Separate three different jobs
Option validation, reference data and engineering calculations often share one workbook. FactorySpec keeps them apart in the model: declared options and limits, typed tables and exact calculations, each visible to the person reviewing it.
Begin with one authoritative family
Choose a product specialist, establish which source is authoritative and prepare representative orders with independently calculated answers. Existing workbooks are evidence to investigate until the model built from them is reviewed.
To bring a table across, declare its column types and key columns, then upload the CSV and inspect the typed changes. The import becomes a draft change, and the original file is kept.
Units, precision and rounding
Units, rounding, dimensional boundaries and component references all affect the result. FactorySpec accepts lengths in mm, cm, m or in, checks them against the declared precision and takes decimal values exactly, without implicit rounding.
What happens when an order changes?
In a workbook, a new value overwrites the old answer. In FactorySpec, amending an accepted configuration creates a new input revision and a fresh evaluation, and the earlier accepted result stays as it was.
What FactorySpec does not do
- Spreadsheet formulae or macros. Tables come across as CSV, and calculations are declared in the model.
- A live link to the workbook. A change in the spreadsheet does not change a released model.
- Cutting optimisation or nested assemblies.
- Permission to manufacture on its own. Each result shows its current eligibility, and production use needs your recorded engineering approval for that product family.
Common questions
How does FactorySpec relate to SmartFACT Data?
SmartFACT Data, at data.smartfact.ai, includes ConfigSheets for maintained tables with checked changes and saved versions, alongside shop connectors and paid integrations with other systems. FactorySpec owns the product meaning: which choices are valid and how components and dimensions are calculated. FactorySpec imports its own tables from CSV, each as a draft change, and keeps the original file.
Start free at one station and pay when you grow. While SmartFACT is in early access, we set your first workflow up with you.
