Classify parts easily
Reduce your design costs and streamline your parts management with classmate CAD.
The software analyzes and classifies 3D models and geometric information.
Independently and fully automated.
classmate CAD: Makes finding existing parts easier than ever before.
Product Video (in German): Classifying parts automatically with classmate CAD
classmate CAD is useful to all companies, which
- work with current CAD systems such as Autodesk® Inventor®, SolidWorks, Solid Edge, Catia, Siemens PLM Software NX or PTC Creo Parametric,
- want to help designers focus on their core tasks,
- require flexible ways to search and find existing CAD data and
- want to increase their reuse rate of parts significantly.
Classifies 3D models without any additional work for the design engineer.
Fully automatic classification
classmate CAD is patented and works as an addition to existing software solutions in your company. The automatic geometric classification and indexing of 3D CAD models for the similarity search gets embedded in the existing CAD software. classmate CAD automatically fills the class-specific table of characteristics with the determined values and creates 2D and 3D preview formats.
Continuously adaptable and transparent set of rules
classmate CAD works with highly efficient, adaptable rules. A best practice guide for the mechanical engineering industry already covers a large amount of classification tasks by default and is subject to individual customization. Your data is classified, equipped with characteristics and geometrically indexed shortly.
No additional work for the design engineer
The patented solution analyzes 3D CAD models for form elements such as outer and inner contours, drillings, drilling arrangement, chamfers, curves and notches. It does not matter how the CAD model is structured. classmate CAD performs these extensive analysis and evaluation tasks automatically, without the help of the designer. The designer creates his model as usual and saves it in the PDM system. At the same time, classmate CAD automatically analyzes the 3D CAD models and calculates an index (“geometric fingerprint”) for each CAD model. This enables a similarity search based on existing geometry. Diagrams, graphics, 2D previews and 3D viewer formats, which are also generated from the collected data, enable an efficient search for parts.
Subsequent processes are simplified
classmate CAD helps you save time and money long-term. Not only can you reuse design models and standardize parts, but also take work off the process planning, speed up the NC programming, and optimize purchasing.
Interfaces
classmate CAD offers interfaces to Autodesk® Inventor®, Catia, PTC Creo Parametric, Siemens PLM Software NX, Solid Edge, SolidWorks.