"Industry 4Under the influence of new ideas such as 0", "Digital Factory" and "System Empowerment", the development of a large wave of industrial software has been promoted. For manufacturing enterprises that need to use a large amount of paper media for information transmission and enterprise manufacturing, "paperless production" is the most basic part of the enterprise to promote the construction of digital factories, and the importance of "paperless production" naturally does not need to be repeated. The so-called "paperless production" is the transformation from the traditional "white paper and black letters" expression to the paperless production of enterprises, which means that there must be corresponding electronic documents to replace the paper documents required for production, and the form of electronic documents can clearly express the production intention, and the transmission efficiency is not comparable to traditional paper documents.
Today, we will take a closer look at how a new type of electronic document can be used in manufacturing companies to replace traditional paper and send data to a designated location through the system.
What is paperless production
In a nutshell, paperless production refers to the process by which companies replace traditional paper with electronic documents and flow to the shop floor, so that all employees involved can access information anytime, anywhere. In this process, the amount of paper used in production is greatly reduced, and the amount of paper waste is also reduced.
What paper is needed for manufacturing
For manufacturing enterprises, most products need to produce parts processing drawings, assembly drawings, quality inspection documents, product service manuals, and even create marketing materials. 
Traditional expressions
The traditional two-dimensional based expression method requires a large number of drawings, screenshots, and photographs to clearly express information such as product manufacturing, assembly, testing, and product use. 
2D machining drawings
Assembly instructions
Product Brochure
Quality inspection documentation
Modern model-based expressions
The popularization of three-dimensional technology has brought a new model to the traditional way of expression, and the product information that used to be expressed in multiple drawings was presented in a three-dimensional way under the influence of three-dimensional technology, which greatly reduced the number of "paper".solidworks mbd
Drawing-free scheme based on 3D models
SOLIDWORKS MBD (Model-Based Definition) is a drawingless manufacturing solution integrated within SOLIDWORKS that combines the advantages of 3D models and 2D drawings in a single 3D file to clearly express all the processing information involved in the model's datum, dimensions, tolerances, BOM, annotations, surface roughness, and other PMI information.
SOLIDWORKS MBD directly guides the manufacturing process in 3D, helping manufacturers define and organize 3D annotations, customize personalized 3D PDF templates, publish 3D models and annotations, and more, accelerating production cycles, reducing scrap and rework, improving quality, and smoother manufacturing processes. solidworks composer
A three-dimensional-based communication solution
SOLIDWORKS Composer (3D-based communication schemes) can reuse 3D engineering data to create graphic content, enabling employees to quickly create assembly and teardown steps, technology**, interactive 3D animations, training materials, marketing materials, and other sales tools.
The Composer application can realize the optimization of the three-dimensional visual assembly process, and on the basis of making the three-dimensional assembly drawing, the product design and assembly process information are expressed in three-dimensional technology, so that the assembly technicians can understand the assembly relationship and technical description of the product more intuitively and effectively, and improve the accuracy and efficiency of the assembly work. The 3D assembly process information transmitted by Composer improves the transmission form of work instructions on the assembly site in the workshop, and realizes the true paperless and digital transmission. solidworks inspection
Paperless solution for quality inspection
The quality inspection department needs to check the size of the structure, and the traditional practice is to print out the drawings that need to be tested, and then manually mark the serial number on the drawings, and then fill in the test form manuallyIf there is a change in structure, all the work and documents need to be reprinted and restarted. SOLIDWORKS Inspection can automatically generate electronic inspection reports in MBD model parts, greatly simplifying and automating the creation process, and combining with electronic inspection equipment for data entry, so that quality inspection can be paperless.
Paperless planning of the workshop
Under the influence of 3D technology, the traditional paper expression will gradually fade out of the entire process of R&D, production and service in the manufacturing industry, and will be replaced by a more intuitive, more humane and more environmentally friendly communication method based on 3D model. SOLIDWORKS platform tools provide a full range of application tools to meet the needs of enterprises in paperless transformation. The change in expression is only the first step of paperless manufacturing enterprises, and then the "paper" is passed to the production workshop through SOLIDWORKS PDM, and the workshop consults and uses the production documents through the terminal system, so as to complete the paperless production of the workshop.
Conclusion
Manufacturing documents recorded on traditional paper are prone to errors, such as the wrong information expressed by the designer about the design intent, or the misunderstanding of part of the information in the workshop work using the document, which can cause immeasurable losses to the company in the future. With paperless production, any changes will go directly into the system and be displayed in real time to those who need to know, making the entire production process real-time and visual!