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Search Made Easier with Programmed Tool in AutoCAD

Search Made Easier with Programmed Tool in AutoCAD

Customer challenge

Thermo Electric Instrumentation is a company that makes temperature sensors, mainly for the oil and gas industry. All sensors they make are customer specified and drawn in AutoCAD. Thermo Electric was still working with an outdated AutoCAD version in 2016: AutoCAD 2000. This version was no longer supported and had to be updated. However, they had attached a search system that they had written themselves years earlier, and the person who made this system was no longer employed by Thermo Electric. They had to install a new AutoCAD version, but they also wanted to take this self-written system with them.

Project goals

The aim of the project was to help Thermo Electric create a tool that would make it easy for them to search and visualize drawings. This tool should work on the new version of AutoCAD and should also continue to work in the long run if updates to AutoCAD were made. Thermo Electric was looking for a partner who could support them and who had the knowledge to set up a system that they could work with.

Solution

ICN Solutions came up with the plan for a tool that was similar to the system they had previously worked with, and it would work with AutoCAD in conjunction with Autodesk Vault for product data management. This tool would be triggered when documents in the Autodesk Vault Workgroup change to the 'released' status. It then ensures that the drawings that are released are automatically exported as PDF to a central environment. This includes all desired settings, such as size, colour, and more.

Business outcome

A new version of AutoCAD and the tool have been successfully implemented and Thermo Electric is very happy with it. The new tool works very well for the engineers. It saves them a lot of actions because they no longer have to do the export manually. It is now fully automated. After the installation of the new AutoCAD and the tool, the Thermo Electric team received a tailor-made training so that they could get started with the new AutoCAD and tool without any problems.

Conclusion

The cooperation between Thermo Electric and ICN Solutions went well, and everything was implemented as desired. ICN Solutions continues to work closely with Thermo Electric for support and to ensure that the system they work with remains up to date. For example, in 2021 a new version was installed. The Vault Workgroup was migrated, the workstations were upgraded, and the tool was reprogrammed for version 2022.

Project summary

    Duration & delivery

  • 90
  • 2021-09-01

    Autodesk solutions

  • AutoCAD
  • Vault Workgroup

    Services provided

  • System & Software Maintenance
  • Technical Support
  • Product Training
  • System Implementation
  • Configuration & Deployment

    Customer industry

  • Oil & Gas
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