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Warehouse Design In Powerpoint With SimpleDim

Warehouse design software helps Operations managers create efficient warehouse layout designs for warehouses, distribution centers, and fulfillment centers. It’s tricky, and they have to live with the results! Traditionally, this process relies on engineers using data analysis and specialized (and expensive) CAD software like AutoCAD. But now SimpleDim transforms this process by empowering operations teams […]

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Why PowerPoint Needs CAD-Lite Tools

Introduction: The Gap in PowerPoint’s Capabilities PowerPoint is the go-to tool for creating presentations, used by millions across industries to communicate ideas, pitch solutions, and educate audiences. Yet, for professionals in operations, engineering, sales, and education, PowerPoint falls short when it comes to creating precise, technical diagrams. Traditional computer-aided design (CAD) software is powerful but

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Putting It All Together: Warehouse Layout In Powerpoint With SimpleDim

Let’s draw a complete warehouse layout in Powerpoint using SimpleDim. The SimpleDim Powerpoint Add-in extends your Powerpoint app with CAD-lite functionality. It has a number of useful tools, like scales, dimensions, shapes, arrays, and offset. By themselves, those tools aren’t that impressive. But what you can do with them all together is! We made this

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SadCAD vs PowerPoint: Should You Do Layouts in Excel or Powerpoint With SimpleDim?

We’ve all seen someone doing site layouts in Excel, with column widths set equal to row heights and every box representing a square inch. One of my friends and Operations VPs called this extremely painful method of doing drawings “Sad CAD.” He’s right: It is sad! So why do people do it, and what can

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How To Measure Scaled Distance Between Two Points In Powerpoint

Sometimes you need to measure the distance between two points in Powerpoint. Further complicating things, sometimes that distance needs to be scaled to something in real life. So instead of getting Powerpoint Scale inches, you want real units, like feet, meters, miles, or inches. Uh oh! Powerpoint is the most commonly used presentation tool out

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