Top 7 Tricks to Boost Sales with Stunning 3D Layouts in Liveline™

If you are an industrial solution integrator trying to build compelling sales proposals, you might find yourself asking too much from engineering teams that are already overwhelmed with ongoing projects. Here’s how you can fix this with Liveline™, the ultimate 3D plan builder software for industrial solution integrators. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced user, these top 7 tricks will help you maximize Liveline™'s potential and deliver professional designs that will wow your clients.

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1. Use the Stretch Feature for Precise Adjustments

Creating a 3D layout in Liveline™ is straight forward. Start by going to edit mode where your library of equipment is available. This library includes 3D files that you can upload and prepare using the Liveline™ admin tool, allowing you to drag and drop these blocks to build your layout.

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Pro Tip: The red and green glowing dots on parts indicate the connecting points of equipment. A green dot also means that the equipment can be stretched. To do so, simply click and hold the dot, stretch the component to the desired length, and release, ensuring your component meets exact specifications.

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2. Duplicate Components to Save Time

Liveline™ excels in customizing components to given dimensions or orientation. Connect a conveyor to other equipment and stretch it to the desired length or elevate it to create custom slopes.

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Pro Tip: Utilize the duplication tool to save time when you need multiple instances of the same component, especially if they are adjusted to custom specifications. This feature is particularly useful for repetitive elements like conveyors, allowing you to build complex 3D plan layouts even faster.

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3. Mirror Components for Asymmetrical Designs

Components are not always symmetrical, which means that both left-hand and right-hand versions are often required to accommodate all design scenarios. This feature ensures that your layouts are versatile and can adapt to various configurations, enhancing both functionality and efficiency.

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Pro Tip: Use the mirror function to create symmetrical designs of a single asset. Mirroring components allows you to easily adapt your layout to different configurations and prevents essentially doubling the number of required components. This feature helps you efficiently manage your component library and ensures your designs are versatile and adaptable to various client requirements.

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4. Import 2D Plans for Use as Reference

When 2D plans ofthe current configuration are available, they can be brought into Liveline™ and used as a reference to design partial assemblies and save even more time.

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Pro Tip: With Liveline™, you can use the reference scale on a 2D plan to adjust it to accurate dimensions and ensure your layout is as precise as possible. To do so, click the scale button, point and click on two locations on your 2D plan, and indicate the distance between them. Your plan will automatically be adjusted to the correct dimensions.

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5. Export Bills of Assets for Detailed Proposals

Once a design is completed in Liveline™, it can be exported in various 3D formats such as STL or OBJ, but also flattened and saved in 2D formats such as DWG, DXF, PNG, and PDF. Designs exported this way will be grouped per assets too (and not as a bunch of lines).

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Pro Tip: When exporting your project, you can, at the same time, generate a list of assets with all specifications. This list can be exported as Excel and CSV and be used for cost estimation, project planning, and as part of your proposal to showcase the thoroughness of your 3D plan layout, which is crucial for manufacturers.

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6. Generate Videos for Dynamic Presentations

One of Liveline™’s most exciting features is the ability to generate high-quality videos of your design. Place cameras within your layout to capture different angles, and the server will generate a video for you in minutes.

Pro Tip: Use the cameras and trajectory assets available in Liveline™’s toolbox. You can adjust the motion speed, position and angles using the appropriate slider in the tool menu and view a preview of the results in the upper right corner of the screen. You can also set a rendering order that will impact which sequence will show first in the final rendered video.

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7. Quick Adjustments with 2D Imports

Liveline™ allows you to make quick adjustments to your design, enabling you to respond promptly to client feedback. Whether it’s changing the layout or adding new equipment, you can do it all within minutes.

Pro Tip: Liveline™ is so convenient that changes requested by customers can be done live along with them. Doing so may also allow you to catch further issues and correct them on the fly instead of having to perform additional iterations later.

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Conclusion

Liveline™ is a powerful tool for creating detailed and professional 3D plan layouts and proposals. By following these top 7 tricks, you can streamline your design process, impress your clients, shorten your sales cycles and ultimately boost your sales. For a complete demo and to explore all the features of Liveline™, feel free to reach out to us.

Ready to transform your design process? Visit Liveline™ today and start creating stunning 3D layouts for industrial manufacturing!

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