Cimage Announces Document Management Integration to AutoCAD.ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 30, 1997--KALTHOFF FALL 97-- Comprehensive Document Management, Direct Viewing of 200+ File Types, Available Within AutoCAD Session Cimage Enterprise Systems, a worldwide leader in the development and supply of Electronic Document Management solutions for the petrochemical, utilities and manufacturing industries manufacturing industries npl → industrias fpl manufactureras manufacturing industries npl → industries fpl de transformation today announced the release of Document Manager for AutoCAD, Version 3.1. DM for AutoCAD provides comprehensive document management functionality for AutoDesk's AutoCAD, a world-leading software package, used to create and modify engineering designs and drawings. DM for AutoCAD simplifies and streamlines the AutoCAD user's job by embedding Cimage Document Management into AutoCAD menus and toolbars. Engineers never have to leave their CAD environment, when finding, storing and publishing their drawings. A simple "browser" window allows users to view lists of drawings and documents, conduct searches for documents, view document indexing details, and see drawings and documents in a "preview pane". To preserve the integrity of drawings and revisions, DM for AutoCAD allows engineers to checkout drawings for updating, checking them back in when the change is complete. This prevents other users from trying to update the identical drawing at the same time. A key feature of DM for AutoCAD is the concept of a "work list" - a set of documents which have been checked-out for updating. By accessing their own, or their group's "work list", AutoCAD users can see at a glance which drawings need work, before they can be returned to the document repository. DM for AutoCAD helps engineers work with drawings which refer to other drawings, automatically keeping track of the correct drawing revisions, and allows engineers to quickly switch between revisions of referenced drawings, to assess how the changes in one drawing impacts another. DM for AutoCAD does this by supporting AutoCAD "X-Ref's" - links embedded in one drawing that refer to other drawings - automatically loading referenced drawings from DM Server as the master drawing is retrieved. By exploiting Cimage's DM Server's powerful revision control Revision control (also known as version control (system) (VCS), source control or (source) code management (SCM)) is the management of multiple revisions of the same unit of information. facilities, "X-Ref's" can refer to a designated revision of a drawing, or simply "the latest revision". David Shipman David Shipman (1730 – 1813) is generally considered to be the real-life inspiration for James Fenimore Cooper's character Natty Bumppo in the Leatherstocking Tales along with a pioneer man named Thomas Leffingwell. , VP North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. Marketing for Cimage says, "To change to an AutoCAD drawing, an engineer may have to refer to a change request in a word processing word processing, use of a computer program or a dedicated hardware and software package to write, edit, format, and print a document. Text is most commonly entered using a keyboard similar to a typewriter's, although handwritten input (see pen-based computer) and document, view a photograph of an installed piece of machinery, and consider a marked-up drawing which originally was created with another CAD system. Without DM for AutoCAD, engineers refer to paper files, or open and close several applications. With DM for AutoCAD, engineers are able to view all items from within AutoCAD." DM for AutoCAD securely holds drawings in a shared document repository through the Document Manager Server, which serves as a vault for managing the drawings. DM Server can automatically synchronize with document repositories held remotely, ensuring that engineers based in different offices or different countries can work on the same, up-to-date set of drawings and documents. DM for AutoCAD also supports GTX GTX Gore-Tex GTX Global TeleExchange GTX Grand Tourisme Extra RasterCAD, along with many of the other application extensions used with AutoCAD. GTX RasterCAD, which is written to AutoCAD's programming interface, ADS, often generates files, which are supplementary to the drawing file. DM for AutoCAD looks for these files when loading or saving drawings, and if it finds them, will automatically supply them for loading or saving as well. AutoCAD is the first of several applications Cimage plans to integrate its document management capabilities into. Cimage plans to announce availability of a similar integration with Bentley Systems' Microstation before the end of the year. Cimage DM for AutoCAD is a 32-bit application on Microsoft Windows See Windows. (operating system) Microsoft Windows - Microsoft's proprietary window system and user interface software released in 1985 to run on top of MS-DOS. Widely criticised for being too slow (hence "Windoze", "Microsloth Windows") on the machines available then. 95 or Microsoft Windows NT. It currently supports AutoCAD 13, with AutoCAD 14 support to follow. It connects to Cimage's Document Manager Server running on Microsoft Windows NT, SUN Solaris, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) AIX (Advanced Interactive eXecutive) IBM's Unix-based operating system which runs on its Intellistation workstations and pSeries, p5, iSeries and i5 server families. or HP-UX HP's version of Unix that runs on its 9000 family. It is based on SVID and incorporates features from BSD Unix along with several HP innovations. (operating system) HP-UX - The version of Unix running on Hewlett-Packard workstations. . About Cimage Cimage Enterprise Systems designs, develops, implements and supports integrated technical document management solutions for use across the enterprise. Extensive industry knowledge in the petrochemical, utility, manufacturing and construction industries ensures products that let customers exploit information assets to their full potential. Cimage's comprehensive Electronic Document Management System (EDMS (Electronic Document Management System or Enterprise Document Management System ) See document management. EDMS - Electronic Document Management System ) products and services are used by these organizations to automate and improve the storage, access and management of information from a wide variety of sources and differing formats. A document management leader since 1989, Cimage continues to incorporate the latest technology including the Internet and Intranet. As a result of this experience, the company has become a specialist in understanding and solving industry-specific document management problems. Based in the UK, Cimage has a worldwide presence with over 450 installations in 18 countries. The company is now part of the Tarmac Group, a $3.5B international corporation and one of the United Kingdom's largest construction and professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. companies. Cimage customers include BT, British Nuclear, Florida Power & Light, Ford, Marathon Oil Marathon Oil Corporation NYSE: MRO, based in Houston, Texas, is a worldwide oil and natural gas exploration and production company. Principal exploration activities are in the United States, Norway, Equatorial Guinea, Angola and Canada. , Mobil, Raytheon, Rohr, Texaco and US West. The company serves a worldwide market through Access Corporation in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. and a global network of distributors covering Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Far East and the Pacific Rim Pacific Rim, term used to describe the nations bordering the Pacific Ocean and the island countries situated in it. In the post–World War II era, the Pacific Rim has become an increasingly important and interconnected economic region. . Cimage is a Tarmac Group Company. Access Corporation, with main offices in Cincinnati, OH, is the exclusive North American distributor of Cimage products and has over 700 customers located in 162 North American cities and 9 countries. For additional information about Cimage software and Access Corporation products and services, call Access at (800) 736-1234. -0- Service marks, trademarks or registered trademarks are property of their respective owners. CONTACT: Gerath & Associates, Inc. Christopher D. Gerath, (978) 264-4707 chris@gerath.com or Cimage Enterprise Systems David Shipman, (714) 450-4999 daves@acorp.com |
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