Web2CAD, the company that manages the portal by the same name for mechanical designers and offers e-business solutions based on xml has presented, in the occasion of the first anniversary of its launch in Italy, some considerable novelties.First of all, PowerParts Search, a search engine for CAD type components that works directly on the parametric PowerParts engine. With the introduction of this new function, the International network of web2CAD portals widens PowerParts's functions significantly, meeting work requirements of designers as well as commercial ones of manufacturers ever more. PowerParts Search permits the search for components not only by manufacturing companies but also and especially by product features. This way the designer can compare, choose and download, with just a few clicks, components of various companies depending on the type of product needed.
Also, designers work is now easier and International distribution of CAD catalogues by companies are even easier, owing to the great download functions created and inserted on the parametric engine PowerParts. The new 3 version allows the direct insertion of CAD drawings, selected in PowerParts, in PTC software, SolidWorks and SolidEdge, as well as the Autodesk software, which has already been available for some time, making web2CAD directly compatible with the greatest part of professional CAD software programs.
Finally, the graphics side was completely renovated as well as content organisation. The new graphic interface makes research quicker within the site for the drawings, with the main tools for CAD file extractions in the foreground.
December.2001
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