Ask any engineer or designer about creating the next new thing, engineering it, and prototyping it, and they will tell you countless stories of trial and error before they succeeded making their ideas a reality. In the past decade,  the internet has become an integral part of the design process and when it comes to finding the right commercial component for your design or selecting a trusted manufacturer to bring your ideas to life. The amount of content and service providers is endless. Finding what you need can be cumbersome and time-consuming.

The 3DEXPERIENCE Marketplace launched by Dassault Systemes addresses this requirement. The 3DEXPERIENCE Marketplace encompasses the full product innovation process enabling rapid ideation, design and ownership. It allows to collaborate with qualified industrial suppliers across a range of services throughout your process. 

• Knowledge & Know-how: Each service adheres to industry standards to capture offers and requests to ensure successful transactions.
• Universal Language: Each service leverages 3D as the Universal Language to improve collaboration efficiency and bridge the virtual and real worlds.
• Traceability: Buyer-Seller exchanges are documented and accessible all in one place.
• End-to-end Transaction Management: The 3DEXPERIENCE Marketplace manages all aspects of the transaction, including payments, currencies, billing and more.

The 3DEXPERIENCE Marketplace provides two services: Make and PartSupply.

Marketplace make: The most seamless way to collaborate with leading digital manufacturers and produce your designs. It helps to:

• Identify the best partner for every project: Leverage a worldwide ecosystem of qualified industrial manufacturing service providers and identify the best partner based on your specifications, across all manufacturing processes: 3D Printing, CNC Machining, Injection molding, sheet metal and more.
• Go straight from design to parts: Access manufacturers directly from SOLIDWORKS® and CATIA® for a fast end-to-end, design-to-part workflow.
• Optimize collaboration: Communicate effortlessly from request to delivery using in-App messaging and 3D-based collaboration to iterate on design and manufacturing specifications.
• Reduce errors and risks: Ensure your designs are ready for manufacturing by utilizing process-driven specifications, geometry check and repair, and design for manufacturing feedback.
• Ensure traceability: Benefit from traceability of all Buyer-Seller exchanges, order modifications and part updates, as well as full documentation of past orders and invoices.

Marketplace PartSupply: The most comprehensive and intelligent online 3D components catalog. It enables to:

• Access catalogs of qualified supplier components: One-stop shopping with tens of millions of qualified, available components from 600-plus suppliers worldwide.
• Search and navigate: Easily narrow your search based on component categories, or combine the power of semantic search and 3D similarity.
• Identify the right parts for your project: Compare similar components and analyze their details and suppliers’ locations to decide the best fit for your needs.
• Source components directly from your design environment: Seamless integration directly within SOLIDWORKS and CATIA allows you to search and seamlessly insert components into your designs.