Engineering Data Management Software supports Alfresco.

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With Formtek EDM Data Extractor, users can extract AutoCAD drawing properties and block attributes and store them as EDM metadata in Alfresco content repository. Program supports extraction from both DWG(TM) and DXF(TM) file formats. Together with EDM Module and EDM Connector for AutoCAD, products provide prepackaged solution for secure, enterprise engineering document and drawing management and collaboration on Alfresco Open Content Platform.



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Formtek Announces the EDM Data Extractor, a New Addition to the Formtek Engineering Data Management Solution for Alfresco®



CONCORD, Calif., -- Formtek, Inc., a leading provider of technical data and document management solutions to industrial clients for over two decades, announced today the release of the Formtek EDM Data Extractor. The EDM Data Extractor is a new addition to the Formtek Engineering Data Management (EDM) Solution for Alfresco, which also includes the Formtek EDM Module and the Formtek EDM Connector for AutoCAD®.

The Formtek EDM Data Extractor is an Alfresco extension designed to extract AutoCAD drawing properties and block attributes and store them as EDM metadata in the Alfresco content repository. The Formtek EDM Data Extractor is preconfigured to work with the Formtek EDM Module and supports extraction from both DWG(TM) and DXF(TM) file formats.

Data extraction occurs when a new AutoCAD drawing or drawing revision is uploaded to the repository from either the Alfresco Share interface or the Formtek EDM Connector for AutoCAD application. The EDM Data Extractor extracts AutoCAD drawing properties and block attributes and maps them, per the customer's unique template, to specific metadata fields in the repository's EDM content model.

Together with the EDM Module and the EDM Connector for AutoCAD, these products provide a prepackaged, installation-ready, minimal services solution for secure, enterprise engineering document and drawing management and collaboration on the Alfresco Open Content Platform.

"This new software product provides an important enhancement to our Engineering Data Management Solution for Alfresco," said Dick Weisinger, Formtek Vice President and Chief Technologist. "We continue to leverage the Company's extensive domain expertise in technical environments to provide the global industrial market segment with a state-of the-art solution for managing complex engineering information using an open-source content platform, and an alternative to traditional engineering data management and product lifecycle management products that involve both large upfront licensing costs, as well as expensive annual maintenance renewals. By comparison, our solution is available at a fraction of the cost."

Additional information on Formtek's EDM Solution for Alfresco can be found on our website at www.formtek.com/products/edm_solution.shtml and in our video library at www.formtek.com/events/schedule.shtml. Information on the Formtek EDM Module and the Formtek EDM Connector for AutoCAD is also available in the Alfresco Solution Showcase located at blogs.alfresco.com/wp/solutions/engineering-data-management/ and http://blogs.alfresco.com/wp/solutions/autocad-alfresco/.

About Formtek

For over two decades, Formtek has been providing mission-critical Enterprise Document and Content Management solutions and services to some of the most demanding industrial operations in the world. Our capabilities and experience have helped both small organizations as well as large global enterprises manage their most important information assets. Formtek solutions address real, day-to-day engineering data management, document management, content management, records management, and secure collaboration requirements for worldwide customers in manufacturing, aerospace, defense, telecommunication, utility, and government. Formtek is an Alfresco Gold Systems Integration Partner, and has achieved Alfresco Recognized Partner Accreditation status.

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