The Autodesk solution for Digital Prototyping brings together design data from all phases of the product development process to create a single digital model. This single digital model simulates the complete product and gives engineers the ability to better visualise, optimise and manage their design before producing a physical prototype. Autodesk provides the interoperable tools required to create a complete digital prototype from the conceptual phase of a project through manufacturing:

Autodesk® AliasStudio™ software enables users to work digitally from the start of a project with best-in-class industrial design tools. Users can capture ideas digitally from initial sketches through to 3D concept models and share those designs with the engineering team using a common file format—allowing a product’s industrial design data to be incorporated into the digital prototype. Today, the look and feel of a machine or device is more important than ever for consumers, so housing and user interfaces must be shared early in the process between industrial designers and engineers.

Autodesk® Showcase® software creates accurate, highly realistic representations from 3D design data, enabling informed decision-making on digital prototypes. The unique Showcase environment facilitates the process of presenting and reviewing designs for important product decisions.

Autodesk® Inventor® software is the foundation for Digital Prototyping. The Inventor model is an accurate digital prototype that lets users validate design and engineering data as they work, minimise the need for physical prototypes and reduce expensive engineering changes that are often discovered after the design is sent to manufacturing.