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Transcript
00:01
INSTRUCTOR: In this lesson, we're
00:02
going to utilize Autodesk Inventor to create a factory
00:05
layout in context of an existing Point Cloud.
00:18
The objectives of this lesson are
00:20
to place the Point Cloud in Autodesk Inventor
00:23
at the origin point defined in Autodesk ReCap.
00:28
We also want to use the cropping tools
00:30
available in AutoCAD and Inventor
00:32
to hide portions of the cloud.
00:35
And then finally, we're going to place some assets in context
00:38
of the cloud.
00:41
The factory design workflow utilizes
00:43
cloud scans to represent the facility and the environment
00:46
that houses the layout design.
00:49
Working with the reality capture of the actual facility,
00:52
offers several advantages depending on which application
00:56
you're working in.
00:57
The 3D layout environment of the factory design utilities
01:00
is centered in the Inventor application.
01:03
Including a point cloud in the factory layout,
01:06
allows us to place 3D factory assets in context
01:09
of the actual walls, windows, and ceiling
01:13
included in the skin.
01:15
Having the full facility present and represented
01:18
during the layout design process,
01:20
reveals many additional issues that
01:22
are not as easy to see using the traditional 2D DWG underlay.
01:31
Inside of Inventor, we use the attach command on the factory
01:34
tab to import the .rcp or the .rcs files into Inventor.
01:41
You can click to place the cloud anywhere.
01:43
After the cloud is placed in the file,
01:45
you can right click on the clouds browser node
01:48
to adjust the settings, including the option to place
01:51
the cloud at its origin point.
01:55
Here we see again the importance of utilizing
01:58
a consistent origin point throughout the entire layout
02:01
process.
02:03
For this example, I've opened up my Inventor application
02:07
and I'm going to come up in select File New.
02:11
From the template list, I'm going
02:12
to select the template for the standard factory layout.
02:19
Now, the goal of this portion of the exercise
02:21
is simply to place the cloud that we
02:23
exported in the previous lesson into Inventor.
02:28
On the factory tab, about midway across,
02:31
you'll see the point cloud panel.
02:34
On that panel, you'll find the attach command.
02:38
I'm going to navigate to the Data set
02:41
into the clouds folder, and I'm going
02:44
to select the rcs file called bottom left clean.
02:50
It's important you make sure you're selecting and rcs file.
02:56
We'll click Open and the cloud will come in on my cursor.
03:01
Now, it doesn't matter where you drop it off,
03:03
you can click anywhere on the screen then
03:06
the properties for that cloud will appear.
03:10
For this example, we want to set the cloud at its origin point.
03:15
Remember, that we established the origin
03:18
point in the previous lesson, and here you
03:21
can see the corner of the garage door is reporting to the origin
03:26
just as we set it in Autodesk ReCap.
03:31
Now, you can make slight modifications to the file.
03:34
If you need to move it or rotate it,
03:37
you can use this dialogue to do that.
03:40
You can also change the number of points
03:42
that you've brought into the file with this slider here.
03:48
But for this example, I'm simply going to click OK,
03:52
and then I can rotate around and see the cloud in the Inventor
04:01
application.
04:04
There are some point cloud tools available in Inventor
04:07
and AutoCAD.
04:09
In Inventor, the box crop command
04:11
is used to temporarily hide points that
04:13
are not immediately necessary.
04:16
This command can provide an unobstructed view
04:19
of our layout area.
04:23
I'm back in Inventor and I want to hide
04:26
all of the ceiling in HVAC information
04:31
from this Point Cloud.
04:34
I'm going to select the right view here.
04:37
And on the Point Cloud panel, I'm going to select a fly out
04:40
and there I'll see the box crop command.
04:45
I can start the command and select the points
04:49
that I want to preserve.
04:53
I'll make a second click for that little rectangular
04:55
dialogue.
04:57
I'm going to readjust my view so that you
04:59
can see that the points I selected
05:01
are actually set to remain.
05:04
The highlighted points will disappear
05:06
when I execute the command.
05:08
There is an option to invert this if you want,
05:14
but this is exactly what I want and I'm
05:16
going to click the check mark.
05:20
So now, we can see our layout area completely unobstructed.
05:30
With the layout area exposed, we can use the traditional factory
05:34
utilities to place assets in context of the reality capture
05:38
scan.
05:40
When the assets are in place, we could turn the visibility
05:43
of the hidden points back on, revealing the full scan and all
05:47
of the assets at the same time.
05:50
It is important to note that interferences
05:52
between the assets and the Point Cloud
05:54
can be discovered utilizing Autodesk Navisworks.
06:01
For this final example, I want to place some assets
06:04
in context of our Point Cloud.
06:08
The assets that I'm interested in are all Haas CNC machines.
06:14
So in the search bar, I'm going to type in Haas.
06:21
Now, I'm going to scroll down until I find the Haas VF5.
06:27
This is a Cloud Asset.
06:29
You'll have to download this in order to use it.
06:33
I'm going to drag it in place.
06:35
You'll see that the acid lands on the factory floor as we're
06:39
used to.
06:43
I'm going to drop it off and I'm going
06:45
to use the repositioned command to rotate it into position.
06:55
I'm going to add a couple of others
06:57
here for a total of three.
07:35
Now, I'm going to go to my top view
07:37
and place these assets right up next to the cloud.
07:49
Now, the exact placement of these assets
07:53
is not going to be critical for this particular exercise.
08:07
I just want you to see how easy and nice
08:09
it is to place these assets in context of the Point Cloud.
08:17
Once we have our VF5 machines in place,
08:20
I'm going to grab a VF11.
08:24
This is a larger CNC machine and I want
08:27
to place it right back here.
08:54
We mentioned in the last lesson that it
08:57
was possible to create factory assets with a Point Cloud.
09:02
If you're interested in that, there
09:03
are several cloud based assets that
09:06
were created from point clouds and you can use them right now.
09:11
To find these assets, go to the search bar and type
09:14
in PC for the search criteria and then hit Enter.
09:22
You'll see your asset browser populate with many of the point
09:26
cloud assets.
09:29
Now for this example, I'm just going
09:30
to grab the asset called PC Forklift.
09:36
This asset was created utilizing a laser scan Point Cloud.
09:44
How much easier is it to just simply scan
09:49
an object instead of modeling it with traditional 3D modeling
09:54
practices.
10:04
Now, when we have our assets in place,
10:07
we can bring back the points that we hid earlier
10:10
with the box crop command.
10:19
We can go to the Point Cloud panel.
10:22
And then under box crop, we can select Uncrop.
10:28
This will bring back the points that we had earlier.
10:33
To finish up, I'm going to put my Inventor
10:36
into perspective mode.
10:40
So now, I can easily see my 3D models of my c.a.c. machines.
10:48
In context of the laser scan point cloud,
10:53
all in the same Inventor environment.
10:60
Let's wrap up this lesson by reviewing what we've covered
11:04
during our time together.
11:06
We started off by learning how to utilize the various existing
11:10
documents that will exist in order
11:12
to verify the existing conditions of a Brownfield's
11:15
facility.
11:18
We then explored the use of laser
11:20
scan Point Clouds to accurately capture the existing
11:23
conditions of the facility, and we finished up
11:27
using that Point Cloud in Autodesk Inventor
11:30
to create a factory layout.
Video transcript
00:01
INSTRUCTOR: In this lesson, we're
00:02
going to utilize Autodesk Inventor to create a factory
00:05
layout in context of an existing Point Cloud.
00:18
The objectives of this lesson are
00:20
to place the Point Cloud in Autodesk Inventor
00:23
at the origin point defined in Autodesk ReCap.
00:28
We also want to use the cropping tools
00:30
available in AutoCAD and Inventor
00:32
to hide portions of the cloud.
00:35
And then finally, we're going to place some assets in context
00:38
of the cloud.
00:41
The factory design workflow utilizes
00:43
cloud scans to represent the facility and the environment
00:46
that houses the layout design.
00:49
Working with the reality capture of the actual facility,
00:52
offers several advantages depending on which application
00:56
you're working in.
00:57
The 3D layout environment of the factory design utilities
01:00
is centered in the Inventor application.
01:03
Including a point cloud in the factory layout,
01:06
allows us to place 3D factory assets in context
01:09
of the actual walls, windows, and ceiling
01:13
included in the skin.
01:15
Having the full facility present and represented
01:18
during the layout design process,
01:20
reveals many additional issues that
01:22
are not as easy to see using the traditional 2D DWG underlay.
01:31
Inside of Inventor, we use the attach command on the factory
01:34
tab to import the .rcp or the .rcs files into Inventor.
01:41
You can click to place the cloud anywhere.
01:43
After the cloud is placed in the file,
01:45
you can right click on the clouds browser node
01:48
to adjust the settings, including the option to place
01:51
the cloud at its origin point.
01:55
Here we see again the importance of utilizing
01:58
a consistent origin point throughout the entire layout
02:01
process.
02:03
For this example, I've opened up my Inventor application
02:07
and I'm going to come up in select File New.
02:11
From the template list, I'm going
02:12
to select the template for the standard factory layout.
02:19
Now, the goal of this portion of the exercise
02:21
is simply to place the cloud that we
02:23
exported in the previous lesson into Inventor.
02:28
On the factory tab, about midway across,
02:31
you'll see the point cloud panel.
02:34
On that panel, you'll find the attach command.
02:38
I'm going to navigate to the Data set
02:41
into the clouds folder, and I'm going
02:44
to select the rcs file called bottom left clean.
02:50
It's important you make sure you're selecting and rcs file.
02:56
We'll click Open and the cloud will come in on my cursor.
03:01
Now, it doesn't matter where you drop it off,
03:03
you can click anywhere on the screen then
03:06
the properties for that cloud will appear.
03:10
For this example, we want to set the cloud at its origin point.
03:15
Remember, that we established the origin
03:18
point in the previous lesson, and here you
03:21
can see the corner of the garage door is reporting to the origin
03:26
just as we set it in Autodesk ReCap.
03:31
Now, you can make slight modifications to the file.
03:34
If you need to move it or rotate it,
03:37
you can use this dialogue to do that.
03:40
You can also change the number of points
03:42
that you've brought into the file with this slider here.
03:48
But for this example, I'm simply going to click OK,
03:52
and then I can rotate around and see the cloud in the Inventor
04:01
application.
04:04
There are some point cloud tools available in Inventor
04:07
and AutoCAD.
04:09
In Inventor, the box crop command
04:11
is used to temporarily hide points that
04:13
are not immediately necessary.
04:16
This command can provide an unobstructed view
04:19
of our layout area.
04:23
I'm back in Inventor and I want to hide
04:26
all of the ceiling in HVAC information
04:31
from this Point Cloud.
04:34
I'm going to select the right view here.
04:37
And on the Point Cloud panel, I'm going to select a fly out
04:40
and there I'll see the box crop command.
04:45
I can start the command and select the points
04:49
that I want to preserve.
04:53
I'll make a second click for that little rectangular
04:55
dialogue.
04:57
I'm going to readjust my view so that you
04:59
can see that the points I selected
05:01
are actually set to remain.
05:04
The highlighted points will disappear
05:06
when I execute the command.
05:08
There is an option to invert this if you want,
05:14
but this is exactly what I want and I'm
05:16
going to click the check mark.
05:20
So now, we can see our layout area completely unobstructed.
05:30
With the layout area exposed, we can use the traditional factory
05:34
utilities to place assets in context of the reality capture
05:38
scan.
05:40
When the assets are in place, we could turn the visibility
05:43
of the hidden points back on, revealing the full scan and all
05:47
of the assets at the same time.
05:50
It is important to note that interferences
05:52
between the assets and the Point Cloud
05:54
can be discovered utilizing Autodesk Navisworks.
06:01
For this final example, I want to place some assets
06:04
in context of our Point Cloud.
06:08
The assets that I'm interested in are all Haas CNC machines.
06:14
So in the search bar, I'm going to type in Haas.
06:21
Now, I'm going to scroll down until I find the Haas VF5.
06:27
This is a Cloud Asset.
06:29
You'll have to download this in order to use it.
06:33
I'm going to drag it in place.
06:35
You'll see that the acid lands on the factory floor as we're
06:39
used to.
06:43
I'm going to drop it off and I'm going
06:45
to use the repositioned command to rotate it into position.
06:55
I'm going to add a couple of others
06:57
here for a total of three.
07:35
Now, I'm going to go to my top view
07:37
and place these assets right up next to the cloud.
07:49
Now, the exact placement of these assets
07:53
is not going to be critical for this particular exercise.
08:07
I just want you to see how easy and nice
08:09
it is to place these assets in context of the Point Cloud.
08:17
Once we have our VF5 machines in place,
08:20
I'm going to grab a VF11.
08:24
This is a larger CNC machine and I want
08:27
to place it right back here.
08:54
We mentioned in the last lesson that it
08:57
was possible to create factory assets with a Point Cloud.
09:02
If you're interested in that, there
09:03
are several cloud based assets that
09:06
were created from point clouds and you can use them right now.
09:11
To find these assets, go to the search bar and type
09:14
in PC for the search criteria and then hit Enter.
09:22
You'll see your asset browser populate with many of the point
09:26
cloud assets.
09:29
Now for this example, I'm just going
09:30
to grab the asset called PC Forklift.
09:36
This asset was created utilizing a laser scan Point Cloud.
09:44
How much easier is it to just simply scan
09:49
an object instead of modeling it with traditional 3D modeling
09:54
practices.
10:04
Now, when we have our assets in place,
10:07
we can bring back the points that we hid earlier
10:10
with the box crop command.
10:19
We can go to the Point Cloud panel.
10:22
And then under box crop, we can select Uncrop.
10:28
This will bring back the points that we had earlier.
10:33
To finish up, I'm going to put my Inventor
10:36
into perspective mode.
10:40
So now, I can easily see my 3D models of my c.a.c. machines.
10:48
In context of the laser scan point cloud,
10:53
all in the same Inventor environment.
10:60
Let's wrap up this lesson by reviewing what we've covered
11:04
during our time together.
11:06
We started off by learning how to utilize the various existing
11:10
documents that will exist in order
11:12
to verify the existing conditions of a Brownfield's
11:15
facility.
11:18
We then explored the use of laser
11:20
scan Point Clouds to accurately capture the existing
11:23
conditions of the facility, and we finished up
11:27
using that Point Cloud in Autodesk Inventor
11:30
to create a factory layout.
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