Geometric Search
The Geometric Similarity Search GEOsearch from PARTsolutions by CADENAS searches and compares parts according to the respective CAD geometries.
Find the needle in the haystack
Beginning with a reference part (Catalog part, self-designed part, reused part or factory standard) or the rough sketch of a 3D CAD model you can, just like search engines, browse the whole database for CAD components.
The result is a ranking list of the geometrically most similar 3D CAD parts, which are displayed visually.
Application Example
| Comparing | Coverage | |
|---|---|---|
| Company part |
Company part |
Increase in reuse rate Reduction in duplicates Increase in standardization |
| Company part |
Purchased part |
Increase in usage of standard components |
| Purchased part |
Purchased part |
Possibility to compare suppliers |
Airbus Award for Excellence
The project »GEOsearch Geometric Parts Search« was awarded the Airbus Award for Excellence:
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Reusability rate of almost 40% with the Geometric Similarity Search.
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Savings during the pilot phase were able to refinance the entire pilot.
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Decision made by customer, to implement the Geometric Similarity Search of the Strategic Parts Management system as a short term solution.
Success Stories
With PARTsolutions by CADENAS numerous engineering and purchasing processes are optimized and thus "rank growth of parts", that has prevailed so far at AIM, can be limited.
By means of PARTsolutions by CADENAS all parts including complex geometries are traceable across different system and locations of the MAN Truck & Bus AG
SMS group avoids duplicates and offers the best possible data quality through PARTsolutions.
High reuse of parts in the product development process based on PARTsolutions.