ProjectWise is software for connecting people and information across distributed teams and is used by architects and engineers to manage, find, and share CAD and geospatial content, project data and Office documents.
ProjectWise is designed and configured to help keep electronic documents safe and to improve information access.
By indexing content, providing powerful search facilities, tracking access through an audit trail, and by automating the publishing of engineering content in industry standard open file formats, all content stored in ProjectWise is made easily accessible to the wider team.
Fast Finding improves productivity
It is estimated that 40 percent of an engineer's working day is consumed by looking for specific files and validating that the ones found were the ones wanted. This number is unacceptably high; a substantial reduction of search time is required by all organizations to remain competitive in the market.
ProjectWise Integration Server deploys services for indexing stored and archived files AND content to render the process of finding almost immediate. Reliable version control and a clear audit trail provide the necessary validation of a files currency. Stop wasting time now and get wise about your projects.
The hidden value of a document’s history
A document’s value typically extends beyond its content. Knowing who did what and when is often key to understanding why the document's current state is as it is. In ProjectWise this is referred to as the “Audit Trail,” which means that at any time you can ask and answer these questions:
- * What happened to a particular document?
- * When did it arrive? Who approved it? When was it deleted?
- * Who last edited this document?
- * Where is this document located?
All of this information may prove critical if authenticity of a document is challenged or if you simply want to validate that the document you found in your search is the one you want.
Some informed organizations also link their processes and best practice guidelines to a document’s lifecycle and audit trail so that at any time they can review their current liability and exposure by asking key questions such as:
- * Has an unauthorized person seen your information?
- * Can you trust the information you store electronically?
- * Has a virus attacked and changed a document?
- * Can you still retrieve your information when you need it?
The ProjectWise Audit Trail delivers this capability and more. When the system administration processes in place permit, and an audit trail of all system performance logs are retained to accompany the ProjectWise Integration Server audit trail, ProjectWise can also help users answer the well known legal question: “Was the system working correctly at all material times?”
Making content accessible via print and published media
Engineering information access can be made easy by publishing a rendition of engineering content to an open file format. ProjectWise therefore enables the creation of paper and digital plot sets from many original file formats.
Multi-sheet Adobe PDF files can be created to include features such as bookmarks, reference and level detail, document links, attachments, digital signature fields, and incredibly whole 3D models which can be manipulated in real-time while playing pre-configured animations.
Plot sets can be defined, maintained, reproduced, and tracked for reporting purposes. Specific plot drivers are made available to offer support for a variety of printers and most wide-format plotters, including those manufactured by Hewlett-Packard, Océ, and Xerox.
Do you have trouble finding the files you need and are you confident that you have the right one when you do? Can you see who last edited the file or who is working on it right now? Can you access the same files in different formats to suit your needs? Perhaps you need to be more "ProjectWise."
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