It's a big job to build the factories that build the world's most complex products.
You need the leading 2D and 3D CAD software for modeling, drawing production, and visualization capabilities with the ability to handle data for your projects of the largest scale and complexity.
Designing the Manufacturing Facility of the Future: The Power of Parametric Modeling
White paper by Engineering.com

When it comes to designing a manufacturing facility, the consideration goes beyond the building. Today, manufacturing companies are using CAD, BIM, and other design technologies to design entire manufacturing facilities, from the roof to the robots.
In this white paper Engineering.com discusses how design tech, plus such cutting-edge technologies as augmented reality, virtual reality, and artificial intelligence are being used to save companies time, cut costs and enable better facilities overall.
Design and Document with Greater Power and Flexibility

Models
Develop models of any scale and leverage modeling workflows that are integrated with drawings production.

Drawings
Deliver high quality drawings faster, leverage embedded BIM and property data to speed up layout and reporting.

Visualizations
Produce images and videos of your designs to communicate your design intent to win jobs and gain approvals faster.

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Accelerate Projects with Advanced Parametric Modeling
Whether you're modeling building structures, conveyor systems and equipment, or individual mechanical components, MicroStation can help you get the job done right with robust geometric 2D and 3D constraints to maintain design intent and create designs faster.

Collaborate More Effectively with Clients and Partners
Work with any data and any client
Deliver work to any manufacturing owner with the ability to work with data in any format. MicroStation's unmatched interoperability gives you access to:
- Vector formats including DWG, DGN, JT, STEP, and IFC
- 50 different raster formats
- Common interchange formats like PDF, DXF, and imodels
- 17-point cloud formats
- Engineering precision reality meshes produced from ordinary photographs


Collaborate more efficiently
In addition to its powerful referencing capabilities that enables many people to reliably work together on projects, MicroStation comes with built-in integration with cloud services to access and publish project files supporting better file sharing amongst distributed team members within your organization and with clients and subcontractors.
“If you want to be productive and efficient in any design or manufacturing environment this is the CAD software that you need.”
Miguel E., Manufacturing Engineer
The Tools You Need for the Way You Work

Principal/Project Manager
Benefit from planning, design, visualization, analysis, and simulation capabilities in one application – 2D and 3D tools included. With flexible licensing and business models make it the smart choice.
- Enable your team to save time, reduce costs, and win more projects
- Improve collaboration across functional groups
- Rapidly explore more design alternatives with 3D model-based design, analysis, and simulation capabilities

IT/CAD Manager
Standardize on a single, cost-effective application for planning, design, construction, and management, minimizing the complexity of administering multiple individual products.
- Save time spent installing, deploying, and managing software
- Reduce the training and support burden with compatible infrastructure software
- Improve productivity through Bentley Learn training, mentoring, and consulting

Engineer/Designer
Work in a model-based design environment that enables the creation of fast, accurate, and reliable designs, and construction-ready deliverables for manufacturing projects of any scale.
- Project visualizations validate designs and communicate intent
- Integrate models from multiple disciplines to improve coordination
- Enjoy top performance with large scale data files