Components Engine Reviews

Summary: Components Engine is a powerful after-sales tool that helps save time, minimize errors, and enhance communication between companies and their customers. It provides measurable efficiency gains and a real competitive edge!

Positive: Components Engine is a web-based platform designed to build interactive 2D and 3D spare parts catalogs without the need to open the CAD software. It supports both raster and vector drawings and allows great flexibility in managing parts lists by uploading a wide range of content, including texts, translations, images, technical documents, and price lists in multiple currencies, all dynamically linked to clickable areas of the drawings.
The system is equipped with powerful search filters and a built-in shopping cart, making it quick and intuitive to identify products, select spare parts, and access related documentation with minimal effort.
Another key advantage is the platform’s ability to seamlessly integrate with existing company systems such as ERP, CRM, and e-commerce solutions. Through both standard and custom integration protocols, Components Engine enables smoother data exchange and more efficient internal workflows.
The outcome is a comprehensive, easy-to-use, and constantly updated online spare parts catalog that delivers tangible benefits: 24/7 availability, increased customer independence, shorter order processing times, and reduced internal management costs.

Negative: There are no significant drawbacks to highlight. After a short learning curve, the software performs exactly as expected, and whenever assistance is needed, the Components Engine support team is responsive and highly professional.

Summary: The combination of SolidWorks Composer and Components Engine allowed me to transform technical SVG files into interactive spare parts catalogues with very little effort. This not only improved the quality of my catalogues, but also greatly simplified communication with customers.

Positive: I use SolidWorks Composer to generate technical drawings and detailed representations of my products. The transition from these SVG files to creating an interactive parts catalogue has always been the weak link in the process... until I tried Components Engine. The software allows me to easily import vector SVGs, making each dot clickable and linked to part codes with a semi-automatic workflow.
This integration from SVG to interactive catalogue is really smooth: not only can I associate each call-out with the lines of the bill of materials, but I can also publish the result on the web or in offline format in a professional manner. The result is a catalogue that displays the technical drawing with interactive dots and an automatically generated bill of materials, ready for order creation.

Negative: As with other vector import tools, if the SVG file is complex or contains unusual graphic details (transparency effects or gradients), it may take a little longer to import. However, the process is extremely smooth and fast.

Summary: My experience with Components Engine 3D has been excellent, particularly regarding its ability to bridge the gap between engineering and after-sales.

Positive: I have been using the 3D version of Components Engine and what I appreciate most is how effectively it integrates with existing enterprise systems, making it a truly solid solution for managing complex technical data. The integration with the PDM for B.O.M. management is particularly valuable. Bills of materials are imported in a structured and reliable way, ensuring consistency with engineering data and reducing manual intervention. This allows me to work with always up-to-date information, improving accuracy and minimizing errors across departments.
Another strong point is the automatic import of technical drawings directly from the CAD environment. Drawings are linked to components without additional steps, streamlining documentation management and significantly reducing the time needed to prepare complete and coherent technical content. Finally, the integration of the web portal with SAP via the SAML2 protocol is a key advantage from an IT and security perspective. Single SignOn simplifies user access while maintaining high security standards, making the platform easy to adopt within a corporate ecosystem already based on SAP.

Negative: Components Engine 3D is a technologically advanced product, and we haven't found anything particularly dissatisfying in its core functionalities. The integration of CAD, PDM, and SAP systems is handled with a modern and innovative approach, showcasing a solid technical architecture. While the system performs exactly as promised without any evident flaws, the overall experience is very straightforward: it is a reliable solution for those seeking technical innovation.

Summary: Components Engine stands out as a robust and well-structured solution, particularly for its advanced 3D capabilities and its effective integration with CAD and PDM environments.
The 3D visualization is performant and reliable, enabling smooth interaction even with complex assemblies, while maintaining consistency with engineering data. The integration with CAD and PDM systems ensures data alignment, version control, and efficient reuse of technical information, significantly reducing manual operations and the risk of inconsistencies.
Overall, Components Engine proves to be a solid platform that successfully bridges engineering and after-sales processes, enhancing data accessibility, operational efficiency, and the overall user experience.

Positive: I have been using Components Engine for some time, and one of its most noteworthy strengths is the performance and responsiveness of the 3D visualization engine.
Interaction with 3D models is smooth and precise: rotation, zoom, and explosion of even highly complex assemblies are handled in real time, without latency or performance degradation, significantly improving operational efficiency.
The graphical user interface is modern, well structured, and designed with a strong focus on usability. Functions are logically organized and immediately accessible, reducing the learning curve and enabling effective use of the software even by users without an advanced technical background.

Negative: Initially, it may take some time to become familiar with the features, but their use quickly becomes intuitive.

Summary: I use Components Engine and find the editor for managing 3D files excellent: it is intuitive, fast and allows me to work on exploded drawings with great precision. The tools that automatically link the 3D parts to the part master are also particularly useful, reducing the time required and the risk of errors. A truly effective tool for anyone managing technical and after-sales documentation.

Positive: Many functionalities available. Possibility of 3D view, editing of certain graphic aspects and intelligent management of 3D parts.

Negative: Nothing to complain about. It does what it is supposed to do. There are no particular drawbacks. Full use of all options requires some familiarity, but once you get started, managing projects and catalogs is smooth and fast.

Summary: I have been using CE's software for several years now, and it is amazing to keep discovering how many useful features the program has. For every need I have, there is always a solution. Discovering all the features on your own is difficult, but once you get the solution, the program is very easy to use.

Positive: Comprehensive, exhaustive, and easy-to-use software solution. The technical support is always available for any query.

Negative: Discovering all the features of the software on your own is not possible without proper technical support from the staff. But fortunately, they are always extremely helpful and the response time to my questions is very short.

Summary: I use it to import 3D drawings, correct and adjust the associations between the 3D parts (deriving from the design) and the spare part codes (often different and with different logics).

Positive: Very complete and convenient editor to edit 2D drawings (PDF, AI, SVG), without using external software.
Integrated 3D drawing viewer of the editor, without using external CAD.

Negative: Very complete, maybe too much, I haven't been able to use all the functions.

Summary: The creation and management of interactive parts catalog will be very easy and simple.
Compared to competitors, technical support responds immediately.

Positive: Editor for update drawings. Management of virtual exploded drawings:
It was accessible from a variety of devices, including my desktop computer and my mobile phone, which made it very convenient to use.

Negative: Nothing in particular, the product has all the functionality I was looking for.
I have not experienced any problems with pre- and post-sales support either.