“I spend less time redoing it than looking for it”. If you find yourself searching through sku after sku looking for previously ordered part, assembly, or product, the ability to easily search based on the parts geometry or attributes is critical.
It is important to easily and quickly find components / products already designed and drawn, and searching functionality is also useful in developing effective and efficient classification.
Some level of geometric search is often included in PLM/PDM software but can be augmented with product configuration, amplifying standardization and increasing functionality.
