for AutoCAD, it is also for 3d Studio Max.
03:25
For instance, if you are using Max as part of the collection and you're bringing in other file formats and you want to capture that design,
03:35
capture the build, you can check it into your Vault from 3ds Max.
03:44
We have it, of course, inside of Inventor.
03:47
The first product Vault ever worked with was Inventor because all of the different file types.
03:54
There are parts and assemblies and drawings and presentations,
03:58
and loads of unique idiosyncrasies to all of these CAD systems.
04:04
Vault simply understands it and says, "I've got this."
04:14
It works with Civil 3D projects, it works with Revit, it works with Navisworks.
04:21
It is there.
04:22
It is there inside the applications.
04:25
I would encourage you if you haven't taken a look at all the Vault can do, to look into it.
04:33
It understands all of these different file types and formats and their dependencies.
04:39
The outputs from the systems are different.
04:42
The inter-workings are different in Vault to understand that.
04:48
So it's the Product Data Management system for all of these applications.
04:59
We can go worldwide supporting you with Vault.
05:03
Vault is scalable for any size team and even enables multi-site collaboration.
05:10
If you have different departments, divisions, locations that are spread across different geographies,
05:17
people can work collaboratively as if they are in the same location,
05:22
enabling 24/7 engineering and design work and productivity.
05:32
Vault also helps you collaborate with external stakeholders beyond your firewall.
05:38
For example, it can be a challenge if you're going back and forth with your customer or a supplier, using email,
05:46
FTP file transfers, Dropbox, One Drive or Box.
05:53
Those tools are not CAD-aware and information can be lost or miscommunicated.
05:59
There's too much room for errors and lost time due to file size issues, number of documents,
06:07
and disconnected information in different places.
06:11
Instead, you can simply use a secure cloud-based app called Fusion Team,
06:18
with Vault represented here with the F to share design files.
06:23
External collaborators like customers, suppliers and subcontractors that you authorize, can access shared data and collaborate with you.
06:35
Vault also helps you collaborate with external stakeholders in the area of building and construction.
06:43
You can simply use a secure cloud-based app called BIM 360 Docs, with Vault represented here with the B to share design files.
06:54
Now, relevant design data is automatically synced between Vault and BIM 360 without any user interaction.
07:02
For example, when main consultants update models in BIM 360,
07:08
they get automatically updated to Vault for the engineering teams to use.
07:13
Administrators can control project-based, which data should be shared one way or two ways.
07:21
Vault will take care of keeping them up-to-date and you know you will be working on the latest version of your project files.
07:30
It's making collaboration easy compared to what it was used to be for engineers.
07:35
Give it a try.
07:41
What else does Vault PDM help with?
07:44
Productivity.
07:46
We have design reuse.
07:49
Through tools like Copy Design,
07:53
you can take an existing design and copy it and copy might mean a complete copy of everything.
08:02
Typically, there are common components like libraries that you want to reuse.
08:07
If you have a proven design, for example, you can go and copy it, and that saves you time.
08:15
You don't have to start from scratch.
08:17
You hit the ground running.
08:21
You might be 50% done, you might be 90% done.
08:26
Change a few things, update some drawings and title blocks, and you can release it for review.
08:34
Another way that Vault frees up designers from manual and repetitive work is with Task Automation.
08:43
If you are manually creating PDFs of released designs to share with others in engineering,
08:49
or with purchasing, or manufacturing, and outside your organization,
08:55
you can stop wasting all that time and effort.
08:58
With the automation engine in Vault,
09:01
you can automate PDF publishing as well as other tasks such as badge plotting,
09:07
data transfer, file type conversion, and much more to save time.
09:15
It all helps with earlier time to market.
09:21
For custom fabricators that work in the building and infrastructure industry,
09:26
Autodesk understands that you want to provide more value to your customers.
09:31
Autodesk Inventor now provides seamless integration with Revit data,
09:36
and maintains associative links for seamless interoperability.
09:42
The Revit project can be accessed from a local file or coordinated via the cloud using Autodesk BIM 360.
09:51
Vault supports the Inventor and Revit interoperability.
09:55
For example, when collaborating on Civil and AEC projects,
10:00
Vault can work with Revit files that have been linked with your Inventor models from your local network drive,
10:07
or via BIM 360 Docs.
10:11
The advantage is Revit data is not archived and managed in Vault.
10:15
But Vault can check in in Inventor files properly.
10:19
When you open them, the links to the referenced Revit files will resolve.
10:28
Vault can help you detect and clean up unused files that are no longer required and prevent unused files from being released.
10:42
Another way that Vault helps with duplicate search and reduction abilities.
10:49
So we all know that there are inefficiencies.
10:52
If you've ever worked on a design and you're thinking, "Have we ever done this before?
10:59
I thought we did something just like this."
11:03
You have a nagging feeling.
11:05
Well, you may have and through a variety of different means,
11:11
have a similar design that you've already made and is already approved.
11:17
Someone had already pulled a part number for it.
11:20
It's out in production, there's a tracking number.
11:24
We find that if we could just reduce the number of duplicates inside a data management system,
11:31
we could realize a savings of between 4 and $23,000 per year per item.
11:39
And we've done some research on it.
11:44
And that means that this item or that part that went all the way through the design process,
11:51
somebody took it, they analyzed it, they used it, they mocked it up,
11:57
they may be pulled another part number, they sourced it, they machined it, and all of that work.
12:06
If the design you're starting is the same as something else that's out there,
12:12
that can be a significant cost savings and of course a significant time savings.
12:19
With duplicate search inside Vault Professional, you actually get benefits that are twofold.
12:26
You get a retroactive look at everything that's involved by its geometry to see "Did we do this before?"
12:34
It will tell you if there is an identical part by its geometry, it will let you know, and that is significant.
12:42
It is also proactive.
12:44
So if, for example, you are working inside of Inventor,
12:48
you can check in your design and run and find out if this part is a duplicate, there's something just like it.
12:57
Maybe it's under a different name.
13:00
We actually took the hard path of identifying the geometry because you can always search for title description, name, file name,
13:10
and all those other things.
13:12
But we compare by geometry.
13:15
That means that retroactively, we get a dashboard of how many duplicates are involved.
13:20
You get an idea, a ratio, and then you can go and reduce time going forward and say, "We already made it."
13:29
Tools like Vault, working with Inventor, we have a replace command where if it's the same geometry,
13:36
you can replace that without losing any constraints.
13:40
So it's a significant time savings in addition to all of those benefits you'll find in the PDM.
13:50
Everything you check into Vault is the recipe for your product,
13:55
your drawings, your designs, your CAD data become your structured engineering bill of materials,
14:03
to get it ready for the next stage of your journey.
14:12
This concludes our Part 2 of the presentation.
14:16
Please watch the remaining Part 3 to capture the complete content which we provide for you.
14:22
Thank you.
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