Free Advanced Yard Designer and Optimiser
Yard Design Made Easy - and best of all - it's FREE!
As a leader in Advanced Yard Management, Vehnet understands that being able to draw a yard to scale is an essential starting point for optimization. Therefore, the company has developed AYDO our Advanced Yard Design Optimiser tool. AYDO is now available to download and to use free of charge. Click here to register and download. Click here to see the User Manual. Click here to check for FAQs
There are many uses for AYDO. Click here to read what others are doing with AYDO.
Here is an example of a mixed yard. 
Avoid expensive surveyor charges
The visualization process starts by locating your site using Google Maps. AYDO enables users to identify and accurately ‘draw around’ the perimeter of the site, the buildings, major features and roadways. These co-ordinates are then imported into your personal copy of AYDO and appear as a to-scale individual canvas, allowing individual yards to be designed, according to key criteria, to achieve an optimal yard design using clever, but easy to use tools.
Most effective use of the Yard
AYDO can count the number of parking spaces in any area, but using the Complex Shape Template facility, AYDO is also to auto-fill the area with right-sized slots and count them up. A true-scale tool from the desktop or laptop allows drag-and-drop of different parking options and assesses their impact. Capacity issues will, from time to time, force a different layout, such as re-designating a driveway as a parking area. AYDO enables users to see all these options at a glance and share them with colleagues, before making the changes in the physical yard.
Optimise Road Schemes
When considering a new layout or road scheme the AYDO ability to measure real travelled distances (taking account of one-way, two-way or blocked roads) is a real benefit, and very quick to achieve.
Layouts can be visualized before costly physical changes are made
AYDO is delivered with icons for people, transportation modes, handling equipment, parking areas, gates, doors and buildings. These give an excellent indication of what is and is not possible within the yard. Air lines, power lines and overhead lighting patterns can also be included. The layout can be proposed and discussed with colleagues many times before final changes take place. Future adjustments are easy to apply too.
Having an accurate drawing of the site is also an advantage at the security gates or reception, where a laminated version can be used to assist visitors and drivers. The security map can additionally be published on an intranet together with security instructions.
Potential hazards identified and security increased
A virtual representation of the yard helps potential hazards to be quickly identified, these might be converging traffic flows, sharp or blind corners, poorly lit areas or other factors which could compromise the safety of your site. AYDO allows users to view the yard from a ‘bird’s eye perspective. Using AYDO, traffic sign icons may be added to indicate hazards, then as users click the signs , they can be hyperlinked to related safety notes.
Create high quality drawings of yard capacities and capabilities
Background watermarks of your company logo and other images can be added to the drawing, and professional icons of people, trucks, cars, trains and ships can also be dropped in. Buildings and facilities can be labelled from a range of available fonts and colour can be used to emphasise special features. The final version can be easily exported to a .jpg format for easy publication, either on the web, as part of a presentation or in business reports.
Logistics consultants dealing with yards and other facilities often need to illustrate their proposals with drawings. Being able to include clear true-scale drawings in presentations and reports adds further weight and credibility.
How do I obtain my free software?
As a ‘freebie’, AYDO offers surprising functionality and provides an exceptionally solid starting point for achieving ultimate yard optimization. Click here to download . .