UGS PLM Products FAQ

1. Q: Does Factory CAD run in other environment besides AutoCAD?
A: Currently Factory CAD runs on top of AutoCAD (That makes Factory CAD
a very powerful 3D CAD modeling package with the exisiting features of ACAD)

2. Q: Does Factory FLOW run with 1. MS Visio or 2. CADKEY?
A: Factory Flow only works with AutoCAD alike Factory CAD.

3. Q: I am doing material flow calculations and analysis in EXCEL right now.
So I do not need Factory FLOW to help me?
A: Factory Flow is a very sophisticated tool for indirect labor planning
and material flow analysis. There are NUMEROUS classical IE heuristics
in Factory Flow.
The following are the features of Factory FLOW:
1. Calculations that include direction of aisles.
2. Acceleration / deceleration and speed of material handling devices.
3. Tugger analysis, Container packing and Operator walk path analysis.
4. Factory Flow communicates with AutoCAD (layout).
5. Material flow diagramming in their AutoCAD layout.
6. Visual flow charts of material flow.
7. More...