Corporate Montage reports that it plans to focus on its CADConfirm
standards management software, which I saw in action on the exhibit
floor. The server-based product presents MicroStation users with a
drafting environment through which they access design elements that
conform to the company’s CAD standards. Users can work in standard
MicroStation, if they choose, but what they create won’t adhere to the
standards. A Check and Fit tool enables the CAD manager to find and fix
nonconforming items in a process similar to spell-checking. A digital
watermark can be attached to files that pass the standards audit — the
watermark invalidates itself if any change is then made to the
document. To facilitate the process, CADConfirm supports the import of
a company’s existing standards in a variety of formats, including DGN
and DWG files, templates, PDF files and more. Corporate Montage
estimates that it takes three to four days to build a comprehensive set
of standards in the product and that the average cost is $500 per user.
from Sara Ferris @ Cadalyst reporting on Bentley’s user conference.
I like the idea of a watermark on a design that has conformed to a CAD standard test. It’s a nice simple way of saying that this print out or view has been validated to conform with a requirement.
