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CADENAS eCATALOGSolutions
makes a catalog of Standard parts and/or Supplier parts available to an
extended customer base, and to ensure that designers using the catalog
have no problems when using the supplier parts, a system which allows
the catalog to work together with any desired CAD system
»seamlessly«.would be nice.
PARTsolutions, through its independent
neutral format created with the PARTdeveloper toolkit, does just
this. Unexpected and previously unavailable possibilities are
achievable with PARTdeveloper. All common CAD systems are
supported, in both UNIX and Windows. Systems supported include:
- AutoCAD 2D/3D
- Cadam 2D
- Caddy++ 3D
- Cadds5 3D
- CADRA 2D
- CATIA 2D/3D
- Cimatron*
- EAI 3D
- HELIX 2D/3D
- Hicad 3D*
- HP ME102D/3D
- I-DEAS 2D/3D
- Ironcad 3D*
- Integraph EMS 3D
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- LOGOCAD 2D/3D
- MASTERCAM 3D
- Mechanical Desktop 3D
- Medusa 2D
- MegaCAD 2D/3D
- Microstation 2D/3D
- Pro/E 3D
- SolidDesigner
- SolidEdge 2D/3D
- SolidWorks 2D/3D
- Swiss Precision
Engineer 3D
- Tebis 3D*
- Thinkdesign 2D/3D
- Unigraphics 2D/3D
- Varimetrix 3D
- 3D Studio Max 3D
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- ACIS SAT 3D
- DWG 2D
- DXF 2D
- IGES 3D
- MI 3D
- Parasolid 3D
- SAT 3D
- STEP AP203/214 3D
- STL 3D
- VDAFS 3D
- VRML 3D
* = Systems under development
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Modules - included in eCATALOGSolutions
PARTdesigner 3D
Do it yourself: create 2D and 3D data with PARTdesigner
3D.
With PARTdesigner 3D, 2D and 3D Standard Part families can be
created and parameterized for efficient storage and usage.
PARTdesigner 3D is an authoring tool for the development of Standard-
and Supplier-based part catalogs. The advantage of PARTdesigner 3D is
that geometries generated once are available immediately on
multiple CAD systems - through PARTsolutions independent, common,
environment.
Geometric formulae, sketches, extrusions, rotations and geometric
operations are completed. The result is a parametric, object-oriented
part, which can be used across multiple CAD systems.
The decisive point is that the parts, when in use, are generated as native
parts in the CAD system. This means that all features,
histories, outlines and operations are available for use and revision.
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Specific Advantages:
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Extensive search
functions over required parts
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Clear and trusted
Windows Explorer™-style interface
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CAD system-internal
invocation
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PARTconfigurator
What belongs together? ... PARTconfigurator
will help
Modern CAD solids programs are now quite capable of putting together
complete assemblies from individual parts - and then working with them.
If an assembly consists of many individual parts which belong to an
often used standard assembly (such as a die-casting tool) a possibility
exists to insert complete pre-configured basic assemblies into a
drawing.
The configuration tool PARTconfigurator allows the user to put
together whole assemblies individually from single PARTdesigner 3D
assembly parts.
This happens via a rule set, which is connected together with a
pre-defined single 3D part in PARTdesigner 3D via a named
connection point. After a rule set has been constructed for an
assembly, a user-specific assembly can be put together in the PARTassembly
module and exported to a CAD system.
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Specific Advantages:
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Constructing complete
assemblies
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PARTconfigurator
supports error-free construction of assemblies
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PARTeditor
PARTeditor helps you organize and present your standard
parts.
PARTeditor allows you to edit the object attribute tables of
already created parts. A direct import of tables created in MS-Excel is
also supported, and very easy!
Then, using PARTviewer, parametric parts with chosen values can
be displayed from the object attribute table and transferred over to
the CAD system in a desired size.
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Specific Advantages:
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Openness and
unrestricted ability to edit object attribute tables
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Small amount of memory
for parts in widespread use
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Entry of
organization-specific values possible
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PARTdxfconverter
2D to 3D with ease: The converter tool PARTdxfconverter.
Complete DXF-file catalogs can be converted in batch mode in just a few
minutes into immediately usable PARTsolutions files using PARTdxfconverter.
Through the user interface, one can set line types and line thicknesses
to match one's own requirements.
The resulting 2D catalog data is serves as the foundation to product 3D
PARTsolutions parts.
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Specific Advantages:
- Graphically
supported choice of files to be converted
- Conversion
of standard and supplier DXF files from the Internet, Intranet
or Extranet
- Adaptation
of lines types or thicknesses to own needs
- CIncreased
value of your own custom catalogs
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PARTproject
Zero errors, very good ! With the planning tool
PARTproject.
This project management tool is the quality assurance tool of the PARTdeveloper
system. This product excels in controlling data, integrating additional
graphics and structures and merging local files with files downloaded
from the Internet.
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Specific Advantages:
- Simple
creation of Download files for the Internet
- Quality
standard in the organization increases through simple revision
control
- Zero
error catalogs possible
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