4.1. Installation types overview

There are various installation packages:

  • PARTsolutions Professional

    Find the parts you are looking for quickly and easily using intelligent search methods and transfer them to your CAD system.

    Per By default, the installation is done under C:\Program Files\PARTsolutions Professional.

  • PARTsolutions Enterprise

    Strategic parts management.

    Find the parts you are looking for quickly and easily using intelligent search methods and transfer them to your CAD system.

    Create the connection to your ERP/PLM system.

    Optionally use 3Dfindit.

    Per By default, the installation is done under C:\Program Files\PARTsolutions.

  • eCATALOGsolutions

    Integrated development environment for electronic product catalogs and company standards. This allows you as a manufacturer to create, maintain and provide your own catalogs.

    In addition, control and final acceptance of internally and externally modeled catalog data

    Per By default, the installation is done under C:\Program Files\eCatalogSolutions.

  • 3Dfindit plugin

    Find the parts you are looking for quickly and easily using intelligent search methods and transfer them to your CAD system.

    Per By default, the installation is done under C:\Program Files\Plugin 3Dfindit.

All installations are completely independent of each other. You can define your own installation paths and install PARTsolutions and eCATALOGsolutions side by side, for example.

The following matrix shows product features in relation to the individual installation packages.

   PARTsolutions professional PARTsolutions enterprise eCATALOGsolutions 3df Plugin
CAD      
 Aveva    
 Allplan  xx
 Archicad  xx
 AutoCADxxxx
 Bricscad   x
 CATIAxx  
 Creo Parametricxxxx
 Creo Directxxxx
 Fusion 360 xxx
 Inventorxxxx
 MegaCAD    
 NXxxx 
 Revitx xx
 Solid Edgexxxx
 Solid Worksxxxx
 Tekla   x
 Vectorworks  xx
      
PDM      
 All x  
      
UIs      
 3Dfind.it x x
 Richclient / PARTdataManagerxxx 
 Seamlessxxx 
      
Installation Type      
 Server x  
 Clientxxxx
 Deployment[a] xxx 
      
Features Common      
 ERP x  
 Catalog Online    
 Nat-Geo[b] xxx 
 Q&S-Geo[c] xxxx
      
Features Richclient      
 Insertxxx 
 Replacexxx 
 Geosearch PARTxxx 
 Geosearch Partialxxx 
 Live Geosearchxxx 
      
Features 3Dfindit     x
 Geosearch PART x x
 Geosearch Partial ~  
 Live Geosearch ~  
 Insert x x
 Replace x x

[a] An image created by an admin/consultant can then be distributed to the clients via copy or share. Only the files are copied without system entries. Any number of copies can be created.

[b] Create native geometries

[c] Processing of Q&S parts