Historically, Toro’s authors would use the CAD model and tracing to produce an illustration, a process that worked well, albeit slowly. We wanted to give them the best tools for the job,” says York. With its history of success and its skilled illustrators, why did Toro choose to elevate their technical illustrations? “Our content authors were hand-tracing the perimeter of each equipment piece, and would have to hand-draw line art based on a 2d CAD model or even a photograph. Toro employs more than 6,800 people worldwide, including 1,000Īt headquarters in Bloomington, Minnesota.
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As manufacturers of outdoor power equipment and services for the creation and maintenance of landscapes, their business is 72% professional and 27% residential. Toro offers a wide range of products that help golf courses, professional contractors, groundskeepers, agricultural growers, rental companies, government and educational institutions, and homeowners – in addition to many leading sports venues and historic sites around the world.
That’s when Brian York, Principle Systems Specialist and Andy Pieper, Information Architect at Toro, knew that in order to keep up, scale, and innovate for their technicians and end-users, Toro needed a new tool that their authors could leverage, would amplify their skills, and make them more efficient.įrom their humble origins in 1914, The Toro Company has become a leading worldwide provider of innovative solutions for the outdoor environment including turf, snow, ground-engaging equipment, irrigation, and outdoor lighting solutions. Toro’s highly skilled content authors were able to produce excellent line art illustrations, but because they could not use the engineering content efficiently, or manipulate it effectively, excessive time was spent creating technical illustrations. Toro’s technical content authors had to create a final illustrated product that satisfied the needs of all these stakeholders, or risk end-users not being able to perform self-service on their equipment, technicians not understanding repair instructions, and inaccurate parts catalogs leading to delays in service and repair. By adding PTC’s Creo Illustrate to their arsenal, Toro was able to take their line art drawings to the next level with CAD integration and storyboards, in a fraction of the time.Ĭreating technical documentation for complex equipment has to cater to the needs of the equipment operators or end-users, service technicians maintaining or repairing the equipment, as well as technicians and others coming into contact with parts catalogs for the equipment. Having incorporated publishing and content management system solutions from PTC successfully and looking to help their technical illustrations tell a more complete story, as well as to make their content authors more efficient, Toro knew they needed one additional tool. Toro Uses Creo Illustrate to Increase Illustrator Efficiency, End-User Comprehension How The Toro Company took their service efficiency to new heights by creating more accurate technical illustrations in less time, with an eye toward service, engineering, and their end-users.
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