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CADENAS PARTsolutions Expands CoSPEC eCatalog

October 21, 2013 By 3DCAD Editor Leave a Comment

PARTsolutions, LLC, a global provider of online 3-D parts, eCatalogs and sales configurators, and Eaton’s B-Line business, announced the expansion of the popular CoSPEC online computer-aided drafting (CAD) catalog and product configurator. Powered by PARTsolutions, the updated CoSPEC platform now provides on-demand content in Aveva Plant Design Management Software (PDMS), as well as AutoDesk Revit Building Information Modeling (BIM), for all of the B-Line division’s cable tray products.

The CoSPEC CAD catalog has been a great addition to the B-Line division and a valuable resource for engineering and design professionals, said Tim Fox, product line manager, Eaton’s B-Line division. With these additions, we can deliver a service that will help reduce engineering time and increase quality of design, ultimately helping save our customers significant time and money.

Launched in 2011, CoSPEC enables customers to select, view and download products from Eaton’s B-Line business. The program’s high-quality product data is available online in nearly 100 different CAD, BIM, PDMS and graphic formats and can be accessed and downloaded at the user’s convenience. All content is available in both 2-D and 3-D non-proprietary formats, as well as native, proprietary formats for trouble-free integration into nearly all design platforms. This flexibility enables engineers, designers and drafters to incorporate the B-Line division’s products into designs quickly and accurately.

Eaton’s B-Line division is dedicated to using the best technology available in order to better serve its customers, said Rob Zesch, president, PARTsolutions. By hosting its entire product catalog online, the B-Line division has made it easier to find and incorporate products directly into customers designs in an instant.

Products available for use through the CoSPEC catalog include:

Strut and Cable Management Systems
Cabinets, Electronic Enclosures and Wireways
Communications and Data Equipment Supports
Ruff-IN Pre-Fab Components
Pipe Hangers and Mechanical Supports
Safety Grating
Seismic Bracing Systems

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www.partsolutions.com

PARTcommunity allows integrated download of 3D CAD models

August 28, 2013 By 3DCAD Editor Leave a Comment

GETOtec, the established solution provider for linear technology and mechanical engineering from Munich is one of the first customers to enjoy the pleasure of CADENAS’ PARTcommunity embedded technology. With this global innovation in the field of electronic product catalogs the complete 3D CAD download portal based on CADENAS eCATALOGsolutions technology was integrated into the website in the course of optimizing the web presence of GETOtec. Thus customers have direct access to all 3D CAD data of the product catalog.

This way it is globally available at any time and engineers can define necessary parts exactly without additional effort, configure products, generate interactive 3D views and download the desired 3D CAD model directly and for free into the design space.

Individual design of the web presence due to embedded technology

When redesigning the website of GETOtec the download area was completely revised among other things and attuned to customer’s demands. Thanks to the seamless technology the complete product catalog appears in the corporate design of the manufacturer under the category “products”– with no need of complex programming. This way GETOtec was able to define certain elements, for instance the 3D preview of parts, themselves according to their demands and needs. Hence, the new web presence got a clearer user guidance which is more tuned to the target group.

On average the integrated solution of CADENAS’ 3D CAD download portal PARTcommunity increased the number of potential downloads from the manufacturer’s product catalog by approximately 30 percent: The customer does not have to go to an external website to call up the CAD data, but finds all information on the product clearly arranged on the manufacturer’s website.

Professional redesign of the GETOtec website by CANVAS

The redesign of the GETOtec website was carried out by the media agency CANVAS, a subsidiary wholly owned by CADENAS. In doing so the original system was completely re-installed on the basis of the Contao Content Management Systems, which clearly allows a more simple creation and maintenance of the contents. In the course of introducing the embedded technology it was suitable to offer the redesign as practical additional contribution, although the integration of the PARTcommunity technology, needless to say, is also possible without making changes to the existing system.

In the course of the reconstruction the offered information was also extended significantly: The product section received a better menu navigation with preview pictures, short information texts and the direct download of documents and CAD files of the single components.

Your product catalogs as integrated solution by CADENAS

The simplified access due to the PARTcommunity embedded solution and the improved download figures resulting from it, are available to every component manufacturer who has a catalog with the eCATALOGsolutions technology.

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Cooper Crouse-Hinds adds 3D CAD Configurator to Meet the Growing Needs

April 24, 2013 By Stacy Combest Leave a Comment

CADENAS PARTsolutions announce the launch of Cooper Crouse-Hinds’ online 3D CAD configurator. Cooper Crouse-Hinds is now utilizing the 3D CAD and online product catalog technology powered by CADENAS PARTsolutions. With their new embedded configuration platform, Cooper Crouse-Hinds is able to grow their product reach as well as improve customer experience by placing the latest tools and technology in the hands of their customers.

With the CADENAS PARTsolutions online configurator, engineers can quickly find and design the exact part they need, all directly within the Crouse-Hinds website. In just a few clicks, engineers can configure a part number and generate an interactive 3D preview on-the-fly. They can then download the exact model they need in over 150 CAD and graphic formats including native formats in Autodesk AutoCAD, Autodesk Inventor, SolidWorks, Solid Edge, PTC Wildfire and CREO, Siemens NX, CATIA and many more. This on-demand capability makes the jobs of design engineers easier and delivers an exceptional customer experience.

Cooper Crouse-Hinds now has over 40 families of harsh and hazardous electrical products available through their PARTsolutions configurator, and will be working towards 100 families by the end of 2013.

Cooper Crouse-Hinds added the CADENAS PARTsolutions embedded product catalog to their website to better meet the needs of engineers who need high-quality product models to include in their designs. In the past, Cooper Crouse-Hinds offered CAD models by request only and in a limited number of formats.

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www.crouse-hinds.com

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www.partsolutions.com

Printer shifts from 2D to 3D

December 22, 2011 By Laura Carrabine Leave a Comment

Voith Paper decided to improve its design process across its centers of competencies around the world. Each center specializes in particular parts of a paper machine: due to its massive size and complexity, a finished machine requires design input from several design centers. Voith knew that speeding up its design and manufacturing processes would mean aligning its dispersed design teams.

Moving its designers onto a standard platform worldwide meant integrating the Autodesk manufacturing technology with other key enterprise systems. As a result, Voith has synchronized its design teams and achieved new heights in speed and efficiency levels. “By integrating our 3D models into our SAP ERP system, we can make design changes more quickly. Every engineer has access to the same information, said Voith’s Olaf Spitzer. “This allows us to respond to our customers’ needs faster.”

Frederich Spitzer, PDM Support Manager, IT Solutions for Voith, “We are organized into centers of competencies, so every location with manufacturing capabilities has competencies for a certain product in the finished machine. By installing a common Inventor SAP ERP system with help from Autodesk Consulting, we bring all the information that is generated by these different locations together in one system.”

Voith is also gaining efficiencies associated with the enterprise parts management system built by Cadenas GmbH. The PART system reduces design time by providing access to components and assemblies. Design and development engineers are able to see relevant part information such as price, delivery time, and release status in one user interface.

With a common database, Voith’s design team now uses the same items with the same information. By streamlining parts numbers, Voith facilitates procurement, inventory, and maintenance.

Today, Voith is creating more accurate designs faster. Each machine is designed by several of Voith’s centers of competencies and then assembled at the customer site. Since adopting Inventor, Voith has reduced assembly problems.

“By integrating Inventor with our ERP system, we can respond quicker to our customer needs,” said Olaf Spitzer. “We are able to show them designs before we build a machine. For one project in China, a company ordered parts of a paper machine. We showed them the design and they had changes which we were able to make overnight. We then presented the new design to the customer the next day and secured an order.”

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