{"id":3802,"date":"2018-09-10T10:00:10","date_gmt":"2018-09-10T14:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adsknews.autodesk.com\/?post_type=news&p=3802"},"modified":"2019-01-17T14:08:36","modified_gmt":"2019-01-17T19:08:36","slug":"autodesk-showcases-portfolio-convergence-design-manufacturing-imts-2018","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/adsknews.autodesk.com\/en\/news\/autodesk-showcases-portfolio-convergence-design-manufacturing-imts-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Autodesk Showcases its Portfolio for the Convergence of Design and Manufacturing at IMTS 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

As the disciplines of design and manufacturing converge, it\u2019s more important than ever that companies understand and adapt to the future of making. As the massive bi-annual International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS<\/a>) gets underway here in Chicago this week, Autodesk is showcasing our portfolio of technologies<\/a> that can help manufacturers embrace this change so they can make more, make their products better and do it with fewer resources.

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Booth exhibits include the Lightning Motorcycle with a generatively designed swingarm and the WAAMpeller, a hybrid additive and subtractive machined propeller from the Port of Rotterdam\u2019s RAMLAB. Images courtesy of Lightning Motorcycle and RAMLAB.<\/em><\/p><\/div> For example, our generative design<\/a> capability in Fusion 360<\/a> allows manufacturers to speed up their product development process by using AI to generate hundreds of valid product design options that meet their requirements for strength, weight, materials, manufacturing method and more. Generative design can accelerate the product development process, and it can result in better outcomes \u2014 like lighter, stronger, consolidated parts as seen with\u00a0General Motors<\/a>\u2019 use of the technology. Consolidating parts also means you can simplify supply chains and lower assembly costs. We\u2019ll also be showing our latest advances for CNC machining and additive manufacturing in our PowerMill<\/a> and Netfabb<\/a> products. PowerMill 2019, released earlier this year, now provides a dedicated suite of additive strategies and simulation tools. These are specifically designed to solve the unique challenges of programming hybrid machines. PowerMill can generate safe and efficient toolpaths to drive directed energy deposition (DED) processes that utilize wire-fed or powder-blown hardware. These are not simply subtractive toolpaths in reverse. Instead, PowerMill offers highly specialized 3- and 5-axis programs that can be used to reliably build entire components from scratch. Of course, PowerMill also still offers manufacturers a vast library of subtractive manufacturing strategies so critical part features can be CNC machined where needed. Netfabb 2019 also offers a number of improvements, such as multi-scale cloud simulation and automatic support adjustments. And to round things out, we\u2019re demonstrating our vision for the cloud-connected \u2018smart factory\u2019 with our Fusion Production<\/a> software.Available in the browser or via smartphone app, Fusion Production provides a real-time visibility into production status for design, manufacturing, and operations teams regardless of where they are located. They can make decisions and act more quickly. The process of sending data\u00a0from PowerMill\u00a0directly to Fusion Production\u00a0may be automated allowing the app\u2019s interface to\u00a0start the machine. Simple automation like this can streamline the flow of data from design and manufacturing through to production and reduce the risk of manual error. It introduces a level of autonomy and reduced operator interaction with the equipment that wasn\u2019t previously possible. But for all the advances our technology is bringing to manufacturers, we understand that software alone can\u2019t actually make things. That\u2019s why Autodesk has been building deep relationships with the world\u2019s top machine-tool makers. By designing our software to\u00a0work\u00a0smoothly with the major CNC machines, we enable our manufacturing customers to do what they really care about \u2013 make things \u2013 and do so precisely and efficiently. What good is the most innovative generative design in the world if you can\u2019t actually manufacture it? Among the CNC makers we count as close collaborators are BeAM Machines, C. R. Onsrud, Datron, DMG MORI, DMS, Doosan, Haas, Hardinge, Okuma and many others. \"\" Wade Anderson, a product specialist sales and tech center manager at Okuma, characterized the relationship this way: \u201cAutodesk is not a typical CAD\/CAM software company.\u00a0It\u2019s truly a vertically integrated manufacturing software provider.\u00a0Due to their capability to provide solutions from up-front design, programming, to quality & OEE monitoring, they can drive the part from inception all the way through creation.\u00a0Together, Okuma and Autodesk can provide leading edge technologies that allow our respective customers to be more productive, profitable, and control their own future.\u201d (For more on how Okuma and Autodesk are working together, please see the video here<\/a>.)