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Case study GC-heat Gebhard GmbH & Co. KG

Discover how GC-heat has radically accelerated product configuration and sales processes by integrating Lino and Tacton software. Learn more about automated CAD integration, optimized data quality, and significant efficiency gains in industrial manufacturing. Read how automation and rule-based configuration are sustainably increasing GC-heat's competitiveness.

Webinar - Lino® Simplify - simplify Solidworks® assemblies automatically

The Solidworks add-on Lino® Simplify automates the process of model simplification and helps you achieve the most appropriate result for your application. The webinar will introduce you to the features and additional productivity tools in Lino Simplify.

Webinar - Fast and accurate 3D Layout Planning in Solidworks®

The Solidworks add-on Lino® 3D layout bridges the gap between design, manufacturing and sales. Offer customers and prospects a true-to-life 3D visualization of your machines or plants. Every sales representative can now generate 3D layout plans of complex machines and plants quickly and accurately without the support of CAD experts.

Case Study Erhardt+Leimer

When complexity becomes a driver of success. Millions of product variants – once a bottleneck, now a competitive advantage. With Tacton Design Automation, the Tacton Configurator, and innovative Lino tools, Erhardt+Leimer has revolutionized its processes: from customer inquiry to 3D model in record time. Sales, engineering, and customers all benefit equally – thanks to fast, error-free configurations, direct visualization, and maximum flexibility. The result: more speed, better service, greater future readiness.

Webinar - Tacton CPQ - Visualised product configuration in the context of functional system assemblies

Tacton CPQ enables the automation of the quotation process from the quotation request to order entry in the ERP system. The rule-based product, price, and bill of materials configuration provides sales and project planning with the basis for creating meaningful quotation documents at the touch of a button. The Lino Hub 3D web add-in, an extension option for the Lino Hub integration platform, offers integrated, configuration-specific 3D visualization of products in real time.

Webinar - Tacton Configurator for design automation with Solidworks®

Speed up your design process. With Tacton Design Automation for Solidworks, you configure, design and manufacture customized products in record time. 3D models and detailed CAD data of any product variants can now be generated directly in your 3D CAD system at the touch of a button. Drawings are automatically corrected with Lino® 2D fix and no longer need to be adjusted manually.

Webinar - CAD & CAM data generation for manufracturing with Lino® Hub

The Lino Hub integration platform connects technical software applications such as configurators, 3D CAD systems, PDM/ERP/CRM systems, databases, CAM systems or 3D visualization tools to existing system landscapes in industrial companies as so-called middleware. In the webinar, we will demonstrate CAD and CAM data generation with Lino Hub as a starting point for generating machine codes for production.

Webinar - Intelligent process automation with Lino® Automate Server and Lino® AI Agent

Discover the future of process automation: Lino Automate Server revolutionizes CAD workflows with backend execution of action lists and intuitive web dashboard. The new Lino AI Agent enables control via natural language - without programming knowledge. Watch the webinar to see how automation processes become smarter and integrate seamlessly into CAD environments. The combination of server backend and AI makes your processes more efficient and accessible.

Webinar - Lino® AI Agent in the sales process for CAD data generation

The Lino® Hub integration platform connects configurators (or ERP systems, for example) with existing system landscapes in industrial companies, enabling the creation of virtual representations for web applications or CAD documents. Lino Hub acts as middleware. A new feature in this context is the integration of an AI-supported chatbot that supports the interaction between the user and the configurator. This virtual assistant makes it possible to configure and design complex machines more intuitively and easily - for both sales staff and end customers. This use case is one of the first in which the Lino AI Agent is integrated with a Lino software tool.

Webinar - Tacton Configurator for design automation with Autodesk® Inventor®

Your company develops sophisticated machines and systems with Autodesk Inventor? You need to avoid expensive design errors in order to remain competitive and want to reduce the number of time-consuming change orders that block day-to-day business? Do you want to give your designers more time to develop and improve products? The integrated configurator Tacton Design Automation automates your design processes and frees you from time-consuming routine tasks.

Webinar - Lino® Simplify - simplify Solidworks® assemblies automatically

The Solidworks add-on Lino® Simplify automates the process of model simplification and helps you to achieve the most suitable result for your application. The webinar will introduce you to the features and additional productivity tools in Lino Simplify.

Webinar - Accurate Solidworks Drawings at the push of a button

The add-on application Lino® 2D fix helps Solidworks users to reposition drawing views and dimensions as well as other drawing labels. In addition, Lino® 2D fix can be used to automatically generate dimensions and BOM items for layout drawings.

Webinar - CAD Automation with Lino® Hub in Design with PDM integration

Particularly in design, Lino Hub accelerates all processes in and around the CAD system by integrating a configurator or an existing product design system, right through to the intelligent integration of PDM or PLM systems.

Brochure Lino Automate

Lino Automate is a flexible and highly customizable standard software for the simple automation of recurring work steps in a CAD system and for the bidirectional exchange of information. The software offers a high degree of scalability so that small, medium-sized and large companies can all benefit from automation.

Webinar - Tacton configurator for Design Automation with Solidworks®

Speed up your design process. With Tacton Design Automation for Solidworks, you can configure, design and manufacture customized products in record time. 3D models and detailed CAD data of any product variant can now be generated directly in your 3D CAD system at the touch of a button. Drawings are automatically corrected with Lino® 2D fix and no longer need to be adjusted manually.

Product configuration in Sales with CRM and ERP connection

Tacton CPQ reduces configuration rules thanks to constraints-based configuration engine and delivers error-free and manufacturable configurations every time. It supports complex pricing structures, country and role-specific quotations, real-time 3D Visual Configuration, and integration capability for CRM, ERP, e-commerce and other systems. In this webinar, integrations with an ERP (SAP) and CRM (Salesforce) system will be demonstrated live.

Webinar - Automated simplification of Solidworks® assemblies

The Solidworks add-on Lino® Simplify automates the process of model simplification and helps you to achieve the most suitable result for your application. The webinar will introduce you to the features and additional productivity tools in Lino Simplify.

Webinar - System Integration with Lino® Automate

The webinar recording presents the new Lino® Automate for system-independent integration of databases as well as PDM and ERP systems. In the webinar, we explain how to switch to the new software and what you need to consider. We will also show you the core functions and the database option of Lino® Automate.

Webinar - CAD & CAM data generation for Manufacturing

The Lino Hub integration platform connects technical software applications such as configurators, 3D CAD systems, PDM/ERP/CRM systems, databases, CAM systems or 3D visualization tools to existing system landscapes in industrial companies as so-called middleware. In the webinar, we will demonstrate CAD and CAM data generation with Lino Hub as the basis for generating machine codes for manufacturing.

Tacton Design Automation with Lino® PDM System Integration (incl. Encryption)

Discover how Tacton Design Automation for SolidWorks enables deep process automation! Thanks to the Lino® PDM pro system integration, the design automation solution is seamlessly integrated into your existing system landscape. Additionally, the new encryption extension ensures that your valuable company knowledge is optimally protected against unauthorized access. Experience concrete case studies to see how you can maximize the benefits of design automation.

Webinar - Fast and Precise 3D Layout Planning in Solidworks®

The Solidworks add-on Lino® 3D layout bridges the gap between design, manufacturing and sales. Offer customers and prospects a true-to-life 3D visualization of your machines or plants. Every sales representative can now generate 3D layout plans of complex machines and plants quickly and accurately without the support of CAD experts.

Brochure Lino Hub

Lino® Hub is an important element for companies on the path to digital transformation. Lino® Hub creates integrated and automated processes between Sales, Design and Production. Business processes become data highways that provide product information across departments and systems.

Webinar - Data generation in the sales process with Lino® Hub

The integration platform Lino Hub connects technical software applications, such as configurators, 3D CAD systems, PDM/ERP/CRM systems, databases, CAM systems, or 3D visualization tools, to existing system landscapes in industrial companies as middleware. In the webinar CAD Data Generation in the Sales Process with Lino Hub, we will demonstrate the generation of CAD data by sales representatives as part of a product configuration process.

Webinar - Lino® Simplify - Solidworks®-Baugruppen automatisiert vereinfachen

The Solidworks add-on Lino® Simplify automates the process of model simplification and helps you achieve the most appropriate result for your application. The webinar will introduce you to the features and additional productivity tools in Lino Simplify.

Webinar - Optimizing the ecological footprint with Tacton CPQ

Through integration into the Life-Cycle Assessment System, Tacton CPQ shows the ecological footprint after each selection in the configurator. Optimize your solutions for the lowest carbon footprint and find the balance between sustainability and other investment parameters.

Webinar - Tacton Configurator for Design Automation with Autodesk Inventor

Speed up your design process. With Tacton® Design Automation for Autodesk® Inventor®, you can configure, design and manufacture customized products in record time. 3D models and detailed CAD data of any product variant can now be generated directly in your 3D CAD system at the touch of a button.

Webinar Correct Solidworks drawings at the touch of a button

During configuration, 3D CAD models undergo more or less extensive geometric changes. The derived drawings have to be adapted manually by the designer to make all dimensions legible and findable again. This “hard work” can be automated extremely quickly with Lino® 2D fix.

Webinar - Tacton Design Automation with ERP Integration

This webinar will show you how to avoid costly design errors and reduce the number of time-consuming change orders. Tacton Design Automation automates design processes, freeing your engineers from routine tasks and ensuring that every design is always valid and complete. The solution is fully integrated into Solidworks, offering an intuitive user interface and is easy to implement and maintain. With the Lino® ERP pro interface, ERP data such as items and bills of materials can be automatically generated and updated. Our webinar will demonstrate, using practical examples, how to optimally integrate Tacton Design Automation into your system landscape.

Lino® Simplify - simplify Solidworks® assemblies individually and automatically

Experience the Solidworks-integrated simplification of complex CAD assemblies in the Lino Simplify webinar. Due to increasing globalization, more 3D models are being exchanged with external partners. This carries the risk of unintended use of the models. Companies can prevent this by sending simplified and disguised 3D models. This protects intellectual property and makes reverse engineering very difficult. Simplification takes place in a fully automated process. As soon as the correct settings have been made, Lino Simplify takes effect. The Solidworks add-on application works for both part and assembly files and processes all dependent files as part of the simplification process.

Webinar Flexible, powerful and secure: system integration with Lino® PDM pro and ERP pro

Experience the new functions in Lino® PDM pro and Lino® ERP pro in this webinar! Fundamental innovations, such as the encoding of Tacton rules in the PDM system, the expansion of the action list concept and the ability to model processes across PDM and ERP systems, make the software even more flexible and powerful, processes across PDM and ERP systems make the software even more flexible and powerful. The standardised settings structure and the highly flexible interface architecture ensure that almost all customer requirements can be met - even the connection of ChatGPT. Let us inspire you!

Webinar Product configuration in sales with CRM and ERP connection

Thanks to its constraints-based configuration engine, Tacton CPQ reduces configuration rules and delivers error-free and producible configurations at all times. It supports complex pricing structures, country and role-specific quotes, real-time 3D visual configuration and integration capabilities for CRM, ERP, e-commerce and other systems. In this webinar, integrations with an ERP (SAP) and CRM (Salesforce) system will be demonstrated live.

Case Study GEBHARDT Logistic Solutions

Thermal containers and other customised products from GEBHARDT Logistic Solutions are not only in high demand, they can also be produced profitably in small batch sizes. Integrated Solidworks® extensions from Tacton® Systems and software made by Lino® are a key reason for this. Together, they ensure automated and consistent processes.

Lino® Customer Talk 04/24 with HACA Leitern - Lorenz Hasenbach

The Lino Customer Talk on April 11, 2024 is aimed at users and decision-makers in design, project planning, sales and production. The focus will be on a live demonstration by our customer HACA Leitern from Bad Camberg. Participants will gain an insight into the Solidworks-integrated design automation and visual product configuration of the leading specialist for access technology.

Case Study GEMÜ Group

GEMÜ is a leading manufacturer of valves and fittings for industrial applications. This specialist manufacturer fabricates custom valve, measurement and control systems down to a lot size of one.. GEMÜ relies on Tacton Design Automation and Lino integration solutions to ensure that the processes between Sales, Design and Production flow smoothly and quickly.

Webinar Flexible, powerful and secure: System integration with Lino® PDM pro and ERP pro

The full benefit of a design automation solution can only be achieved by integrating it into the existing IT system landscape. With fundamental innovations, such as encryption of Tacton rule sets in the PDM system and the ability to model processes across PDM and ERP systems, the two software solutions have now become even more flexible and powerful.

Case Study Herbold Meckesheim

Herbold Meckesheim uses Solidworks® to create and visualize 3D layouts of large machine lines. The task is particularly challenging due to the extremely complex, detailed assemblies that make up Herbold's systems. With Lino® Simplify, the company found the right, simplifying solution.

Case Study Schwingshandl

Recently, Schwingshandl automation technology GmbH no longer has to worry about intellectual property falling into the wrong hands when it gives 3D models of its lifting and conveying equipment to third parties. Because with Lino® Simplify, the special-purpose machine builder generates simplified models in a targeted manner - and manageable STEP files.

Case Study Pumpenfabrik Wangen

Pumpenfabrik Wangen has optimized its quotation process through configuration-supported "Guided Selling". Sales staff now record all customer requirements and directly present a suitable product (pre)selection. Thanks to solutions from Tacton Systems and Lino, a complete quotation with drawings, price and delivery time can be created within a few hours.

Lino® CAD Configuration Talk 01/23

Rethinking processes | Automating routine tasks | Reducing lead times - Employees from the Innovation & Design Automation department at ELIN Motoren will give a presentation on the implementation and use of the Tacton 3D configurator using the example of the stator and rotor of a high-voltage asynchronous motor.

Lino® CAD Configuration Talk 10/22

Rethinking processes | Automating routine tasks | Reducing lead times - As part of the Lino® CAD Configuration Talk event, Dipl.-Ing. Oliver Hoffmann (Group Manager Design, NSM) and M.Sc. Kevin Hoelscher (Design, NSM) will talk about implementation, challenges, benefits and usage of Tacton Design Automation for Solidworks® in the Conveyor Systems product area at NSM Magnettechnik.

Case Study Rodenberg

An entrance door with a Rodenberg door Panel meets all requirements: functionality and design, beauty and longevity, Energy Efficiency and safety. An individual entrance door thateExpresses your personal style and perfectly mathces the house. A high-quality product, 1oo% made in Germany.

Lino® CAD Configuration Talk 04/22

Rethinking processes | Automating routine tasks | Reducing lead times - As part of the virtual event Lino® CAD Configuration Talk in April 2022, Bernd Hornemann, CAD Manager at Rodenberg Türsysteme, spoke about the introduction, use and integration of the 3D configuration solution Tacton Design Automation for Solidworks®.

Webinar TDA with Lino® ERP pro

Recording of the webinar Tacton Design Automation with ERP connection. With Lino® ERP pro, basic data such as articles, parts lists and documents are created in the ERP system from Solidworks. The interface can be called both manually and in the PDM/PLM release process. It can be customized to optimally meet operational requirements.

Webinar Lino® System Integration II

The full benefits of the Tacton Design Automation solution only become apparent when it is integrated into the existing IT system landscape. Duplicates have to be found, new documents created in PDM systems, information from PDM-/ERP-/DB-systems processed in real time and web services addressed for external calculations. The Lino team has many years of experience in this field.

Brochure Lino 3D Configuration

The Lino team offers premium consulting for end-to-end process automation and software solutions for Design and Sales Automation, System Configuration, Virtual/Mixed Reality and 3D Web Visualization. Lino implements end-to-end and efficient sales and product development processes with great savings potential.

Brochure Tacton Design Automation Solidworks

With Tacton Design Automation you can configure, design and manufacture customer-specific products in record time. The solution is fully embedded in the Solidworks 3D CAD system and enables the automatic generation of customized 3D CAD models, drawings and parts lists.

Brochure Tacton CPQ

Inefficient processes and workflows in companies do not meet the increasing demands of customers: they endanger the sustainable success of the company. With Tacton CPQ Software, you ensure that you can offer your customers the right product.

Brochure Lino 3D layout

Almost all layout plans today are created with 2D CAD systems, although the individual components of the plants are designed as 3D objects. This leads to a media discontinuity that stands in the way of automation, worsens quality and results in high follow-up costs.

Brochure Lino Simplify

Lino Simplify is an add-on application for Solidworks that automates the model simplification process and helps you achieve the most appropriate result for your application. Companies choose to simplify their 3D models for a variety of motivations.

Brochure Lino 2D fix

Lino 2D fix is an add-on that helps Solidworks users reposition drawing views, as well as dimensions and other drawing labels. Furthermore, with Lino 2D fix dimensions and BOM positions for layout drawings can also be generated automatically.

Brochure Lino 3D web

Lino 3D web can be used as an independent, parametric 3D web visualization tool for sales and product configuration. End customers, sales and project staff use Lino 3D web for configuration, quotation, design and presentation of industrial products.

Webinar Design Automation I

Recording of the WEBinar Tacton Design Automation for Solidworks®. Tacton Design Automation is the basis of the technology-leading Lino® 3D configuration solution for Sales, Project Planning, Design and Manufacturing. Tacton Design Automation automates design processes, frees product developers from time-consuming routine tasks and generates the time to improve and redevelop your products. Prerequisites: German language skills (courses in English on request).

Webinar PDM Integration

Recording of the WEBinar Duplicate-free Lino® PDM Integrations for Tacton Design Automation. The webinar explains the potential benefits of a Design Automation solution when it is integrated into an existing IT system landscape. This is because duplicates have to be found, new documents created in PDM systems, information from PDM/ERP systems processed in real time and web services for external calculations addressed. Prerequisites: German language skills (courses in English on request).

Case Study Seydelmann

The company has been developing machines, plants and fully automated production lines for the manufacture of foodstuffs since 1843. The Lino® 3D layout visualization tool strengthens sales and new customer business at Seydelmann.

Case Study SOMIC

SOMIC Verpackungsmaschinen provides outer packaging that is optimally suited for transport and product presentation in retail. The Bavarian company now uses Lino® 3D layout to create visually appealing and technically sophisticated 3D plant layouts in record time.

Case Study motion06

At motion06 gmbh, the sales and design processes were barely keeping pace with growth. Therefore, the medium-sized machine and plant manufacturer opted for a digitalisation strategy in which Lino ensures continuous processes and accelerated workflows.

Case Study HACA Leitern

With Tacton Configurator and Lino® 3D web, HACA Leitern Lorenz Hasenbach reaches a new level in sales. Because the rule-based online configuration ensures accelerated, error-free processes and the guided 3D visualisation on the web promotes new customer business.

Case Study Wandres

Wandres GmbH micro-cleaning has to manage a complex range of variants. The specialist for innovative brush and air cleaning systems for industrial surface cleaning has accelerated business processes and increased quality with Tacton Design and Sales Automation.

Case Study Glaston Germany (Bystronic Lenhardt)

In the glass processing industry, Glaston Germany has been an innovation driver for decades. With Tacton Design Automation and Lino® 3D layout, the company uses the innovative process accelerators of rule-based and automated variant configuration.

Case Study Gerhard Schubert

To configure their complex packaging lines, Gerhard Schubert GmbH uses a combination of Lino® 3D layout and Tacton Design Automation. This makes it possible to present optimised layouts to customers in a significantly shorter time and to implement them on site without errors.

Case Study BMA

BMA has successfully further digitalised its sales processes. With the help of Tacton Design Automation and Lino Team, the company can now rely on a convenient and error-free configuration of its machines and deliver quotations to customers much faster.

Case Study ILLIG Maschinenbau

In the area of tooling and mechanical engineering, Lino integrated the combination of the 3D CAD system Solidworks and the configurator Tacton Design Automation. ILLIG now benefits from more variability in production with accelerated tool design at the same time.