Tino Riedel 
In the last article on laser scanning, it was more focused on the state of the art and the result of a laser scan. The conclusion was that the actual recording of point clouds is already affordable even for smaller companies. However, the result of this process has only a small added value in the … Read more
In this article, I would like to take up the often-advertised issue ‘digitization by laser scanning’ for inventory survey of equipment and buildings and put it into the context of enterprise size and use cases in factory planning. This article is intended as the beginning of an article series about digitization in factory planning which … Read more
This article is a continuation of our previous discussion on “How to convince your management to use factory planning software”. Last time, we concentrated on responses to possible questioning of your software selection by management. Are you still short of arguments to justify the expenditure? If so, we would like to offer you a few … Read more
Introduction Do you know this from your private life? When it comes to larger expenditures, let’s take a fully automatic coffee machine as an example, there is usually no impulse purchase. Firstly, by buying this new, expensive item, you are more or less depriving yourself and others of financial flexibility. Second, this purchase may also … Read more
Do you know the following dilemma from practice? You want to plan your factory and are already using a wide variety of software in the company. Among them is CAD software. However, only your colleague, as the “sacred guardian” of the factory layout, really knows how to use it. You have to coordinate with him … Read more
There it is again in the download folder, a 500MB zipped archive of a 3D CAD model. The supplier was kind enough to send me the CAD data of our newly purchased machine. Not by email, of course, but via a download portal, because the file is simply too big. Unpacked, the machine model is … Read more
Each of us has had some form of contact with 3D models. Well-known applications for this are, for example, architectural planning of a house, an AR app as an advertisement for a toy, or the virtual product at a colleague in the CAD department. There is no doubt that it is planned and presented with … Read more
Do you know this? You have actually prepared everything well for the meeting. Nevertheless, the mood in the circle of colleagues drops just a few minutes after the start. The presentation turns into a nerve-racking discussion and their presented planning solution is literally taken apart. Therefore, this article is intended to highlight the causes and … Read more
VR is the future – there is no doubting that in our minds! In our blog, we would like to show you why we are now entering the age of virtual reality. The number of VR headsets is doubling constantly There are practically no limits for the users of current models The 3D factory has … Read more