TIPS - Parts Catalog Features
V-Tech Smart Assistant
The V-Tech Smart Assistant is an intelligent wizard that guides your publishers through creating a parts catalog step by step.
Legacy parts catalog systems require you to figure out how to construct the table of contents, and besides being very time consuming , it's a process that's prone to errors.
The V-Tech Smart Assistant not only autogenerates the TOC by re-using assemblies and structures previously created, it's advanced enough to show your publishers precisely which assemblies and structures need to be created - and in which location of the book!.
Smart Search
Our Smart Search Algorithm returns results nearly instantly.
It supports exact match searches, leading searches, trailing searches, as well as wildcards.
Finding parts is quick and easy.
Autogenerated Table of Contents
It's 2023, and parts catalog technology has improved. Your publishers can focus on creating assemblies, while TIPS autogenerates the Table of Contents for you.
Autogenerated Hotpoints
TIPS can autogenerate callouts/hotpoints on your exploded view diagrams and automatically link them to your parts lists.
Autogenerated Animations
TIPS utilizes the latest in HTML5, JavaScript and Open/Web GL technologies to animate all of your exploded view engineering diagrams.
Smart Part Supercession
TIPS supports advanced and smart part supercessions. TIPS will supercede not only the parts within your parts lists, it'll also replace the old assembly structure and all of its sub-assemblies with the new replacement assembly and its sub-assemblies.
Multiple Catalog Versions and Snapshots
TIPS supports multiple versions for your parts catalogs. You can now create As-Shipped, As-Built, As-Maintained and many more. In addition - TIPS supports snapshots: you can snapshot your catalog which records the full parts catalog at that specific point in time - and, you can automatically make it available as content (eg As-Ordered, As-Built, etc). This allows you to keep a consistent record of how a machine is maintained in the field and you can keep better records on your equipment and its parts catalog.
Stylesheets and Branding
TIPS has two types of branding: basic and advanced. Our basic branding allows you to brand TIPS with your own logo and primary colors. We also offer advanced custom stylesheets and branding at a premium where we can match fonts and colors to your company's branding specifications - both within the TIPS system, and on any printed or snapshot generated books!