News | June 7, 2001

Technical document portal provides enhanced support for AutoCAD 2000 series drawings

Docupoint, a leading developer of Internet and Intranet applications for AutoCAD, recently announced the immediate availability of DrawingSearcher Version 2.5, a technical document portal designed exclusively for AutoCAD drawing files. DrawingSearcher combines the functionality of a web server, full text search engine and Docupoint's acclaimed Whip-n-Post! DWF (Drawing Web Format) publishing component into a single, easy to use, server application. DrawingSearcher version 2.5 provides enhanced support for AutoCAD 2000 series drawing files and numerous productively enhancements including:

  • Automatic generation of highly compressed PNG images enabling fast file previews

  • Supports multiple layouts for AutoCAD 2000 series including DWF/PNG file generation for each layout

  • Optional search capabilities for 'Office' type documents including DOC, XLS, PDF, etc.

  • Enhanced DWF file publishing including support for attached and embedded BMP and JPEG images

  • Improved error handling enabling indexing of very large drawing archives
Paul Hawkins, Network Administrator for California Steel in Fontana, CA said, "Using DrawingSearcher version 2.5 we brought over 50,000 drawings on-line on our intranet in a single afternoon. With DrawingSearcher's powerful full text search capabilities plant personnel can instantly find and view critical plant operations and maintenance drawings right from their web browser." Brad Bishop, CEO of Docupoint added, "DrawingSearcher v2.5 reinforces Docupoint's commitment to support the advanced capabilities of the AutoCAD 2000 series. The user feedback the automatic preview file generation and DWF publishing of multiple layouts inside a drawing file has been absolutely tremendous."

DrawingSearcher runs on any Microsoft Window 95/98/NT/2000 computer as the DrawingSearcher web server. Client computers require only a browser and Autodesk's FREE Volo View viewer. More information on DrawingSearcher including a fully functional downloadable demo can be obtained from Docupoint's web site at www.docu-point.com.

Docupoint is a privately held company based in Sunnyvale, California specializing in Internet enabled Document Management Solutions. DrawingSearcher and Whip-n-Post! are trademarks of Docupoint. AutoCAD is a registered trademark of Autodesk (Nasdaq:ADSK); Volo is a trademark of Autodesk.

Source: Docupoint

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