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News Release from: SolidWorks Corporation | Subject: 3D PartStream.net
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 02 August 2001
Integrating 3D images into online
catalogues
SolidWorks Corporation is partnering with Saqqara Systems to enable manufacturers to integrate configurable three-dimensional product images into their online catalogues.
SolidWorks Corporation is partnering with Saqqara Systems, to enable manufacturers to integrate configurable three-dimensional (3D) product images into their online catalogues Combining Saqqara's Commerce Suite with SolidWorks' 3D PartStream.net allows manufacturers to display products in a more visually compelling manner
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 4 Oct 2000 at 8.00am (UK)
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SolidWorks Corporation has announced its 3D PartStream.NET service, to enable manufacturers to integrate exciting, live, 3D models into web-based product catalogues and e-commerce systems
Integrate dynamic 3D models into online catalogues
SolidWorks Corporation is offering manufacturers a fast and efficient means for building fully interactive three-dimensional catalogues using a new version of its 3D PartStream.NET service.
By allowing customers to download CAD models from an online catalog and incorporate the models into a design, buyers can easily evaluate products and ensure an exact fit.
The result is manufacturers' products are specified into designs, and buyers can be confident of their design and component selections.
3D PartStream.Net facilitates design communication and e-commerce transactions between manufacturers and their customers by allowing companies to view products from all angles and configure these models based on their specific requirements.
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3D catalogues for hydraulics and fastener firms
Emhart Teknologies and Enerpac are using 3D PartStream.Net to make it easy for customers to "design in" (check compatibility and subsequently purchase) their products through 3D-powered catalogues
3D-enabled Web-based catalogues out of the box
The latest version of the 3D PartStream.NET service lets component manufacturers publish 3D-enabled Web-based catalogues faster than ever using an easy, step-by-step process.
It then lets customers download the model in a wide variety of formats for use in their own design documents, significantly reducing the time-consuming and often error-prone process of buying parts and components.
Saqqara's Commerce Suite is a catalog management and B2B storefront application that allows suppliers to efficiently identify product detail and manage product information.
With Commerce Suite, design engineers can quickly and easily browse up-to-date product information and specifications and narrow their product selection from thousands of choices to a single product configuration via Saqqara's patented Step Search(r) technology.
"Combining Commerce Suite and 3D PartStream.NET provides an added dimension to online catalogs.
Flat Web pages become a visually dynamic, interactive product display environment.
This combined technology provides manufacturers with an easy way to build online catalogs that increase their products' exposure and accelerate their customers' product searches," said David Spenhoff, vice president of marketing for Saqqara Systems.
"The end result is buying confidence and improved customer satisfaction." Jim Giebutowski, director of content publishing for SolidWorks Corporation, explained, "Manufacturers understand that hunting for parts can be an excruciatingly cumbersome process of tracking down the exact specifications at the right price from the right vendor.
By integrating 3D PartStream.Net into Saqqara's Commerce Suite solution, we're giving manufacturers the ability to quickly build a complete, Web-based product catalog that allows customers to easily find a product and ensure that it meets all of their requirements." Axemble, a reseller of both SolidWorks(r) software and Saqqara products, realizes first-hand the advantage in a SolidWorks/Saqqara combined solution.
"This partnership is a natural progression in helping industrial organizations enter the B2B market by enabling them to create electronic 3D catalogs online," stated Christian Donzel and Laurent Fiard, co-presidents of Axemble, France.
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