The 12th annual TraceParts design competition has been launched

Once again, TraceParts is throwing down the gauntlet to the CAD community with a competition on the topic of Christmas trees

Saint-Romain, France, December 3, 2018 — For the end-of-year celebrations, TraceParts — one of the world’s leading providers of 3D digital content — and nVent Schroff — world leader in electronics packaging — are teaming up to organize a competition based on the theme of Christmas trees, which will run until 21 December.

The aim for entrants is to create a 3D Christmas tree using as many of the freely-available parts on the TraceParts CAD content platform as possible with the CAD software or image retouching program of their choice.
Over 100 million parts are available from close to 700 catalogs!
Participants must send a screen shot of their Christmas tree before December 21, 2018 to the following address:contest@traceparts.com. The size of the file should not exceed 1 Mb.

The three winning entries will be picked from the most original and successful creations, which will subsequently be displayed on the website: www.traceparts.com.

 

The prizes up for grabs include a OnePlus 5T 6 GB for first place, a Bose QuietComfort 35 II for second place and a Samsung New Gear 360 Reference R210 for third place.

All the 3D files available on the TraceParts CAD-content platform are compatible with the most popular native CAD software such as SOLIDWORKS, CATIA, Pro/ENGINEER & Creo, Inventor, AutoCAD, Solid Edge, TopSolid, Geomagic Design, Kompas 3D, SpaceClaim, SketchUp, Autodesk REVIT, ZW3D, Draftsight, HiCAD, TurboCAD, T-FLEX, SolidFace, Elecworks, Gstarcad, IronCAD, MagicPart, SolidWorks Electrical, DesignSpark Mechanical and DesignSpark Electrical.

The majority of neutral CAD file-formats are also supported, notably DWG, DXF, IGES, STEP, SAT, JT, VRML and many others including STL, the standard CAD-file format for 3D printing!

Enjoy the game!

 

About TraceParts

TraceParts is one of the world’s leading CAD-content platforms for Engineering, Industrial Equipment and Machine Design, totaling 6 million registered members from 1.3 million companies actively sourcing product information and technical data from over 195 different countries.

As part of the Trace Group founded in 1990, TraceParts brings highly targeted marketing exposure to more than 800 customers of all sizes and from all industries, via powerful cloud-based API and SaaS applications such as CAD part libraries, product catalogs and configurators.

TraceParts’ comprehensive Digital Marketing Services help part manufacturers and distributors, 3D printing & rapid-prototyping suppliers, CAD/CAM/CAE/ECAD software and computer hardware vendors promote their products and services and generate highly qualified sales leads.

Available free-of-charge to millions of Engineers & Designers worldwide, the TraceParts CAD-content platform provides access to over 2.204 supplier-certified product catalogs and billions of 2D drawings & 3D CAD models and product datasheets that perfectly match the digitalization needs of Design, Purchasing, Manufacturing and Maintenance processes & operations, in virtually any industrial sector.

 

About nVent — Digital Empowerment for Faster Results

nVent SCHROFF has a series of coordinated services that simplify and speed up the digital workflow from selection to delivery of SCHROFF products. Now when users search for products on https://schroff.nvent.com/such as electronic cabinets, enclosures, and PCB accessories, they are consistently provided with necessary support in a variety of ways. The following services have been integrated: access to instant pricing, live-chat with an expert, online configurators, upload manager, 3D printing function as well as instand quote.

The brand Schroff, which belongs to the business unit of nVent, has been a world leader in electronic packaging for over five decades.

More information: https://schroff.nvent.com/en/schroff