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Written by Drawbridge Team Penang, 4 December 2025  — Manufacturing professionals from across the northern region convened at Amari Hotel, Penang, for an industry seminar focused on how simulation technology is being applied to improve production efficiency and support smarter factory decision-making. The seminar, “Smart Factory Simulation: Unlocking Efficiency with FlexSim Technology” , brought together engineers, managers and industry leaders to showcase practical approache

Written by Autodesk Team This article explores how smart factories turn real-time data into business intelligence that drives efficiency and agility. It examines the technologies powering this transformation and how Autodesk solutions like Autodesk FlexSim and Fusion Operations enable manufacturers to optimize performance, sustainability, and profitability through connected digital systems. Factory operators are converting traditional factories into “smart” facilities by inte

Written by Autodesk Team Discover the new Intent-driven design Preview in Fusion—choose Part, Assembly, or Hybrid workflows for faster design starts, clarity, and cloud collaboration. Solidworks users often tell us that their early modeling steps have either felt too rigid, too ambiguous, too confusing, or too easy to mess up. And if you’ve ever struggled with bodies vs. components or sunk hours into a design before realizing you forgot to activate a component, then you also

By the Autodesk Team Explore how Autodesk’s integrated factory production solutions help manufacturers optimize factory layouts, streamline production processes, and improve operational efficiency for smarter, faster factory production. Autodesk is entering a new era of unified production—one where smart collaboration and digital factory solutions converge to transform how products are designed, engineered, and manufactured across industries. By integrating FlexSim with AutoC

Working in AutoCAD efficiently starts with mastering commands. Whether you’re drawing a simple line or designing a complex model, commands help you draw and edit with ease. For our AutoCAD Foundations blog series, we’re sharing three quick tips to help you understand how to start commands, use Dynamic Input, and cancel and undo a command. For the full tutorial on how to use AutoCAD commands, you can also check out the AutoCAD Foundations article . Tip #1: How to Start a Comm

Written by Autodesk Team What is "Neural CAD"? This new generative AI technology can create designs spontaneously based on a text prompt and spatial constraints, generating editable precision CAD geometry. Additionally, neural CAD for geometry can also generate the sequence of commands within a traditional parametric CAD software tool needed to create an object. Whether you need organic, curved surfaces found commonly in consumer goods or flat surfaces and clearly defined edg

Written by AutoDesk Team AutoCAD is thrilled to announce that AutoCAD 2026.1 and AutoCAD LT 2026.1 are now available, packed with exciting new features and enhancements designed to make your design experience more productive and collaborative. Autodesk, constantly strive to innovate and improve tools based on user feedback, and these new 2026.1 releases are a testament to this commitment. There are several significant updates to features that you’ll want to check out. If yo

Since its debut, AutoCAD has stood as a pillar in the CAD (computer-aided design) world, embraced by engineers, architects and designers worldwide. Two main versions are offered: AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT. While they share common foundations, there are key differences in capabilities — especially when it comes to 2D vs 3D, advanced automation and industry-specific toolsets. This guide will help you compare both versions by exploring their features, workflows and cost implication

Who are eligible to get official Autodesk Software for Free? Students and educators can get a free one-year subscription to all Autodesk products. This includes AutoCAD, Revit, Inventor, and Fusion 360. The subscription is renewable. The Fusion 360 Personal Use License   is a free version for hobbyists. It is for non-commercial projects. For commercial use or advanced features, you need a paid subscription. This includes cloud simulation and multi-user collaboration. The Auto