CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
27 February 2007
Product News
Kubotek USA Forms Premier Partnership With PARTsolutions for Integrated Access to Digital Parts Catalogs
Kubotek® US announced that the company has entered into a premier partnership with PARTsolutions® LLC, a leading provider of 3D digital catalog publishing and enterprise parts management solutions. As result of the partnership, users of Kubotek USA's KeyCreator® software are now able to select and configure industry standard and supplier-specific parts from PARTsolutions' extensive library, and place those parts directly into KeyCreator designs.
A seamless interface has been built between KeyCreator 3D CAD design software and PARTsolutions' industry standard and digital parts system. The companies worked closely to ensure the KeyCreator software was able to present a highly accurate and detailed rendering of the PARTsolutions components, indistinguishable from manually created components. Direct support of PARTsolutions digital parts catalogs will save Kubotek USA's mechanical CAD customers time and ensure design accuracy when standard parts are being integrated into a design.
"The ability to quickly find, configure and import specific manufacturers' parts and reuse those components in CAD designs can save product developers significant time and money," said Rob Zesch, president of PARTsolutions. "Direct access to the PARTsolutions digital catalogs from KeyCreator software offers users an avenue into the most up-to-date database of components available from a wide range of manufacturers."
Kubotek USA expects its KeyCreator software customers to gain value from the PARTsolutions technology. Use of part referenced assemblies, especially for parts recurring throughout a design, lowers the memory footprint of the design, thereby speeding modeling operations. Taking advantage of part references also allows users to save time and reduce errors when design modifications require a change to parts used repeatedly throughout the design. As a result, engineers designing assemblies with a large number of supplier components will find the integrated PARTsolutions catalog an ideal solution.
"Our one button integration with PARTsolutions delivers accurate and up- to-date supplier content directly to the KeyCreator user as the data is needed," explained Bob Bean, executive vice president of Kubotek USA. "With the explosion of fragmented data sources scattered across the Internet, locating the right parts is becoming more and more time consuming. Together, Kubotek USA and PARTsolutions are streamlining access and management of part libraries."
Availability
Access to PARTsolutions for KeyCreator parts libraries is currently available in Kubotek USA's recently released KeyCreator Version 6.3. PARTsolutions for KeyCreator will be available to purchase from select Kubotek USA resellers.
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