AutoDOC

Some of the features in AutoDOC:

• Intuitive user interface
• Intuitive search and query
• Change status with a right-click
• Informative status line
• Intelligent  install
• Intelligent Update, Distribution and configuration
• Word documents and other documents can be handled the same way as AutoCAD drawings
• Inventor Certified
• mdi/mde, i.e. multiple documents open at the concurrently
• Flexible project- and directory structure
• Integrated viewer
• Print one or many documents (drawings and other documents)
• Print lists with document information
• Multiple AutoCAD profiles

Intuitive user interface

The graphic user interface of AutoDOC is very intuitive and easy to use.

Intuitive search and query

Click on one of the search & query icons, enter your search query in appropriate fields, display the result of the query. Simple as that!

Change status with a right-click on the mouse

Select one or multiple documents, right click (or use the menu), select what to do with the document(s).

AutoDOC determines the status of the selected document(s) and activates all functions that you can use. Functions that cannot be used are grayed out.

Sample: You approve a drawing. AutoDOC will then update the drawing with your signature so everybody can see it has been approved. The drawing will be moved (checked in) to the appropriate directory as well.

Informative status line

The status line at the bottom shows information about the current document:

In the above sample, you can see the path to the directory where the drawing file is located as well as the release of the AutoCAD file (R15, i.e. 2000). The green color indicates that the drawing file was found where is was supposed to be.

The next field shows the status of the document, Working, which means that the drawing has never been approved previously and is still in work.

The third status field shows which project is current. You can find more information about this in "Flexible project- and directory structure"

Intelligent install

AutoDOC is a two step install, first you install the server (click to enlarge picture).

    Then you install the client from the server (click to enlarge picture)

Intelligent Update, Distribution and configuration 

No need to install updates to each workstation! AutoDOC has an unique update function which distributes new versions automatically! Simply drop the new files to an "Updates" directory and all users will get the new release automatically! Even new configurations can be distributed the same way.

AutoCAD will be automatically configured for AutoDOC. No need to do any configuration at all! (Except for AutoCAD release 14.01)

Word documents and other documents can be handled the same way as AutoCAD drawings  

You can manage Word documents or other documents just as easy as you manage AutoCAD drawing files.

You can specify if you wish that AutoDOC should separate drawings from other documents under  "Flexible project- and directory structure". It is up to you if you want to register a document in AutoDOC or not. Other types of documents (xls, cad, nc, etc) can also be handled by AutoDOC.

Certified for Inventor  

AutoDOC has been certified by Autodesk for Inventor (both 32 and 64 bit). 

The title block in an inventor drawing can be updated just as easy as an AutoCAD drawing. Even custom iProperties can be used and updated, both iProperties in the drawing document and linked iProperties in the Part Model!

mdi/mde, i.e. multiple documents open at the concurrently

Starting with AutoCAD 2000, Autodesk introduced the possibility to edit multiple drawings concurrently. You can have several windows with different drawings open at the same time, and switch between them (that is, assuming that all AutoCAD applications you use supports mde, multiple documents environment). AutoDOC supports mde, so you can open 5 drawings and 5 Word documents concurrently if you wish.

Flexible project- and directory structure

  This is the description of the "shelf" used to store documents that you currently work with. You can have different "shelf's", or storage places if you prefer, for different kind of Word documents, etc. You can easily create different directories that store various documents. "Standard" is default, but you could have QC doc´s, etc, it's up to the system administrator.

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Integrated viewer

Autodesk's VoloView Express is used to display drawings graphically in the AutoDOC viewer. AutoDOC can be configured to show the drawing when you navigate in the database. A thumbnail preview is built in as well. NB! Voloview Express does not work with all AutoCAD versions. We recommend that you let AutoDOC create DWF files instead, they can be viewed by anyone and loads much faster that a dwg file...  This way anyone can look at Inventor drawings as well.

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Print

You can easily print both information about one or more documents as well as the document(s).

Just mark the documents and select "Print" from the menu. Simple as that.

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Printing the document information:

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To print all drawings and documents for a certain project: search the database for the project, select "Print All displayed documents". Easy, quick, flexible and time saving.

Multiple AutoCAD profiles

AutoDOC keep track of which profile was used for a specific drawing, so you can use different Autodesk applications and AutoDOC knows if a file should be opened for instance with a plain vanilla AutoCAD or Mechanical Desktop.

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