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Similar-Part SearchIn development

Search first, then design.

Compares geometry and dimensions across your inventory and shows similar parts with drawing number and material.

Part searchIn development
Part search3 to review

Check in one step whether the part already exists in stock before you design it again.

Drawing / CADDescription
  1. 1Document
  2. 2Features
  3. 3Matches
Drop a drawing or STEP file here
PDF, TIFF or STEP. The file is only searched, not added to the stock.
What KoAssist read from the drawing
Correct anything that is off: exactly these features are compared against the stock. 3 features recognised.
Designation
Drive shaft
read from title block
Part number
MB-2107-011
read from title block
Material
42CrMo4+QT
read from title block
Length (mm)
not read
Width (mm)
approx.
not read
Height (mm)
approx.
not read
Ø (mm)
not read
Holes
Count
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How a search runs

From the description to a decision you can back.

  1. Before you design it

    Before a new part comes into being, ask the inventory: does something like it already exist?

  2. Search the inventory

    The search runs over the drawing inventory that is already there. Nobody has to sort it first.

  3. Check the hits

    For every candidate, drawing number, material and deviation stand side by side.

  4. Reuse or build new

    You weigh what the search cannot know, and decide.

Capabilities

What the search settles before a new design.

Four things a part-number search cannot do.

  • One part as the template, the rest sorts itself

    Pick an existing part or upload a model. KoAssist lines the inventory up behind it, ordered by similarity. A part stored rotated is found too.

    SO-2015 · Drive shaftTemplate
    SO-3112 · Shaft 20x180 PF95 %
    SO-0871 · Axle Ø20 L18091 %
    SO-1187 · Shaft D20 × 16088 %

  • The same part, three times, three numbers

    KoAssist spots identical and near-identical parts and groups them. Every duplicate found is one part fewer to maintain, order and keep in stock.

    SO-2015

    SO-3112

    SO-0871

    3 duplicates, geometrically identical

  • Even parts that exist only as a drawing

    KoAssist rebuilds the shape from the dimensions on the drawing. An old part without a 3D model becomes findable by its geometry, not just by its name.

    MB-1987-114.pdfØ20Ø25180
    In the inventory as a shape

  • The difference, stated in millimetres

    Two parts laid over each other, the deviation highlighted and given a number. You see at a glance whether the existing part will do or not.

    SO-2015SO-2233
    Ø25 instead of Ø20, same lengthmax. 2.5 mm
What the search saves

The answer is there before anyone starts over.

Today

20 to 60 min

searching the PDM, asking colleagues, opening drawings. Whoever finds nothing designs a new part instead of searching on.

With KoAssist

under 1 min

One part as the template, read the ranking, decide.

seconds instead of minutes

A part that never comes into being costs no design work and no shelf space.

Indicative values per search

The decision stays with engineering.

Whether a part can be reused depends on conditions no search knows about: supplier, tooling status, field experience. KoAssist delivers the candidates and the deviations, what follows from that is your call.

Yanik Yeganehfar, co-founder of KoAssist

Find out with Yanik whether KoAssist fits your engineering team.

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FAQ

Common questions.

Can I use Similar-Part Search already?

Similar-Part Search is in development. We are trialling it with individual engineering departments on their own inventory, and early access is available on request.

Does my inventory have to be named consistently?

No. The search compares shape and dimensions, not names or part numbers. It finds the similar part even when nobody ever called it that.

What does a hit show?

Drawing number, material and the dimensions in which the part differs from the one you are looking for.

Does the search decide whether a part gets reused?

No. Whether a part fits depends on supplier, tooling status and field experience. The search delivers candidates and deviations, the decision stays with you.

Goes with this

The other two modules.

Knowledge Assistant

Answers from standards, specs and project files in seconds. Every statement backed by file, page and section.

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Drawing Checker

Checks technical drawings against your stored engineering guidelines. Every finding points to the spot in the drawing.

View drawing checker
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