Fusion 360 for Acoustic Office Design on SilentLab Projects

At SilentLab, we provide advice on interior acoustics and noise reduction. We apply our knowledge and experience to the design of our own acoustic products. Our main goal is to always find the most suitable solution for your premises. That's why we offer a comprehensive service from the design of acoustic measures to the installation itself.

We like peace and quiet at work. That's why SilentLab was created. We make silence and deliver it wherever it is scarce. We have created an original acoustic concept that makes anything "indoors" soundproof. The result? We make employees happier. And so are companies, because our silence increases productivity by up to 10% every day.

To effectively combat noise, we have acoustics experts on our team and we manufacture all acoustic products ourselves. Our production halls in the Czech Republic produce acoustic wall and ceiling tiles, acoustic stools, screens and unique soundproof mobile offices for one, two, four or up to eight people.

To make sure everything works to perfection, we design complex acoustics on a turnkey basis. We can also prepare completely atypical customized solutions. In doing so, we pay attention not only to maximum functionality, but also to the unique design of our products, which have been awarded world design prizes (Red Dot Design award, German Design Award, BigSee award, Archiproducts Design Award and GOOD design award).

Delivery of product solutions, implementation, training and technical support of products and CAD software procedures.

Autodesk Fusion 360 for acoustic office design. 

In the past, we used the 2D program DraftSight in the engineering department. Our designs were created in lines. However, when developing more complex designs, mistakes were often made. It was not easy to keep track of the continuity of the components in the design. At the same time, we modeled the same products in 3D in SketchUp and rendered the marketing documents from them in Lumion. That's why we decided to switch completely to a 3D solution, for which we chose Autodesk's Fusion 360.

When choosing a 3D solution, we decided between Fusion 360, Inventor, SolidWorks, TurboCAD and others. We chose Fusion 360 because of its comprehensive application options at a very affordable price, and we also had previous experience with it in 3D printing.

In the "design" module we create models of our products. They are very detailed, including upholstery fabrics and fasteners. We use parameters in the modeling, where when we update the product geometry we just overwrite the number in the parameter table and the program takes care of everything else, including updating the drawings, which saves us a lot of time. We have created our own database of materials and purchased components, which are marked with SAP numbers. When used in an assembly, this information is written into tables in our drawings. Furthermore, we are able to export complete BOMs via the Bommer plugin and from these we can immediately obtain, for example, a cut BOM with all dimensions of the sheet material, which can be sent to the cutting centre. 

From the 3D models we directly render images for the marketing department, all within Fusion. Cloud rendering is also an advantage, where if you don't have a powerful computer, you can render for credits in the cloud. 

To create assembly instructions, we use the "animate" module, where we prepare the individual assembly steps in diagrams and simply generate them in dwg format. If there is an update in the project geometry, it is easy for us to re-export the entire base in the current form. 

In the design of our products, we make extensive use of 3D printing for prototyping product shapes as well as for mass production of small components such as boxes for electronic devices, spacers, cable glands, ramps for better airflow, and more.

We greatly appreciate the cloud-based structure of the program. My colleagues and I share projects that we can collaborate on in real time, each person assembles their part of the product to build on the others, and we can comment and approve each other's models. Our work can thus be very time efficient. 3D models can also be shared with the client via a link that can be easily opened in a browser without the need to install any application. We also put a QR code with a link to the 3D model on the drawings in the description box. In production, colleagues can open them to have a better idea of the product they are currently producing.

Autodesk Solution Provider Adeon provided us with basic training in the program when we switched from DraftSight and helped us set up an efficient modeling style; for example, modeling fabrics for our upholstered acoustic panels. It also handles Fusion licensing for our ever-growing technical team.

Now with Fusion, we have much more confidence in the designs that we are able to review in 3D before production using cutting planes, checking all component continuity and often the product can go straight into production. This is also an advantageous solution for atypical custom manufacturing, where we are able to go into production without prototyping, with confidence that everything fits.

The transition to Fusion 360 was smooth for us. Fusion has given us a lot of options, all completely in one program. From design, to renderings, to physical analysis, to putting the product into production. Every month we look forward to a regular update, the developers are constantly working on the program and incorporating comments from us users.

Complete story in Czech at: https://www.adeon.cz/reference/silentlab/