One of the most important manufacturers marketing strategies is to prepare and share technical information about products that are used during the design phase. Currently, the design phase is done on a computer, therefore it is worth to prepare libraries of products that can be easily used in CAD programs.
Many manufacturers have chosen the CP-Manufacturers program, which is ideal for the preparation of products libraries and free distribution, i.e. through the internet.
CP-Manufacturers program acts as an electronic catalog CAD library that helps and speeds up the designing phase. Program is free for users and works as an add-on for most popular CAD programs, such as AutoCAD, BricsCAD, GstarCAD, progeCAD, ZWCAD, IntelliCAD and others. CP-Manufacturers program is currently used by tens of thousands of users in many countries.
Data that is prepared for the CP-Manufacturers program is also included in the commercial version of CADprofi application, thanks to this it can be exported e.g. to the online CAD catalogs.
How to prepare data for CP-Manufacturers program
CAD blocks can be prepared and added to the program on their own by each entity. It is also possible to cooperate with the manufacturer of CADprofi program and with the program distributors. In each of these cases we provide an "open" version of CADprofi program, which allows to automatically add drawings to the library, create descriptions, add technical data to the objects, photographs or catalog numbers. Documentation and training or consultation regarding the library editing is also provided.
CP-Manufacturers program functionality:
•Possibility to work in all popular CAD programs, i.e. AutoCAD, BricsCAD, GstarCAD, IntelliCAD, progeCAD, ZWCAD and others. After installation, the configuration program is available, which allows to "attach" the add-on the found CAD systems. At any time, it is possible to "detach" the add-on from the CAD program, thanks to which user restore the original settings of his currently used environment.
•Configuration program allows to browse libraries, technical data and catalog numbers even if user hasn't got a CAD program installed.
•In the program, it is possible to use the parametrical technology, in which one object can represent multiple objects.
•Objects can have different properties that automate the work. An example is the automatic joining of objects in the one-click technology. Program validates the project correctness and warns the user if the joined objects don't match.
•For all objects it is possible to add technical data, photographs, catalog cards, descriptions, calculation programs or spreadsheets, e.g. for the equipment selection.
•The possibility to work in both 2D and 3D. In projects it is possible to combine 2D and 3D technologies with the function of automatic transition from 2D to 3D views, and vice versa.
•The possibility to add to the library technological schemes (e.g. boiler schemes, control systems, electrical switchboards etc.). Schemes can be easily adapted to the specific projects.
•Drawings that are created with the program can be edited in any CAD system without the need to install the add-on. It is important for the cooperation between many designers that work on one project (not every designer must have the add-on installed).
•Automatic description of objects and a convenient edition of attributes of all objects.
•An on-line update system.
•The possibility to introduce a system of automatic user registration.
•A BOM creator that allows to acquire data about objects that are used in the project.
•The possibility to choose the design unit (mm, cm, m or inches).
•System of automatic layers management which increases the drawings visibility. Appropriate printing styles are also included in the program.
•Possibility to work in multiple languages. Currently the interface is translated in 22 languages.
•Product libraries can also be added to the CADprofi program, thanks to which the prepared data will be available to many designers.
•Parametrical libraries can be exported to dwg, dxf, step files and other.
•Program possesses a complete system of on-line help. It is also possible to add presentations or tutorial videos.