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Store, Control & Display Engineering Drawings 

Trix Organizer™ Drawing Management Software

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Easily search and find the correct drawings

Prevent editing duplications

Control & enforce CAD check out/check in procedures

Regulate who sees what and when

Manage edits, versions. Control releases

Record histories of changes, check-outs, etc.

Built-in viewer - redlining, printing, watermarking

Xref management

Cross-link drawings to equipment and BIM data

Auto-import metadata with files

Windows, Web, Citrix, RDS and SharePoint clients

Active Directory User Authentication (optional)

Local or Hosted (SaaS) options

Flexible Configuration to meet your unique needs

Examples where engineering documents are managed by Trix Organizer

Examples of installations
Case Study - DWGs
Case Study - PDFs
Screen Shots
Additional Modules
Feature List
Importing existing data
System Requirements
Typical Configuration

Drawing Control Procedures

 
   

 

 

Trix Organizer was designed from its inception in 1993 to meet engineers' requirements for managing drawings and documents.

The system uses a robust, reliable, client-server architecture. The underlying database is Microsoft SQL Server. Files are securely stored behind the database wall, with nothing left vulnerable on regular file systems.

Clients access documents over the LAN, using a local client, their Web Browser, RDS (Terminal Services) or Citrix, inside or outside your DMZ. SharePoint clients are also available. Pricing is based on numbers of users, types of users (editing or view-only) and Modules required.

The system conforms to ISO 82045 and N819 specifications for Document Management and provides a solid basis for ISO 900x certification.

 

  Trix Organizer Engineering Drawing Management System Screen Shot
 

The screen shot above shows the user interface for an Administrator.

When files are checked out for editing Trix Organizer calls up the editing application and serves up the required file, then ensures that the edited file is checked back in to the system.

The system is proven scalable with document quantities stored ranging from a few thousand to hundreds of thousands.

The Administrator sets user privileges that govern client rights for functionality, access to documents and interface appearance.

Users see their documents organized in a hierarchical structure called an Organizer Tree. Individual documents can appear in multiple parts of the tree without actually ever being duplicated. The system presents each user with the tree structure that makes sense for the way they work.

Engineering Drawings displayed as thumbnail images in softwareLists of found documents can also be displayed as thumbnail images to speed recognition. Double-clicking on a thumbnail opens up the drawing in the built-in viewer. Drawings can be redlined in the viewer by any user. This redline does not change or edit the underlying file - the redline is stored in the database as overlay layers and serves as a means of communication between different users of the drawing.

Documents that have been checked out from the database for editing are constantly tracked.

A floating window provides a list of all documents that the user has out for editing. The system retains a copy of each file being edited in case of corruption by the editing application.

Copies of all prior versions of files are also retained in perpetuity so it is easy to revert back to previous releases or make copies of them.

Four levels of security are provided. For the first level functional rights are assigned to Users and User Groups. The second level of security permits the administrator to hide/display Organizer Tree folders based on Users. The third level is provided by the optional Workflow module. Based on the status of a document (e.g. For Review, Approved, etc.) it can be hidden or locked out from manipulation. In the fourth level, confidentiality rights can be set by individual document.

Document status reports are customized to meet individual needs and output as Crystal Reports for printing or export to spreadsheets. Calendaring function flags due/overdue check-outs.

The optional Web clients enable you to access, redline and check out drawings from customer sites or hotel rooms. You can also permit customers/vendors outside your firewall with access to selected documents.

Trix Systems directly installs and support each installation, so we can guarantee a successful experience based on long and demonstrable experience in engineering document management and in-depth understanding of our software.

In summary, the software provides Accessibility, Organization and Security for all your engineering drawing management.

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Examples of use
Case Study - DWGs
Case Study - PDFs
Feature List
Additional Modules
Importing existing data
System Requirements
Typical Configuration
Screen Shots of Interface

Drawing Control Procedures

 
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