Trace Parts Announces an Extensive 3D Parts Library That Integrates With Major CAD Software

More powerful, more contents and even more compatibility with 2D and 3D CAD platforms: the new version of the Trace Parts library is set to revolutionize drawing offices around the world

19 March 2002 -- Trace Parts S.A. is pleased to announce the immediate availability of the latest version of Trace Parts, a standard parts library that significantly increases CAD users' productivity.

The Trace Parts product completely eliminates the time consuming process of finding and modelling international standard and manufacturers' components. The time saved in this way allows the designer to spend more time on the more critical stages of the design process.

With this major new release, Trace Parts has become the first library of international standard and manufacturers' components in the world to be seamlessly integrated into all the main CAD platforms on the market: CATIA V5, SolidWorks, Inventor, Solid Edge, Mechanical Desktop, thinkdesign, TopSolid, AutoCAD and very shortly Unigraphics, IDEAS and Pro/ENGINEER. Numerous generic and platform specific CAD file formats can also be generated directly from the Trace Parts application, including DXF, DWG, PARASOLID, ACIS, IGES, STEP, and Pro/ENGINEER 2001.

Trace Parts is much more than a simple CAD library:

Contents: More than 300,000 components straight from the leading component manufacturers in the world (ASCO-JOUCOMATIC, BOSCH, FESTO, FIBRO, HASCO, INA, LEGRIS, NADELLA, NORELEM, PARKER, PAULSTRA, RABOURDIN, SIAM-RINGSPANN, SKF, SMC, SNR, �) and international standard institutions (NF, ISO, BS, DIN, UNI, ANSI�). The content includes such components as: fasteners, shaft ends, keys, pins, gears, bearings, cylinders, flanges, reducers, elbows, electric motors and structural sections, and also included are detailed technical documents regarding the individual products. The content of Trace Parts is relevant to most mechanical designers in the machinery, automotive and aerospace industry.

Integration: Trace Parts is run from within the CAD platform with which it is being used and the components generated are inserted directly into the current assembly (as a sub-assembly if required) with all their Bill of Material information attached (designation, reference, manufacturer, standard, mass, etc�).

Power: Several search engines are included in the application as well as a 3D viewer, these features mean that time is saved when selecting components as the right component is found first time.

2D views: Once the component has been selected you can automatically generate the 6 2D views in DWG or DXF format.

Trace Parts v2: A completely new version

A new and extremely intuitive multilingual interface (English, French, Italian, Spanish and German). 

New and powerful contextual search engine. 

Revised classification of the components and integration of manufacturer defined classifications 

Tens of thousands of new components from numerous catalogues including: ASCO-JOUCOMATIC, BOSCH AUTOMATION, EFFBE, ELCOM, FIBRO, FESTO, FOGEX, FRANKE, HASCO, HOERBIGER ORIGA, IGUS, LEGRIS, LINATEC, OLAER, PARKER, PAULSTRA, PNEUMAX, SMC, STAR, TECALEMIT, THK, � 

Seamless integration into CATIA V5: components selected in Trace Parts are inserted directly in the CATIA V5 native format (.CATPart and .CATProduct files) and their properties are automatically transferred to CATIA so that they can be used for a BOM or by PDM. 

Independent generation of a multitude of file formats that enables compatibility with additional CAD platforms: Pro/ENGINEER 2001, PARASOLID, ACIS, IGES, STEP, DXF, DWG 

Downloadable product updates from the Trace Parts web site.

Fully interactive online version of Trace Parts including the entire component database online.

The Trace Parts concept is changing the way manufacturers distribute component information and end-users access it. Trace Parts already boasts thousands of users around the world in both education and industry sectors, version 2 of the product line is set to significantly increase this installed base.

Price and availability

Trace Parts is distributed via an international reseller network. 

About Trace Parts

A subsidiary of the Trace Software Group, Trace Parts S.A. provides the ideal link between manufacturers and drawing offices. The application offers a unique solution for the distribution of component models and associated information. Trace Parts CD is an extensive component library and is completely integrated into the main CAD platforms on the market: CATIA V5, SolidWorks, Solid Edge, Inventor, Mechanical Desktop, thinkdesign, TopSolid, AutoCAD and shortly Pro/ENGINEER, IDEAS and Unigraphics. Trace Parts Online is an internet portal through which the contents of the Trace Parts CD application can be viewed and downloaded. Trace Parts is a new and remarkable method of communication for manufacturers: it brings major productivity benefits to drawing offices whatever sector of mechanical design they are involved with, be it electro-mechanical, tooling, aeronautic, automotive or any other.

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