CADENAS GmbH
Edition V12.13, 04/2026
Copyright © 1992-2026
The text and illustrations have been prepared with great care. However, CADENAS GmbH, its authors and translators can assume neither legal responsibility nor any liability for any errors that may remain or consequences thereof. The information contained in this manual is provided without warranty and may be modified at any time without notice. CADENAS GmbH accepts no responsibility in this regard.
This manual is protected by copyright law. All rights reserved. The rights to the documentation are owned by CADENAS GmbH. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form by photocopying, microfilm or any other method or transmitted in a machinereadable language, particularly for print processing machines, without the written consent of CADENAS GmbH. Rights to transmission by radio and television or live presentation are also reserved.
| Germany | |||||||||
| CADENAS GmbH |
| ||||||||
| Austria | |||||||||
| CADENAS Technologies Austria GmbH |
| ||||||||
| France | |||||||||
| CADENAS France SARL |
| ||||||||
| Italy | |||||||||
| CADENAS Italiana s.r.l. |
| ||||||||
| USA | |||||||||
| CADENAS PARTsolutions LLC |
| ||||||||
| Japan | |||||||||
| CADENAS WEB2CAD Inc. |
| ||||||||
| China | |||||||||
| CADENAS China ltd. |
| ||||||||
Table of Contents
- Preface
- 1. PARTdataCenter
- 1.1. Article assignment (initial filling of the LinkDB)
- 1.1.1. Start
- 1.1.2. User interface and processes at a glance
- 1.1.3. Create catalog from CSV file
- 1.1.4. Manual assignment
- 1.1.5. Dimension search (with "Article Assignment Wizard" for standard parts)
- 1.1.6. Dimension search - Automatic assignment based on standard information such as standard number, dimension, material, etc. (old method)
- 1.1.7. Article number search - Automatic assignment based on manufacturer article number
- 1.1.8. Attribute mapping
- 1.1.9. Global text mapping
- 1.1.10. LinkDB export (directly or via CSV file)
- 1.1.11. LinkDB Import
- 1.1.12. Functions, settings and symbols
- 1.2. PLM Synchro - Create your own parts catalogs
- 1.3. Structure/classify products
- 1.3.1. Overview
- 1.3.2. Create new catalog
- 1.3.3. Import catalog
- 1.3.4. Attributes " category
- 1.3.5. Category "Products "
- 1.3.6. Structure " category
- 1.3.7. Classification Wizard
- 1.3.8. Semi-automatic sizing with the help of training sets
- 1.3.9. Export to PARTsolutions
- 1.3.10. Configuration
- 1.3.11. Roles / Rights
- 1.3.12. Background information on the mapping logic between PARTwarehouse and PARTsolutions
- 1.3.13. Troubleshooting
- 1.4. Create Import pipeline (Quick & Simple)
- 1.4.1. Import with wizard pipeline with import type "QA simplified"
- 1.4.2. Tolerance import settings via pipeline (or via configuration file)
- 1.4.3. Licensing issues
- 1.5. PARTdataCenter: Reference / General functions
- 1.5.1. Glossar
- 1.5.2. Pipeline
- 1.5.3. PARTapplicationServer Dashboard - Tasks
- 1.5.4. Regular expression
- 1.6. Tips & Tricks
- 1.7. Specific nodes
- 1.7.1. PARTsolutions Exporter
- 1.7.1.1. General settings
- 1.7.1.1.1. Catalog type
- 1.7.1.1.2. Catalog settings (list of items relevant for own parts catalogs)
- 1.7.1.1.2.1. General: Deduplication of translations [Default]
- 1.7.1.1.2.2. General: Import non-existent documents
- 1.7.1.1.2.3. Catalog: Place documents in subdirectory
- 1.7.1.1.2.4. Catalog: Removal of non-existent definitions in " dir.def" files [Default]
- 1.7.1.1.2.5. Catalog: Deactivate moving of classes
- 1.7.1.1.2.6. Product: Transfer documents to the project
- 1.7.1.1.2.7. Product: Ignore documents when moving
- 1.7.1.1.2.8. Product: Unique order number
- 1.7.1.1.2.9. Product: Error with an empty value of the configured order number attribute
- 1.7.1.1.2.10. Project: Removing the table restriction (legacy) [Default]
- 1.7.1.1.2.11. Project: Maintain version
- 1.7.1.1.2.12. Project: Omit assignment of attribute name to identification
- 1.7.1.1.2.13. Project table: Retain attribute definitions
- 1.7.1.1.2.14. Project table: Overwrite attributes with the same name
- 1.7.1.1.2.15. Project table: Use attribute names for description
- 1.7.1.1.2.16. Project table: Compress file
- 1.7.1.1.2.17. Project table: Encrypt file
- 1.7.1.1.2.18. Project table: Display identifying attribute
- 1.7.1.1.2.19. Project table: Sort only changed attributes
- 1.7.1.1.2.20. Project table: Sort only new attributes
- 1.7.1.1.2.21. Project table: Deactivate sorting of attributes
- 1.7.1.1.2.22. Project table: Update sort order of attributes only once
- 1.7.1.1.2.23. Parts selection: Deactivate sorting
- 1.7.1.1.2.24. Parts selection: Standard sorting
- 1.7.1.1.2.25. Translation: Translate language "default"
- 1.7.1.1.3. Preview settings
- 1.7.1.1.4. ERP settings
- 1.7.1.1.5. Commit Settings
- 1.7.1.2. Catalog settings (Catalog settings)
- 1.7.2. XML Writer - XML Reader
- 1.7.3. Report node
- 1.7.4. Extrusion: Batch mode for extrusion of 2D parts
- 1.7.5. Auto classify with multi-level classification
- 1.8. Scripting
- 1.9. Units
- 1.10. Distributed services
- 1.11. Edit indexes
- 2. Update data automatically and cyclically
- 3. FAQ
- 4. Appendix
- Index

