ShapeSpace 3D CAD data management system (Video)
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ShapeSpace's advanced 3D search-by-shape technology allows designers to quickly find and re-use existing components/designs, even when a part number or name isn't known. This increases a design engineer's productivity and reduces costs by avoiding the wasted time and expense involved in 're-inventing the wheel'.
ShapeSpace integrates with all major CAD, PDM/ PLM and back office systems, delivering search-by-shape with text search and 3D visualisation capabilities - enhancing keyword and metadata searches with a simple to use geometric search.
By understanding the geometry of components, ShapeSpace gives organisations a set of powerful tools with which to manage their parts libraries, allowing them to browse, quickly find, consolidate and rationalise duplicate parts.
Dr Andrew Sherlock, founder and CEO of ShapeSpace, said, "Engineering companies, such as motor and aerospace manufacturers, invest heavily in product design and in the systems to help them create, manage, store and process product data. But typically, these systems provide only basic search and retrieval tools, so opportunities are regularly missed to re-use designs or to rationalise existing parts libraries. Using ShapeSpace allows an organisation to 'wring more' from their existing investments in product design, ultimately delivering a higher level of customer service and profitability."
Avanquest ProcessFlows, providers of business process transformation solutions, has been appointed the sole UK distributor for ShapeSpace.
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