All of the vehicles and appliances we use every day are made up of many smaller parts, sometimes amounting to tens of thousands. Designers and engineers are the ones responsible for designing these products and sourcing the right parts, but this is no easy task.
The products we use in our daily lives are composed of a blend of components that need to be made or bought by manufacturers, so it is important for engineers to find and source the appropriate parts as they are designing. They can do this by redrawing the parts made by the supplier manufacturers themselves in their chosen format, requesting the component data or design files from the manufacturers, or using user-generated resources online. However, there are several cons involved when using such methods, such as slower turnaround times, limited options of brands and products, and uncertified content.
Component search engines provide the best solution with their wide variety of products and brands to compare, content and data certified by manufacturers, and hundreds of formats to choose from, including CAD, PDF, and BIM. Component search engines help reduce the time spent on the part discovery process while also decreasing overall product costs. Are your design engineers taking advantage of component search engines?
Source: 3Dfindit.com
