PTC and Trace Parts Launch Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire European Parts Catalog Portal

PARIS, April 1, "MiCAD" /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- PTC(R) (Nasdaq: PMTC), the product development company(TM), and Trace Parts S.A., one of Europe's leading parts model providers, today announced the availability of Trace Parts' TraceOnline parts catalog within Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire. Released in February, Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire is the latest version of PTC's industry-leading product design and development software, and a key component of the company's breakthrough integral product development system.

Trace Parts has licensed and integrated PTC's Granite(TM) interoperability kernel into the Trace Parts Online catalog portal, providing easy and instant access to millions of native CAD models for Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire users. Engineers and product design professionals can gain productivity and speed up the overall product development process through new access to components and 3D Pro/ENGINEER CAD models from Europe's leading suppliers in multiple languages and in multiple formats.

Trace Parts Online is a parts catalog portal that provides product design professionals with the ability to quickly and easily locate the components they need, utilizing a powerful search engine and an expansive parts library that encompasses suppliers and international standards (NF, ISO, BS, DIN, UNI, ANSI) throughout Europe and beyond. Trace Parts' supplier list includes: Asco/Joucomatic, Bosch, Boutet, Festo, Fibro, Hasco, HP Systems, INA, Legris, Nadella, Norelem, NSK, Parker, Paulstra, Rabourdin, Siam-Ringspann, SKF, SMC, and SNR. Available in many languages, including English, German, French, Italian, Spanish and Dutch, the Trace Parts portal is accessible to product designers throughout the world.

"Through this new Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire portal, PTC is enabling engineers to accelerate their overall development process by providing access to both standard and custom parts from manufacturers and 3D content partners all over the world," said Jim Heppelmann, executive vice president and chief product officer at PTC. "The Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire portal provides designers with unparalleled access and a direct linking to one of Europe's largest sources of manufacturers' models."

"By partnering with PTC, we now enable our manufacturers and suppliers to link their components to the more than 250,000 Pro/ENGINEER users across Europe and around the world," said Gabriel Guigue, managing director, Trace Parts S.A. "Our expertise in 3D catalog content management, combined with PTC's leadership in the product development space benefits both product design professionals and parts manufacturers by opening the door to world-class parts designs in one of the world's leading CAD environments."

About Trace Parts 

Trace Parts is the ideal link between parts manufacturers and drawing offices. It offers a unique software solution for the distribution of CAD models and component information.

Trace Parts CD is a very extensive parts library seamlessly integrated within all the main CAD software on the market: SolidWorks, Solid Edge, Inventor, Mechanical Desktop, thinkdesign, TopSolid, CATIA V5 and Pro/Engineer. Trace Parts Online is a powerful online internet portal that delivers CAD models coming from the same parts database as Trace Parts CD.

Trace Parts is a new and fantastic means of communication for all manufacturers, which brings major productivity benefits to drawing offices, whether they are specialized in the mechanical, electro-mechanical, tooling, aerospace or automotive industries.

www.traceparts.com

About PTC

PTC (NASDAQ: PMTC) develops, markets, and supports software solutions that help manufacturers win with superior products. PTC is the world's largest software company with a total commitment to product development. The company services more than 35,000 customers worldwide. 

www.ptc.com

 

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