About Smart Mechanical Components Default Catalogs

With an adequate license, you have access to Components from standard suppliers.

This page discusses:

General Information

The Components from standard suppliers respect the rules listed below.

  • Each Component is unique and is identified by its Supplier_Type_Ref.
  • A Component is available as one single file. This file is a V5 CATPart file to be migrated via Tools > Utility > ToolingMigration.

    The name of the file is Supplier_Type_Ref.CATPart.

    The V5 Part Number is Supplier_Type_Ref_.

    Note: It cannot be a CATProduct.

  • These Components files can be found under:

    • ...\startup\components\MtdCatalog for Mold Tooling Design.
    • ...\startup\components\ToolingCatalog for Smart Mechanical Components and Mold Tooling Design.
    • You or your administrator must have installed the app content. For more information, see Native Apps Installation: Installing Natives Apps.

  • Suppliers Components have their pre-defined type names, and are never considered as a Component.
Note:
  • Components often incorporate knowledge relations, such as rules, checks or reactions. For some types of Components, for example Ejectors, the resolution of those relations may raise knowledge reports warning about an evaluation error. Disregard those reports: Though some relations in those Components are not strictly respected from the knowledge point of view, the Components are correctly resolved.

Components Available in Smart Mechanical Components

The Components available in Smart Mechanical Components are the following.

You might not have access to the required content if the app has not been installed with it. If you need this content, it is still possible to install it. For more information, see Native Apps: Installing Native Apps: Installing a Native App.

In addition to Sample, Components from the following suppliers are available:

  • Dme
  • Dme America
  • FCPK-Proplastica
  • Futaba
  • Hasco
  • LKM
  • Meusburger
  • Misumi
  • National
  • Pcs
  • Pedrotti
  • Punch
  • Rabourdin
  • Strack.

Standard general mechanical Components are available:

  • Cap Screws
  • Countersunk Screw
  • Dowel Pin
  • Locking Screw
  • Spring
  • Spring Screw.