Voltrus Factory is two tools with one job: get the layout right before you move a single machine. Factory Planner, the web app, simulates the line and answers demand, bottleneck, and crew questions. Factory 3D, the desktop build, puts you on the floor of the plant you drew — for $29 one-time.
01: The Problem
Moving a machine after installation costs multiples of moving it on a screen. Most layout tools stop at drawing the plan — they never run it. Voltrus Factory runs it, on two levels: the numbers first, then the floor itself.
A static layout hides its own logistics. Where do parts queue? Which output has nowhere to go? What happens at shift peak? In Factory 3D the flow is on the floor: directional chevrons on every belt, arrows on every feed, red pulsing rings on unwired outputs.
The slowest station caps the whole line no matter how fast everything else runs. Factory Planner names the bottleneck and the specific cycle time or unit count that fixes it — before you commit. Factory 3D's forecast shows the same constraint in parts-per-minute per node.
5S and muda are easy to recite and hard to feel. In Factory 3D they are mechanical facts: orderly layouts score higher and their crews literally walk faster. The 5S panel shows the bonus; the delivery counter shows the consequence.
02: Factory Planner
Voltrus Factory Planner is a web app at planner.voltrus.id. Enter stations, cycle times, parallel units, operators, buffers, breakdowns, scrap, shifts, crew and demand — it answers the questions a layout decision rests on.
Paper line balance against takt, instantly — then a discrete-event simulation of days of production with variation, breakdowns, blocking and scrap. Results as 95% confidence intervals over replications, not single lucky numbers.
Per-station time breakdown: working, down, waiting for operator, blocked, starved. Plain-language findings name the specific cycle time or unit count needed to move the constraint.
Theoretical minimum from labor content, plus an operator sweep that simulates every crew size and shows exactly where adding people stops adding output.
Duplicate a scenario, change one thing, compare side by side. The floor-plan layout view puts the line on a meter-accurate hall and prices every move.
03: Factory 3D
Voltrus Factory 3D is the desktop companion: build the plant on a snapped grid, wire the flow, and walk it in first or third person — with a deterministic simulation core underneath. $29 once. Windows and Linux.
Place a source, process machines, and sinks on the grid. Drag-lay conveyors between ports. Walk the floor to check travel and sight lines.
Out-port faces in-port: wired. Across the hall: pin a destination and transporters or AGVs carry it. The panel shows every chain as plain text, with anything broken in red.
Hit run. The forecast names the bottleneck in parts-per-minute; the 5S and muda panels price the waste. Change the plan, re-run, keep the winner.
Place machines, conveyors, and sinks on a snapped grid. Drag-lay belt runs, rotate, bulldoze. Build mode keeps out-of-the-way of walk mode: Tab switches.
First- and third-person walk mode as a PPE operator. Check sight lines, reach, and operator travel the way no top-down diagram can.
Every source-to-sink chain rendered live: IN · RESIN → MIXER → … → OUT, with per-node status. Unwired outputs, dead ends, and starved machines show up red the moment they exist.
Define where output goes — pin a destination and transporters or AGVs carry it, even across halls. Belts stay optional wiring.
Directional chevrons on every belt, arrows on every feed, pulsing red rings on outputs with nowhere to go. The flow is visible on the floor, not just in a panel.
Theoretical parts-per-minute per node with the bottleneck highlighted before you run. Fix the constraint, watch the bottleneck move.
Sort, set-in-order, shine, standardize, sustain — scored live, with a real worker-speed bonus. Orderly layouts measurably out-deliver shuffled ones.
The seven wastes tracked and costed as you run: motion, transport, waiting, inventory. Lean concepts you can see, not just recite.
Manual carry vs conveyors vs AGV fleet — compare capex and throughput side by side before you commit a layout to either.
Six industries — discrete assembly, injection molding, dairy, chemical, food, BOPP film. Each level: a budget, a target, a clock. Ship the order book or lose.
Same seed, same actions, same result. A fixed-timestep core you can trust for teaching and comparison, not a canned animation.
The simulation runs entirely on your machine. Layouts stay on disk. No account, no cloud, no telemetry required.
04: Which One Do I Need?
The Planner decides what the line should be. Factory 3D shows how it lives on the floor. Many buyers use both: plan the line, then walk it.
Part of: Run & plan the factory · Run production, schedule it, manage orders and inventory, and plan new lines.
Voltrus Factory plans a line before it exists. Voltrus MES runs the line you already have.
05: Pricing
Planner: free plan, Pro $19/mo, Team $79/mo. Factory 3D: $29 once — no subscription, no per-machine fees, no account required to run the simulation.
Running a lab, classroom, or training department? Site licensing: [email protected]
06: Who It's For
From the shop floor to the classroom — anyone who has to defend a layout decision.
07: FAQ
Straight answers. The short version: plan it in the Planner, walk it in 3D, keep your data.
A two-product family. Voltrus Factory Planner is the web app at planner.voltrus.id that simulates a production line and answers the numbers questions before you commit. Voltrus Factory 3D is the $29 one-time desktop build where you lay the plant out in 3D and walk it.
Factory Planner: Free, Pro at $19/mo or $190/yr (first year $119), and Team at $79/mo per workspace with 5 seats included. Factory 3D: $29 one-time for the Windows and Linux desktop builds — no subscription. For site licenses (labs, classrooms, training departments), contact us.
If you need numbers and decisions for a real line — can it make demand, where is the bottleneck, how many operators, which plan is better — use the Planner. If you want to see and walk the plant, check sight lines and operator travel, or teach lean with 5S and muda made physical, use Factory 3D. Many buyers use both: plan the line, then walk it.
Factory Planner runs in any modern browser at planner.voltrus.id — nothing to install. Factory 3D ships as Windows 10+ and Linux x86_64 desktop builds.
Factory 3D runs fully offline. The Planner is a web app: the simulation itself runs locally in your browser, and signing in only adds cloud projects and autosave across your devices.
CAD draws a factory. Voltrus Factory runs it: the Planner simulates days of production with breakdowns and variation, and Factory 3D makes parts flow, machines cycle, and operators walk. Both tell you the throughput, the bottleneck, and the waste in the plan before you commit it to drawings or concrete.
Factory 3D: nowhere — layouts stay on your disk. Planner: guest projects stay in your browser; cloud projects are stored on our server for your account only, and you can export or delete them anytime from account settings.
08: Read More
Long-form breakdowns on the problems these tools exist to solve.
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