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News Release from: Cimmetry Systems | Subject: Autovue and Livelink
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 17 April 2002
Autovue selected to view in Livelink
environment
A new arrangement between two It suppliers is designed to provide customers with viewing and markup capabilities fully integrated into the Livelink environment.
Cimmetry Systems has announced that Open Text Corporation has selected Cimmetry's AutoVue as its recommended viewing and markup package to offer the Livelink customer base Cimmetry joined Open Text's Affinity Partner Program in 1998
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 28 May 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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Open Text now offers Cimmetry's AutoVue to the Livelink user community, allowing users to view and markup over 200 CAD, engineering and office document formats.
Open Text recommends AutoVue to its customers requiring access to these document types.
AutoVue is a versatile application that provides a single uniform interface, and one comprehensive set of tools with which the user can natively view, print and convert various electronic documents.
AutoVue allows the user to work directly with documents in over 200 different file formats, without the need for authoring applications.
With AutoVue, users cannot edit or modify a document without the authoring application, thereby fully preserving the original document's integrity.
"In response to strong customer demand, we selected our Affinity Partner Cimmetry's AutoVue because of the strength of its full-featured viewing and markup capabilities," said Bill Forquer, Senior Vice President of Business Development at Open Text.
"The extensiveness and reliability of the AutoVue technology will provide Livelink users in virtually every industry with an unprecedented level of access to a broad range of documents." "Open Text is globally recognized as a dominant player in the collaboration and knowledge management space, and earned its prominence because of its rapid response to customer need," said Steve Birnam, Business Development Manager at Cimmetry Systems.
"Livelink delivers dynamic collaboration between individuals and organizations.
The selection of AutoVue to expand Livelink functionality is a testament to Open Text's commitment to providing users with first-rate solutions to meet market demands for collaboration capabilities." AutoVue integrates seamlessly with the Livelink repository, allowing users to not only view their documents, but to annotate them and automatically check the markups back in as controlled documents.
Formats supported include 2D CAD documents (AutoCAD, MicroStation, etc), 3D assemblies and parts (Pro/E, CATIA, SolidWorks, Unigraphics, etc), EDA formats (Gerber, ODB++, etc.) and office documents (MS Office, PDF, TIFF, etc).
Livelink is the leader in collaboration and knowledge management for the global enterprise.
Its richly-featured enterprise services include virtual team collaboration, business process automation, enterprise group scheduling and information retrieval services, all tightly integrated into a solution that is easily customized and extended.
Livelink is essential to the effective management and development of communities of interest that span organizations and industries.
For everything from the creation of complex e-community relationships to the automation of simple e-business processes, Livelink delivers true dynamic collaboration between individuals, organizations and large trading communities.
Livelink servers are fully Web-based and open-architected to ensure rapid deployment and easy access to its full functionality through a standard Web browser.
For more information, visit http://www.opentext.com/livelink/ Since 1991, Open Text Corporation has delivered innovative software that brings people together to share knowledge, achieve excellence, deliver innovation, and enhance processes.
Its legacy of innovation began with the successful deployment of the world's first search engine technology for the Internet.
Today, as the leading global supplier of collaboration and knowledge management software for the enterprise, Open Text supports five million users across 4,500 corporations in 31 countries and 12 languages throughout the world.
As a publicly traded company, Open Text manages and maximizes its resources and relationships to ensure the success of great minds working together.
For more information, visit http://www.opentext.com Cimmetry Systems is the recognized technology pioneer and market leader in the area of Visualization and Collaboration software tools for the A/E/C, Engineering, Manufacturing and Electronics markets.
AutoVue for Java integrates with many ASPs and e-business Portals.
Cimmetry's viewing and markup products are strategically designed to integrate seamlessly with Document Management (DM, EDM), Workflow, Product Data Management (PDM), and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems either directly or through the Web.
Cimmetry's flagship product, AutoVue, is sold worldwide and available in many languages.
AutoVue is the premier enterprise wide viewing and markup package, providing native file support for more than 200 formats including 2D / 3D CAD, raster, vector, office and graphics.
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