Firstly Enterprise Engineer for Drawings (EE for Drawings) is a drawing management appliction as opposed to just being a CAD integration. The following table illustrates the differences.
CAD Integration v Drawing Management
| CAD Integration |
Drawing Management |
- Requires engineering domain expertise to build a Drawing Management solution
- Requires “engineering” extensions to ECM Platform workflows
- Requires extensive customization of ECM Platform and CAD integration
- Results in inconsistent implementations
- High cost of development and continuous roadmap support
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- Comprehensive CAD Integration plus:-
- Proven engineering workflow and business processes
- Review and approval processes
- Rendering and publishing
- Electronic redline capabilities, View and Redline Markup
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Features and Benefits
EE for Drawings allows engineering professionals to manage the end-to-end engineering drawing process as can be seen in the features and benefit table.
| Feature |
Benefit |
- Automate and eliminate labor intensive manual processes.
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- Prevents use of outdated drawings.
- Watermarks identify lifecycle state.
- Instant access to drawings for maintenance personnel.
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- Provide access to the right drawing at the right time, increasing user confidence
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- Integrates directly with AutoCAD and MicroStation, providing access to all CAD functionality such as Reference Files and Title Blocks.
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- USER: Familiar user interface that steps the user though business processes while masking complexity.
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- Provides predefined business rules and processes based on best practices.
- Automate file manipulation, eliminating the need to manually manipulate file locations throughout the document lifecycle.
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- BUSINESS: Business rules are enforced and consistency is maintained.
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- Easy access to predefined reporting.
- Automatic task notification.
- Task allocation to key team members.
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- Better insight and control over project deliverables and their status inform decision making process.
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- Instant access to documentation eliminates need for paper copies.
- Reviews and approvals are completed from the user’s desk.
- Electronically redline design documentation, eliminating the need to redline hardcopies then verify against electronic versions.
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- Reducing costs and waste caused by printed copies
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- Instant access to latest drawings ensures they can be kept up to date.
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- Improved Document Maintenance
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- Easy to use interface with descriptive tooltips.
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- Minimize end user training - reduce the effort, time, and cost spent training employees.
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Key Features
EE for Drawings integrates seamlessly with AutoCAD and MicroStation applications to provide access to the most commonly used functionality. In addition it also adds the following features:
- Auto numbering
- Auto classification
- Reference file support
- Reference file and Hybrid management
- Title Block Synchronization
- Metadata can be synchronized between the drawing title block and the Repository
- Drawing templates
- Built in Review and Approval of Work Packs / drawings
- Electronic signatures / detailed audit trail
/ Complience
- Signature pages can provide a manifestation of the audit trail in the content of the engineering document or drawing
- Engineering documents and drawings are watermarked with key information to ensure applicability
- Rendering and Publishing Model
- Electronic redline capabilities
EE for Drawings integrates to these versions of AutoCAD and MicroStation
