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imos highlights networked applications to own ecosystem iXInterio

imos AG has achieved its goal of networking suppliers, manufacturers and end customers:The ecosystem iXInterio reduces the communication and transaction processes between the individual business areas and makes cooperation models more attractive – even across locations. iXInterio is the result of developing autonomous software applications to integrated solutions that fulfill the requirements of digitalisation and overcome both technological barriers and company boundaries.

 

 

 

Mapping innovative business models

“iXInterio is based on a series of applications and databases which connect the different user groups in the design, manufacturing and sale of furniture, even beyond the company boundaries,” says Winfried Dell, Managing Director for Sales and Marketing. “Depending on application and user group, both desktop and cloud-based applications are used – not all components are necessarily from our company. The key component, of course, is the central product database, which dissolves the interfaces in the process and provides reliable information at all times”.

 

 

Planning for professionals and amateurs

The web-based application iX NET has been extended by numerous functions. Planning speed, usability and interoperability were at the top of the list of requirements. Furthermore, the photo realistic presentation of the planning results was improved using new material, lighting and rendering techniques. The 3D planning results can also be uploaded into social networks at any time and viewed interactively by anyone.

 

Room creation in iX PLAN has also gained in design comfort. It benefits from articles and components that can be placed more flexibly and interact with each other.

 

The moving furniture or the animated fitting

“Form follows function” is an important guiding principle for planners, designers and architects. The form can be easily recognised from drawings and photo realistic image material. The function of the furniture is often concealed behind a simple front and leaves the viewer in the dark. The new software version iX 2019 now offers the possibility of making the function visible. And this throughout in all applications – in the construction as well as at the point of sale.

 

All movable furniture components can be opened and closed as in the real world. To the viewer they show both the interior of the furniture and the kinematics of the components in animated form.

 

The second generation of Virtual Reality

VR is now not only a presentation tool for finished planning results but can also be used in the design phase in direct dialogue with the customer. This can be done either together in the showroom or online at separate locations. Planning results from iX PLAN, iX CAD or iX NET can be shared directly via VR and experienced virtually.

 

Engineering furniture gets more comfortable

The central application of the ecosystem iXInterio is still iX CAD. Here the parametric furniture constructions are created, which enable the continuous process from sale to production. This powerful application has been basically redesigned with regard to the essential operating elements. The iXplorer selects and manipulates the individual construction elements. In addition to a modern user interface, optimising the operating sequences was significant. Graphical tool tips, a user friendly interface that can be interactively arranged by the user and the automatic zoom function when selecting a component for detailed modifications are just some of the functions that simplify and speed up daily work with iX CAD.

 

 

Smart assistant for built-in articles

The developers of iX CAD have created a convenient way for a standard corpus or component to follow a wall or roof contour and other structural obstacles in a matter of seconds. This allows you to plan cut-outs, bevels, gaps and installations safely and quickly. If a different measurement is later taken on the construction site, the parametric approach allows changes to be tracked directly.

 

Providing CNC data for complex production processes

There are also new features in iX CAM. Special milling strategies for solid wood processing have been developed and the display on the component label has been improved. The control of the edge banding unit on CNC machines has been completely revised so that these machines can be supplied with the necessary data much more comfortably. This applies first to the machines of the market leaders.

 

Better management of larger projects

Experience has shown that large furnishing projects that involve several rooms or even floors are subject to multiple changes during the course of planning and implementation. iX 2019 provides help in change management:An adequate tool, embedded in the iX Organiser, allows the recording of desired building structures such as floor, area, room or workplace. The individual iX CAD planning and part orders can be assigned to this structure. Changes for individual building structures or for a workstation can then be changed globally with a few mouse clicks via the respective execution variable.

 

 

 

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