Heavy Machinery: Technical Drawing & Process Planning

Complex machines.
Documentation that keeps up.

Heavy machinery programs involve thousands of parts, deep assembly hierarchies, and documentation requirements that scale with every new variant. Foundation EGI handles the complexity so your engineers can focus on building machines that perform.

faster documentation
across variants
100%
CAD-native, no file
conversions needed
NX
native integration,
more coming

Technical Drawing

Document large assemblies without multiplying your headcount.

A single heavy machinery program can require thousands of drawings, from high-level assembly views down to individual weldment details. Managing that at scale manually means either a large documentation team or chronic delays. Neither is sustainable.

Foundation EGI generates complete drawing packages from your 3D models, handling the entire hierarchy from top-level machine assembly down to component-level detail drawings. Variants, configurations, and revision cycles are handled without starting from scratch each time.

faster drawing generation
All assembly levels covered
📄
Top-level assembly drawings
Full machine layout with part callouts and BOM
Generated
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Sub-assembly drawings
Each major sub-system documented independently
Generated
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Detail & weldment drawings
Dimensions, GD&T, and tolerances applied from model
Generated
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Variant documentation
Configuration-specific packages without duplication
Generated

Process Planning

Plan complex machine builds before a single part arrives on the floor.

Heavy machinery builds are long-cycle events where a mistake discovered late in assembly doesn't just cost time. It can mean weeks of rework on a machine that may already be partially shipped to a customer site. The only way to avoid it is to get the build sequence right before assembly begins.

Foundation EGI generates and validates your assembly process plan directly from CAD, checking operation sequencing, tooling access, and crane lift paths before any physical work begins. Problems surface on a screen, not on the floor.

Zero floor-level sequencing errors
faster build planning

Build Planning — Heavy Machinery Program

Before
6–10 weeks  ·  discovered on floor
After
2 weeks
Foundation EGI

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Eliminate the documentation errors that put people and programs at risk.

Heavy machinery operates under real safety demands. Load ratings, material certifications, weld specifications, and lifting provisions all have to be right. Documentation errors in these areas aren't just quality issues; they're liabilities.

Foundation EGI generates documentation directly from the authoritative CAD model, eliminating the transcription layer where most errors are introduced. What's in the drawing always matches what's in the model, because they come from the same source.

100% model-accurate documentation
Zero transcription errors

Documentation Accuracy — Source of Truth

CAD Model → Drawing (Direct)
Eliminated from the workflow:
Manual dimension re-entry  ·  Spec lookup & copy  ·  BOM transcription  ·  Tolerance lookups  ·  Drawing-to-model mismatch

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