Manufacturing Deliverables Automation

From Design to Production—Automatically

Turn Creo Models into Complete Manufacturing Deliverables

Manufacturing doesn't run on CAD models alone.

It runs on complete, accurate deliverables—drawings, BOMs, manufacturing geometry, CNC outputs, and structured data that downstream systems can trust.

SIGMAXIM's SmartAssembly automates the creation of these deliverables directly within the Creo environment, ensuring that engineering and manufacturing outputs are generated together—not as separate, manual processes.

The Challenge: Getting Designs Ready for Manufacturing

Many organizations spend significant time creating and managing the deliverables required for production. While the CAD model may be complete, the work often continues with manual documentation, BOM preparation, data entry, manufacturing geometry creation, and output generation.

These disconnected processes can lead to:

• Delays between engineering and manufacturing
• Inconsistent documentation and data
• Manual errors and rework
• Lost productivity
• Knowledge-dependent processes
• Data discrepancies between systems

As products become more complex, these challenges become increasingly difficult to manage. Valuable engineering resources are often consumed by repetitive tasks that add little value to the product itself.

The SmartAssembly Solution

SmartAssembly is a rule-based automation platform that standardizes how products are designed and how manufacturing deliverables are created.

By capturing your company's engineering and manufacturing logic, SmartAssembly automatically applies rules as products are designed in Creo. Deliverables are generated in real time, ensuring consistency, accuracy, and compliance with your standards.

Rather than relying on manual steps and disconnected workflows, SmartAssembly creates a seamless Engineering-to-Manufacturing process where design data and manufacturing outputs remain fully aligned from the start.

Complete Manufacturing Deliverables—Automatically

SmartAssembly ensures the information manufacturing needs is created automatically as part of the design process—not as a separate downstream activity.

As engineers create products, SmartAssembly can automatically generate:

Drawings & Documentation

Create standardized, production-ready drawings and documentation that follow company standards and best practices.

BOM & Material Data

Generate accurate Bills of Materials along with costing information, mass properties, shipping dimensions, and structured ERP-ready data.

Manufacturing Geometry & CNC Outputs

Automatically create manufacturing geometry and CNC-ready outputs using rule-driven processes that ensure consistency and accuracy.

MBD & MBE Deliverables

Support modern manufacturing initiatives with fully defined 3D models containing Product Manufacturing Information (PMI) for downstream consumption.

Why It Matters

Most organizations don't struggle to create geometry.

They struggle to create complete, accurate, and usable manufacturing deliverables.

That's where delays, errors, and costly rework often originate.

SmartAssembly eliminates non-value-added engineering work by automating the creation of drawings, BOMs, manufacturing outputs, and documentation—allowing engineers to focus on design, innovation, and continuous improvement rather than repetitive tasks.

The result is:

• Complete, production-ready outputs
• Reduced engineering effort
• Faster, more predictable manufacturing processes
• Fewer downstream errors and revisions
• Consistent outputs across teams, products, and locations
• Improved data quality throughout the organization

Seamless Integration Across Systems

SmartAssembly creates a connected flow of information from engineering through manufacturing by integrating with Windchill, PLM, ERP, CAM, and other enterprise systems.

Because outputs are generated from a common source of truth, engineering, manufacturing, and business systems remain aligned. The result is consistent data, fewer manual handoffs, improved traceability, and greater confidence that every department is working from the same information.

Key Benefits

• Automatically generate manufacturing deliverables
• Reduce manual documentation and data-entry tasks
• Eliminate non-value-added engineering work
• Improve manufacturing readiness
• Accelerate Engineering-to-Manufacturing workflows
• Reduce errors and rework
• Standardize outputs across teams and locations
• Support MBD and digital manufacturing initiatives
• Deliver consistent, production-ready data
• Integrate with existing enterprise systems

Ready to Deliver More Than CAD Models?

With SmartAssembly, engineering doesn't stop at design. It automatically generates the complete, accurate manufacturing deliverables required to move products into production with confidence.

By embedding your company's rules, standards, and manufacturing logic directly into the design process, SmartAssembly helps eliminate manual effort, reduce errors, and accelerate the flow of information from engineering to manufacturing.

Contact SIGMAXIM today to discover how SmartAssembly can help automate deliverable creation, improve manufacturing readiness, and build a more efficient Engineering-to-Manufacturing process.