Catalog Data Solutions Configurators implemented by ASCO Valve

“We wanted an ‘expert system’ that integrates deep knowledge of the product and makes an advanced user experience readily available, online 24X7, to the designer. The objective is to save the designer time in selecting the right product and by directly downloading the CAD model into their CAD design so they don’t have to draw it,” said Craig Patterson, Engineering IT manager, ASCO Valve. “We chose CDS for rapid delivery, price competitiveness, the ‘wow factor’ of its Visual Constraint Feedback™ configurator and its CAD download capability.”

“In a complex product, users usually don’t know the constraints and they almost certainly don’t know the interdependence of those constraints (i.e. if you select X you are giving up option Y in selection Z). The Visual Constraint Feedback™ makes you aware of what effects any selection has on future choices,” said John Major, CEO of Catalog Data Solutions.

Catalog Data Solutions helps industrial manufacturers, suppliers, and distributors grow sales and strengthen customer loyalty through interactive online catalogs, ecommerce, 3D CAD model delivery and product configurator solutions. Studies show that over 90% of designers and engineers now use the Internet to locate components for their new designs. Interactive online configuration of even the most complex or parametric engineering products are easily created with Catalog Data Solutions patent-pending technology. For interactive ease of use, ease of setup, 2D or 3D graphics and on screen visibility of interdependent selections or exclusions nothing betters a CDS configurator.