Success Story
Pure Power designs Utility-Scale Solar Power projects and is a dynamic and growing company. Over the past few years Pure Power has seen significant growth in the number and size of its projects, as well as fast growth in staff. In order to optimize the design process for ground-mount solar, Pure Power needed a partner who understands the design parameters of utility-scale solar and has the expertise to create custom tools using Autodesk API's.
The goals of the project revolved around making workflow and design process efficiency gains through a set of custom tools in AutoCAD/Civil 3D. The two areas of focus were: labeling of strings, combiners, etc.; and design automation for collector lines. With custom tools in these two areas, Pure Power intended to reduce the time taken to get a complete design.
Autodesk Solution Provider CAD Masters spent time in needs assessment with Pure Power to fully understand their design process and make recommendations on the best places to focus programming efforts for the largest ROI. CAD Masters built Pure Power a suite of tools in an AutoCAD/Civil 3D plug-in to extend out of box functionality for their specific design process and needs.
Pure Power was able to reduce the time it takes their designers to complete a design using the custom tools created by CAD Masters. They saw their desired ROI and have expanded the scope of the project to encompass more tools to further increase their efficiency.
Although the investment is significant to create a custom suite of tools, Pure Power saw multiples of return on their investment. Finding a partner that can both understand the design process and create top notch software in Autodesk API's allows Pure Power to be at the cutting edge of technology in their industry. They found that partner in CAD Masters and will continue to make process improvements to move even farther ahead of their competitors.
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BIM Implementation and Custom Tool
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Design Tool Standardization and Efficiency Improvements
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