Revolutionizing Engineering Design with Fabricate: The Future of Automated Drafting

In the fast-paced world of engineering, time is precious. Yet, engineers often spend a significant portion of their day on one of the most time-consuming tasks: creating engineering drawings. Fabricate is here to change that. This powerful tool automates the drawing process, helping engineers save time, reduce errors, and focus more on what truly matters — designing.

The Problem: Time-Consuming Drafting

It’s no secret that drawing creation can take up to 25% of an engineer's time. Tasks like laying out views, adding dimensions, and formatting can be repetitive and tedious. While these steps are crucial, they don’t add direct value to the design. The time spent on manual drafting could be better used for innovation and problem-solving.

The Solution: Fabricate’s Automated Drawing Platform

Fabricate is built to solve this problem by automating the most repetitive aspects of drafting. Here’s how it works:

• Intelligent Layouts: Fabricate takes care of complex drafting tasks by automatically creating all necessary views, including projected, auxiliary, detail, and section views. It organizes these views intelligently and even adds additional sheets if necessary, ensuring your drawings are clean and organized.

• Customizable to Your Organization's Standards: Every company has its own set of drafting standards, and Fabricate learns how your team works. Whether you prefer ordinates over direct dimensions or need multiple sheets for flat patterns, Fabricate adapts to your specific needs.
• Assembly and Multibody Support: Fabricate goes beyond parts to create complete assembly drawings, including Bill of Materials (BOMs), balloons, and critical dimensions.

• Seamless CAD Integration: Fabricate integrates directly with your existing CAD software via an easy-to-use add-in. Currently, it supports SolidWorks, with plans for additional platform integrations in the future.
• Automatic Annotations: Fabricate adds only the essential annotations, keeping your drawings clean and easy to read.

• Batch Processing: Need dozens of drawings for different parts or assemblies? Fabricate can create hundreds of drawings with a single click.

Seamless Integration with CAD Software

One of the standout features of Fabricate is its ability to seamlessly integrate with popular CAD platforms, such as SolidWorks. Engineers can use Fabricate directly within their existing CAD environment through an add-in, making the transition to automated drafting seamless. Integration with other CAD platforms is on the horizon, meaning that Fabricate will continue to expand its reach.

This integration allows Fabricate to automatically pull design data from the CAD model, which means that engineers don’t have to manually re-enter details. This also reduces the risk of human error, ensuring that the drawings are always up-to-date with the latest design changes.

Why Fabricate Works

Save Time: Automating drafting tasks frees up engineers to focus on higher-value work like design optimization and innovation.

Reduce Errors: Automated processes minimize human error, ensuring accurate and consistent drawings.

Faster Time to Market: With faster, more accurate drawings, you can bring products to market quicker.

Happier Engineers: By eliminating repetitive tasks, engineers spend less time on menial work and more time on design, boosting job satisfaction.

Final Thoughts

Fabricate is more than just a tool, it's a game-changer for engineering teams looking to eliminate the bottleneck of drafting. By automating the drawing process, Fabricate frees up engineers to focus on innovation and design, ultimately leading to better products and a more efficient team.