Digital Design Automation for Industry 4.0

Video Overview

In this video, IndX explores Product Design as the first stage of every product’s lifecycle. From consumer goods to complex industrial systems, every physical product begins with a design process.

Digital tools for product drawing and modeling have significantly influenced design efficiency. However, many companies are not yet aware of the additional value that design automation can bring to product development and business processes.

IndX’s Design Automation and Engineering Services practice is a global team with more than 20 years of technical and industry experience and familiarity with software products in this area. IndX supports the implementation of appropriate solutions and integration across departments and processes.

Design automation is presented as a foundational element in modern product development, supporting efficiency, accuracy and innovation throughout manufacturing.

Video Content Breakdown

Introduction: Product Design as the First Lifecycle Stage

Let’s talk about product design – the first stage of every product’s lifecycle. Whether it’s a cell phone, nuclear submarine or a bottle of your favorite soda, every physical product we buy must first be designed.

Role of Digital Design Tools

Digital tools for product drawing and modeling have had a massive impact on the efficiency of the design process. But companies today are not aware of the additional value that the automation of these design tools can bring to their product development and business.

Value of Design Automation

Implementing Design Automation solutions can help manufacturers automate:

1. Repetitive design tasks that take people’s time from more valuable activities, and
2. Complex design tasks that are prone to human error.
   Integrating your design tools can eliminate disconnected systems that slow down design processes.

IndX Perspective on Design Automation

IndX believes Design Automation is key to building better products faster. Our experts are engineers and programmers. They understand how products are built and they have the technical skills to configure software tools to specific needs.

How Design Automation Works – Diaper Example

How does Design Automation work? Let’s use the example of the diaper – which believe it or not is a highly complex product to design.

Assembly & Part Creation

Leveraging key user inputs from templates, 3D models for a single diaper layer can be generated and combined with the correct mates to form a fully defined assembly structure of over 150 parts.

3D PMI Generation

Utilizing 150% Bill-of-Materials, model-based Product Manufacturing Information drives appropriate views containing only specific diaper layer information.

2D Drawing Generation

The model-based definition is used to populate configure-to-order drawing sheets to allow for the correct visibility at each stage of Quality Assurance.

Part & Part Family Configuration

Basing design methodology on manufacturing techniques allows similar diaper product topologies to be defined by the same automation process, keeping assembly level Boolean operations in line with the real diaper production.

Integration to Product Analysis Automation

Maintaining all information and meta data in the 3D model makes it simple to leverage analysis to predict diaper leaks and reject inappropriate designs before they go to costly manufacture.

Global Expertise & Practice Overview

IndX’s Design Automation practice is a consolidated global team of 90+ experts with over 20 years of technical and industry expertise and familiar with all software products in this space.

Business Impact & Conclusion

We can implement the right solutions for your business and support integration across departments and processes. Design automation is not just a tool; it is the gateway to a new era of product development, where efficiency, accuracy and innovation converge to shape the future of manufacturing.

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