PARTsolutions Releases Google SketchUp 3D Components Library

PARTsolutions LLC, a leading provider of 3D digital catalog publishing and enterprise parts management solutions, announced that it now publishes 3D mechanical component catalogs in the Google 3D Warehouse using SketchUp software, providing new marketing opportunities for more than 400 worldwide component suppliers who provide their 3D enabled product catalogs to market via PARTsolutions’ technologies.

PARTsolutions offers Google 3D Warehouse publishing solutions to its 3D catalog customers, thus providing the best search engine optimization to reach design engineers looking for their products. Design engineers can search for and download the parts for free on Google 3D Warehouse as Google SketchUp models, or link back to PARTsolutions portals to download the parts in 85+ CAD & graphics formats, including native models in industry leading engineering design applications like Autodesk Inventor, SolidWorks, Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire, CATIA and Siemens UGNX and Solid Edge.

Suppliers benefit by having the broadest possible exposure in the internet to design engineers and purchasing departments, with sales leads approaching 80% conversion to sale rates.

Supplier Catalog Publishing Solutions

PARTsolutions cross-media publishing allows suppliers to publish 3D digital catalogs for access via online catalogs, CD-ROM, printed catalogs and desktop enterprise solutions. PARTsolutions sales tools provide suppliers with 24x7 access to specific information about prospects and customers downloading their products. PARTsolutions marketing programs introduce suppliers directly to hundreds of thousands of prospective customers with immediate needs. Suppliers have the option to include their catalogs in the Google 3D Warehouse, as well as their own website and other public and private portals.

Enterprise Solutions

PARTsolutions provides the entire supply chain with repeatable methodologies for Intelligent Parts Management comprised of optimized processes for part consolidation, standardization, interchangeability and design reuse. PARTsolutions enterprise users benefit from a collaborative supplier/OEM relationship delivered through digital catalog publishing technologies and services. The business benefits realized by PARTsolutions clients result in tighter integration with their suppliers, increased profitability, and customer satisfaction. Users access CAD native supplier parts directly on their desktop, with available integrations to ERP and PLM solutions.