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AutoVue vuelink for SharePoint Delivers Project Collaboration Platform

In a highly aggressive global market place, companies are increasingly taking a cross-departmental, cross-functional, and cross-geographic approach to improve product development, product innovation, engineering processes and ultimately, profitability.

AutoVue VueLink Integration for SharePoint adds the powerful and user-friendly native document visualization capabilities of AutoVue enterprise visualization products to the Microsoft SharePoint platform and includes support for Computer Aided Design (CAD) Integration solutions. Together, these applications create an effective collaboration platform that makes crucial project information accessible to specialists and non-CAD users throughout the project lifecycle, facilitating document review, empowering teams to make informed decisions, and improving internal and external teamwork.

 

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Extend the Value of your SharePoint Investment


View a 2D CAD drawing within SharePoint using AutoVue

SharePoint provides content management for all business information. AutoVue enterprise visualization products enable users to view, annotate, and collaborate on documents without requiring the authoring applications and without altering the original document. AutoVue Vuelink Integration for SharePoint unites these two solutions so that users can efficiently and cost-effectively open, view and review any document directly from within the SharePoint environment.

 

 

 

open and view hundreds of document types

With hundreds of supported file formats, including 2-D computer-aided design (CAD) drawings, 3-D models, printed circuit board layouts and schematics, and Microsoft Office documents, AutoVue enterprise visualization products allow users
to access, view, and review hundreds of document types. By leveraging a single solution, the cost of purchasing, managing, and training employees to use multiple viewing and authoring applications is eliminated.

 

View cad data stored in sharepoint

AutoVue is the only thin-client, web based visualization solution providing engineers and non-CAD users with instant access to CAD data directly from SharePoint. AutoVue VueLink Integration for SharePoint delivers improved engineering project visibility by providing support for CAD Integration solutions, such as Organice and Bentley ProjectWise. Users can view, review & collaborate on 2D CAD drawings, such as AutoCAD or MicroStation, directly from within SharePoint and AutoVue will accurately display the drawings, including all associated external reference files (xrefs).


Access Data natively

Unlike other enterprise visualization solutions, AutoVue handles native document data. This allows users to instantly open, view, and review original documents without undergoing costly and error-prone conversions. Since file conversion is not required, the cost and complexity of maintaining multiple client-side viewers and server-side conversion systems is eliminated, along with the tedious task of maintaining a double set of data such as the original document and the converted/neutral file. Users can be confident that they are always working with the latest version of a file, and that business decisions are based on original native documents.

 

Increase Security

AutoVue enterprise visualization products deliver instant and secure access to original documents without leaving a document footprint on the client’s machine. AutoVue VueLink Integration for SharePoint is structured so that the original document, with its proprietary data, is never transferred to the client machine. Only a rendering of a document is transmitted to the client for viewing and markup, thereby safeguarding valuable intellectual property. All markups and annotations are directly saved into SharePoint as a different layer so that the integrity of the original document is maintained.

 

share information and collaborate efficiently

The real-time collaboration features in AutoVue enterprise visualization products foster teamwork throughout the project lifecycle by connecting everyone in the global enterprise. Team members, suppliers, partners, and customers can instantly and remotely access, view, and mark up any document and share information regardless of geographical location, technical skills, or the applications they use.

AutoVue   Microsoft Office SharePoint Server   Combined Benefits
  • Native document viewing
  • Hundreds of supported formats
  • Annotation/markup, digital mockup, cross-probe, comparison and real-time collaboration capabilities
  • Compliance with SharePoint version control, document approval and browse functionalities
  • Support for CAD Integration solutions
  • Existing SharePoint security model enforced by AutoVue
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  • A complete project portal
  • Central storage and collaboration for documents, information, and ideas
  • Platform for information sharing and team collaboration
  • Content and document management
  • Mechanisms for approval and version control
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Increased Collaboration

  • Fosters collaboration throughout the project lifecycle
  • Standardizes processes with a single solution that supports hundreds of document formats
  • Eliminates time and geographic restrictions
  • Allows multi-team design reviews
  • Allows external hosting and secured design review with third-parties

Increased Productivity

  • Enhances design review cycles
  • Reduces the need for expensive software applications and training
  • Reduces printing and distribution costs
  • Allows reuse of engineering design data throughout the manufacturing process
  • Easy and rapid deployment of both AutoVue and SharePoint

Increased Security

  • Original documents are never distributed
  • Provides security and access level for users
  • Maintains design integrity and ensures a higher level of security
 
       
       
       
       
       
       
       

 

capabilities of the integrated autovue solution

 


Open documents using the “View using AutoVue” function

View a PCB layout within SharePoint using AutoVue
View Documents:

 

  • Securely view documents within SharePoint including 2D/3D CAD, EDA, image and Office documents.
  • AutoVue offers support for over 450 Engineering and Business document formats including: AutoCAD, MicroStation, HPGL, CATIA, UG, Pro/E, JT, Inventor, SolidWorks, Solid Edge, Cadence Allegro, Mentor Board Station, Orcad, EDIF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF, TIFF etc.
  • AutoVue VueLink Integration for SharePoint provides

support for xrefs checked in from a CAD integration or

any file system

Browse for Documents:

  • Browse for files stored in SharePoint directly from AutoVue.

Integrate Metadata into your Documents

  • Automatically extract metadata information stored in SharePoint, and integrate it into your documents.

Generate TIFF Renditions of your Documents

  • Generate a reliable TIFF rendition of your document using AutoVue’s rendition generation features. The generated TIFF file is automatically saved back into the SharePoint repository, therefore providing a single point of access for all documents.

Compare documents within SharePoint using AutoVue

Compare different versions directly from AutoVue using SharePoint version control or browse mechanisms
Compare Documents:

 

  • Easily compare designs with previous revisions using AutoVue’s compare capability and SharePoint’s built-in versioning functions, including major/minor versioning, for tracking document history.
  • Graphically compare different revisions of engineering drawings or 3D assemblies.

 

Create Markups/Annotations/Comments:

Markup and annotate all supported file types and create different markup types for improved collaboration. Markups can be associated with a specific version of a document and can be migrated to new revisions.

Master Markups are automatically loaded as a document is opened for viewing. Only the author has editing privileges. This is useful to alert team members to new critical information about the file.


  • Mark up and annotate a 3D CAD assembly using AutoVue

    View and annotate Office documents within SharePoint using AutoVue
    Consolidate several Markup files (perhaps from different reviewers) into a single Markup file.
  • Read-Only Markups may only be edited by the author.
  • Create regular Markups that can be edited by anyone viewing them.
  • All markups are automatically saved into your SharePoint Library and are available for other users depending on their access level.

Collaborate in Real-Time:

  • Allow geographically dispersed teams to come together via the web to perform real time design reviews.

 

extend the value of your sharepoint investment

To learn more about how to extend the value of your SharePoint solution by integrating AutoVue's native document viewing and collaboration capabilities with your SharePoint platform, please contact Oracle at +1-514-735-3219 or sales@cimmetry.com.