CAD Integration

There are big challenges involved in using computer-aided design (CAD) to develop new products. Drawing management places particular demands on a document management system. The development process of a drawing must be integrated into the business processes. However, you still come across a lot of isolated solutions in the area of CAD in particular.

ELO + CAD = faster product development

In CAD drawings, components are often no longer drawn in detail but are instead laid down as references (links) from the master drawing to other drawings. As a result, complicated nesting which absolutely must be maintained can often be found in CAD archives. ELO can provide familiar automated version management for CAD drawings and their references.

The advantages at a glance

• CAD drawings are available across the company at all PC workstations
• The integration of viewers facilities the viewing of CAD drawings with all references directly in the archive.
• Therefore, you save on expensive CAD licences.
• The title and other header information of the drawings are recognised and automatically entered into the keywording form.
• Convenient, revision-proof archiving and management of CAD drawings including dependent references.
• A company can define its own profiles for each drawing type.
• It is also possible to automatically archive the references without user interaction.
• There is optional support for redlining and comparing drawings.
• ELO CAD provides interfaces to the most important CAD software systems.