SolidWorks Corporation, provider of affordable, easy-to-use 3D CAD solutions for the mainstream market, has announced its 3D PartStream.NET service, the latest addition to the company's suite of 3D Internet solutions.Based on the Microsoft .NET framework, 3D PartStream.NET contributes to Microsoft's next generation vision for the Internet by providing a unique service that enables manufacturers to integrate exciting, live, 3D models into web-based product catalogs and e-commerce systems.
Unlike online catalogs that typically feature lifeless text and static 2D images, 3D PartStream.NET allows suppliers to demonstrate what their products look like in "real-life" by enabling potential buyers to: view 3D product models and drawings from all angles, configure product models based on specific customer requirements, and download these models and drawings into their own product designs in a wide variety of file formats.
Most companies produce and refer to large, hard copy catalog listings when selling or purchasing specific parts for manufactured products. 3D PartStream.NET eliminates the need for searching through hundreds of catalogs, creating the parts from scratch, and guessing what parts will look like once they are placed in a completed product model.
With the 3D PartStream.NET service, suppliers can now publish 3D models in web-based product catalogs so that manufacturers can easily zoom, rotate, and download these 3D models to use in their own product designs. 3D PartStream.NET makes finding the appropriate parts easy, realistic, and inexpensive.
January.2002
SolidWork
