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Bridge Engineering and Sales with Autodesk Inventor Automation

Drive your sales configurator directly from your Inventor models. Automate CAD output, clear engineering backlogs, and sell custom products faster.

Why Engineering Bottlenecks Slow Down Sales

Sales sells, Engineering draws. The gap is costly.

Without automation, every custom quote requires engineering time to validate and model.

  • The Black Hole: Sales requests go to engineering and vanish for days or weeks.
  • Manual Modeling: Engineers waste time remodeling "standard specials" instead of R&D.
  • Broken Promises: Sales guesses feasibility, leading to production issues later.
  • Costly Errors: Manual data entry from CAD to ERP/Quote introduces typos.

Inventor Handles

  • Master 3D Models
  • Parametric Logic
  • Constraints
  • Production Drawings
  • BOM Data

Mercura Handles

  • Sales Interface
  • Pricing Rules
  • Quote Generation
  • Customer Inputs
  • Routing to Inventor

Measurable Business Outcomes

90%
Reduction in Engineering Time per Quote
100%
Manufacturing Validated Orders
24h
To <1h Quote Turnaround
0
CAD-to-BOM Data Entry Errors

Key benefits of Inventor integration

CAD-driven configuration

Use iLogic, parameters, and constraints from Inventor to power real-time product configuration and quoting.

Always up-to-date models

Keep your product logic synchronized with what engineering has approved, reducing rework and costly errors.

Faster quote-to-production

Convert engineering inputs directly into quotes and BOMs without manual conversion steps.

Seamless Data Flow Architecture

Mercura sends configuration parameters to Inventor (local or cloud via Forge/APS), which returns updated models, drawings, and BOMs automatically.

Inventor
  • Parameters
  • iLogic Rules
  • Model States
Parameters, iLogic Rules, Model States
Parameters into the engine
Assets out of the engine
Inventor Output
  • STEP/SAT Files
  • PDF Drawings
  • Bill of Materials
STEP/SAT Files, PDF Drawings, Bill of Materials
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Success in Design Automation

"We used to have 3 engineers just doing sales drawings. With Mercura and Inventor automation, they are now designing new products instead."
Engineering Manager
Industrial Components Mfr
Engineering backlog cleared Sales volume doubled

See Mercura in action

How We Connect

1

Analyze

Review your current Inventor models and iLogic.

2

Expose

Identify which parameters drive the sales configuration.

3

Connect

Link Mercura inputs to Inventor parameters.

4

Automate

Generate models and drawings on demand.

Enterprise Risk Reduction

Do we need Inventor Logic?

Yes, Mercura drives your existing iLogic or parameters.

Is this cloud-based?

We support both local automation and cloud automation via Autodesk Platform Services (Forge).

Does it handle drawings?

Yes, we can auto-generate PDF drawings for the customer quote.

Can sales break the model?

No. Mercura only exposes valid parameters defined by engineering.

Connected Ecosystem

Mercura connects Inventor with your sales world.

CRM (Salesforce, HubSpot)
ERP (BC, SAP, Netsuite)
Vault

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