Designingthe layout of new production facilities is a huge task that requires engineersto balance multiple variables simultaneously. This includes the trajectory ofeach device, the space required for maintenance, utility, and storage. In theplanning stage, making mistakes on any key factors will lead to low productionefficiency, which is difficult to remedy. Factory planning is a huge projectinvolving multiple design teams, including factory construction, control systemand subsystem. However, using virtual reality technology can help avoid many ofthese problems. By modeling the entire factory, you can simulate not only thelayout, but also the production process within it.

Through immersive virtualreality, a comprehensive simulation is conducted regarding people, things,information and manufacturing process in real manufacturing activity. Thisapproach can facilitate identification of problems may arise in themanufacturing so as to take preventive measures and make the productmanufacturing success at first try. In virtual manufacturing, virtual prototype,from the initial design, modeling of production process, simulation of theprocessing, and model assembly to test of the whole production cycle is underway through the virtual reality for modeling and simulation. Therefore, it canreduce the trouble brought about by early design for later processing andmanufacturing to enhance the yield of product development, reduce costs,shorten product development cycle, and achieve the purpose of increasingcompetitiveness of enterprises.