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Docupoint Launches Discovery DWF Publisher Edition for AutoCAD Application targets corporate accounts with large legacy drawing and data archives For Immediate Release LAS VEGAS, Autodesk University -- November 28, 2007-- Docupoint today announced the immediate availability of the Discovery, DWF Publisher edition. DWF Publisher is an integrated automatic DWF generation, collaboration and search solution for AutoCAD drawing files. With DWF Publisher organization can quickly and economically unlock the value in their drawing archives by making drawing data available for viewing printing and collaboration throughout the organization through a simple yet effective web browser interface. Build around core Autodesk technologies including RealDWG, the DWF Toolkit and the Autodesk Design Review viewing application; DWF Publisher displays drawing data as DWF files with the highest fidelity. DWF Publisher's unlimited use server license ensures that everyone in an organization's user community will have access the drawing data at all times and there will never be a need to add user licenses. DWF Publisher provided a unique database linking capability which extracts drawing data from any ODBC compliant database for use in searching. In addition to database linking capabilities, DWF Publisher's provides for searching on extracted title block attribute data and drawing file names. All of Docupoint’s customers have one thing in common: they have substantial quantities of AutoCAD drawing files and significant numbers of users, especially non-AutoCAD users that need on-line access to the drawing files to perform their daily tasks. Discovery DWF Publisher is unique in that the DWF generation and indexing process is fully automatic, eliminating time consuming and error prone manual processing. The DWF file publishing format and Autodesk Design Review applications are utilized by Discovery as they are ideally suited for drawing viewing and collaboration while protecting the original DWG file from un-authorized changes. Docupoint customers include Belgian Railways, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Chevron, Citgo Petroleum, Great River Energy, Kraft Foods, Transport Canada, Turner Broadcasting and the US Army. "With the Discovery DWF Publisher Edition and the free Autodesk Design Review application, corporations and institutions can unlock the value in their drawing and data archive and make the design data available for collaboration among an unlimited number of users for less then a thousand dollars" Steven Potter, president, Docupoint, said. "By embracing the core Autodesk technologies, including the Autodesk Design Review application and RealDWG, Docupoint has been able to provide a fully integrated collaboration solution with unprecedented ease of use and value", Potter added. The Docupoint Discovery server application runs on Microsoft Windows XP (client or server) or 2003 Server. Client computers require Internet Explorer 6.0 (or higher) and the Autodesk Design Review viewing application for collaboration and mark-up. More information on the Discovery DWF Publisher Edition, including a fully functional downloadable demo, is available from Docupoint's web site at www.docupoint.com. Docupoint is a privately held company based in Piedmont, Calif., specializing in web-based enterprise-class DWF publishing, document search and collaboration solutions. As an Autodesk Development Network member, Docupoint is focused on developing products that incorporate core Autodesk technologies. Docupoint Discovery is a trademark of Docupoint. Autodesk, AutoCAD DWF, DWG, RealDWG and TrustedDWG are registered trademarks or trademarks of Autodesk, Inc., in the USA and/or other countries. (Nasdaq: ADSK) All other brand names, product names, or trademarks belong to their respective holders. Media Contacts: |