Aishwarya Balamukundan
Discover how Fusion, Autodesk’s industry cloud for manufacturing is revolutionizing manufacturing automation by breaking down silos, automating workflows, and managing complexity to accelerate innovation and boost productivity in today’s ever-changing manufacturing environment.
Elevate your design and manufacturing processes with Autodesk Fusion
Growth in manufacturing demands more than just innovative products — it requires a seamless convergence of design and production workflows powered by cutting-edge technology. Fusion helps manufacturers meet these challenges with end-to-end manufacturing automation solutions.
Fusion: The industry cloud driving modern manufacturing automation
Fusion is much more than software; it’s a cloud-based, AI-native, end-to-end platform designed to unify the entire manufacturing product lifecycle from design through production and into operations. It brings all manufacturing steps together, making it easier for teams to work faster, smarter, and together more effectively.
Built to scale with your business, Fusion supports manufacturers handling increasingly complex products and assemblies by harnessing AI-powered manufacturing automation to drive greater productivity and efficiency.
How AI-driven manufacturing is transforming manufacturing workflows
Over the past two years, Fusion has integrated advanced AI capabilities that dramatically reduce inefficiencies and accelerate key manufacturing workflows through three progressive phases:
- Task automation: AI handles repetitive, low-value tasks such as automated drawing creation and constraint generation. For example, over 5 million Fusion users have generated automated drawing dimensions, with constraints created automatically every 15 seconds. This foundational manufacturing automation boosts efficiency and frees engineers to focus on higher-value creative work.
- Workflow automation: AI now combines multiple tasks into one streamlined manufacturing automation workflow. Imagine going from a rough concept—like an air fryer—to a detailed, editable 3D design in seconds. This capability speeds up product development, while enhancing accuracy and repeatability. AI-driven workflow automation is also extending into data management and manufacturing operations, reshaping core processes.
- Systems automation: The most advanced manufacturing automation phase connects entire systems or subsystems, allowing AI to autonomously take actions such as predicting failures before they happen or cascading design changes instantly across all stakeholders. Fusion’s AI-powered systems modeler enables unprecedented levels of operational intelligence and responsiveness.
This manufacturing automation evolution is not just about completing tasks faster — it’s about enabling what was once impossible or prohibitively complex, fundamentally redefining design and manufacturing processes.
Supporting manufacturing automation growth in a changing industry
We understand that embracing AI and transitioning to cloud-based workflows can be challenging. Change is hard, and the pace of technological advancement can feel overwhelming. But the promise of AI-powered manufacturing is too great to ignore.
Autodesk is committed to helping you navigate this shift. By uniting design and production in the cloud and harnessing AI to automate tasks, workflows, and entire systems. Fusion is more than a platform—it’s the foundation for the future of manufacturing growth.