Content management software receives updates

Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team Aug 16, 2007

BlueCielo ECM Solutions' software automates the rendering and publishing of engineering content in various formats.

BlueCielo ECM Solutions (formerly Cyco Software) has released InnoCielo Publisher 2007 and InnoCielo Publisher Framework 2007 - the latest versions of the optional Publisher add-on for InnoCielo Meridian Enterprise - which automate the rendering and publishing of engineering content in various formats.

Engineering content is in continuous change.

Drawings, data, technical asset information, related files and other documents are created, updated, reviewed, released, revised and archived.

At certain points in their lifecycle engineering documents must be handed over to other departments within the organisation, or stakeholders outside the organisation.

In many companies this is a cumbersome, manual or unstructured process.

In the publishing process engineering documents are converted into readable formats, replacing outdated copies and stored in systems where other people can find and access the information.

InnoCielo Publisher 2007 and InnoCielo Publisher Framework 2007 make it possible to automate such rendering and publishing processes, triggered by predefined document lifecycle events or on an ad-hoc basis.

BlueCielo's Publisher module is used together with InnoCielo Meridian Enterprise by companies such as Areva TandD Systems, Huntsman, Johnson Controls, Pfizer and Siemens in energy/utilities, manufacturing, oil and gas, petrochemical, pharmaceutical and other vertical markets.

"InnoCielo Publisher is a useful extension to InnoCielo Meridian Enterprise which we currently use to manage about 280,000 technical documents".

"InnoCielo Publisher provides us with a standard approach to the high-volume printing of our project documentation and integrates with our system to produce neutral PDFs for easy distribution", comments Alan Painter, Business Manager - Secondary Systems of Areva TandD Systems.

"With InnoCielo Meridian Enterprise at the front end, InnoCielo Publisher operates invisibly in the background and sends our publishing requirements to our servers in a wholly automated process, cutting out the need for manual, time-consuming effort".

"InnoCielo Publisher and InnoCielo Publisher Framework make it much easier for organisations to distribute information to departments outside of Engineering in neutral, accessible file formats".

"Approved documents are also available to collaboration partners at the right time through the right medium", adds Martijn Janmaat, BlueCielo President and CEO.

"With the entire information exchange process being automated, companies will experience benefits such as shorter turnaround times, greater efficiency and better protection of their intellectual property if external parties are involved".

BlueCielo offers the choice between InnoCielo Publisher, a low-priced standard publishing solution and InnoCielo Publisher Framework, a flexible and customisable publishing solution.

InnoCielo Publisher 2007 is the new standard version of the Publisher.

InnoCielo Publisher 2007 can render any format files for which printer drivers are available.

InnoCielo Publisher 2007 can render AutoCAD files to PDF, DWF or to multi-sheet DWF formats using native AutoCAD plot functionality.

InnoCielo Publisher 2007 renders Autodesk Inventor files to PDF using native Autodesk Inventor print functionality.

InnoCielo Publisher 2007 comes with standard modules for publishing to InnoCielo Meridian Enterprise, the file system and to SmartZIP.

InnoCielo Publisher 2007 comes complete with one standard rendering module (AutoCAD Plot, AutoCAD Publish to DWF, Inventor to PDF or Default Printer Driver) and three standard publishing modules (to InnoCielo Meridian Enterprise, the file system and SmartZIP).

Additional modules are available at added cost.

Custom-built modules cannot be used with InnoCielo Publisher 2007.

InnoCielo Publisher Framework 2007 is the new customisable version of the Publisher.

It includes all the above features of InnoCielo Publisher 2007, and additionally supports the use of custom-built rendering and publishing modules.

Like InnoCielo Publisher 2007, InnoCielo Publisher Framework 2007 comes complete with one standard rendering module and three standard publishing modules.

Additional modules are available at added cost.

Customers who have an earlier version of the Publisher are entitled to InnoCielo Publisher Framework 2007 with any standard modules they are currently using.

Customers can continue to use their existing customised modules.