Every year we release a new version of Woodwork for Inventor.
And every year, we could talk only about features.
But that would miss the bigger point.
Because what we are really working on is not just software —
it’s a system for scaling engineering processes in furniture manufacturing companies. Continue reading…
Implementing a new CAD system is often seen as a technological upgrade. In reality, it is much more than that. A CAD system plays a central role in the information flow that drives manufacturing.
In furniture and interior manufacturing, production depends heavily on the information generated during the design phase. This information feeds multiple processes across the company, including purchasing, production planning, CNC programming, and project management. Continue reading…
In an ideal workflow, changing a material in a CAD model would automatically update the information that planning, purchasing, and production rely on. In reality, that rarely happens.
Many furniture manufacturers still move design information into ERP through a patchwork of spreadsheets, manual exports, disconnected files, and re-entry. A designer updates a material in the model, and someone else has to retype the same change into ERP—or into intermediate lists that eventually reach ERP. Continue reading…
Repetitive modelling work isn’t just a minor inconvenience — it’s one of the largest drains on engineering time in custom manufacturing. Panels get rebuilt, hardware gets reinserted, drawings get updated, machining features get recreated. None of this is creative work. None of it moves the project forward. Yet it takes up most of the day.
The challenge isn’t the complexity of the product.
It’s the workflow behind it.
This article focuses on a more practical way of working — one that reduces manual effort and makes the design-to-production chain far more predictable. Continue reading…
In many manufacturing companies, delays are rarely caused by machining capacity or shop-floor performance. The real slowdown happens much earlier — in engineering. And it happens quietly, in the background, until it becomes the limiting factor for the whole business.
This isn’t about the skills of the team. It’s about the workflow they’re working within.
Software development often feels like parenting—watching something grow from an idea to an independent entity with its own needs. As we continue evolving, we’re facing interesting challenges, achieving exciting progress, and planning promising steps forward.
The Challenges (The Bad):
Generally speaking about our software development, I’ve noticed a curious shift. There’s less room now for our own ideas—our software has grown up and is dictating its own demands: “I need those pants, I want those shoes Continue reading…
In custom furniture manufacturing, the design team is essential for translating client requirements into production-ready outputs. Using tools like 3D design software and CAD/CAM systems, designers create models, technical drawings, and CNC programs that guide the production process. Continue reading…
In the modern furniture manufacturing industry, efficiency and accuracy are key. But when data is unorganized or poorly managed, it can hinder decision-making and slow down the design-to-production process. To tackle these challenges, we’re offering an exclusive free webinar, “Shaping BOM Data into Required Results: The Power of Structured Information.” Below is a sneak peek of the key topics we’ll explore in this session, designed to empower furniture design engineers and manufacturers with essential data management skills. Continue reading…
The core activity of any manufacturing company is product production, encompassing everything from material supply to delivery and assembly. This process relies on a constant flow of information; without it, production cannot take place. As a result, every company develops its own information flow to support production with the necessary data.
With growing competition, the demands on the production process are becoming more complex. This, in turn, places greater demands on the information flow—requiring it to be both comprehensive and efficient. Continue reading…
