Docupoint Announces Latest Release of DrawingSearcher -- The Search Engine for AutoCAD

California - Docupoint today announced the immediate availability of DrawingSearcher™ - Version 2009, the flagship AutoCAD search engine application.

DrawingSearcher provides instant full-text SEARCH throughout all AutoCAD drawing files … stored anywhere within an organization’s tens-of or hundreds-of thousands of drawing files via existing web browsers.

Originally launched in 1998, DrawingSearcher pioneered the use of full-text search and automatic DWF publishing in a single, fully integrated, application. DrawingSearcher is installed on a single computer server to provide web browser-based SEARCH for AutoCAD drawing files. Automatically generated preview images make it easy to identify the drawing of interest from the search results pages via DrawingSearcher’s SmartZoom feature. DrawingSearcher is designed for use with the free Autodesk Design Review application for viewing, printing and collaboration. Selecting a preview image opens a generated DWF file for viewing. DrawingSearcher is available in two flavors: Gold (allows users to SEARCH AutoCAD drawings AND other related documents created on Microsoft Office software including Word/Excel/Powerpoint/etc and Adobe PDF files and scanned files stored in TIFF or CALS format, etc.) and Silver (allows users to SEARCH only AutoCAD drawings). Built around the Autodesk RealDWG engine and DWF Toolkit, DrawingSearcher protects the user's investment in DWG files by leveraging the core technologies used by AutoCAD. Docupoint customers include such organizations as Belgian Railways, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Chevron, Citgo Petroleum, Great River Energy, Kraft Foods, Transport Canada, Turner Broadcasting and the US Army.

Brad Bishop, Marketing Manager for Docupoint, said of the latest DrawingSearcher release, "We are happy to be making available the latest product that supports Microsoft’s latest operating systems and AutoCAD’s high-volume installed base products. DrawingSearcher is to the AutoCAD community as Google is to the Internet community … allowing instant search and access to the information being sought after by our users. Of course, most AutoCAD-centric facilities do not want to share their content data with the general public, so the Google analogy stops at the edge of each organization’s self-imposed intranet firewall.”

The DrawingSearcher server application now runs on Microsoft Windows 7, Vista, or XP or Windows 2003 Server. Client computers require Internet Explorer 6.0 (or higher) and the free Autodesk Design Review viewing application for collaboration and mark-up. More information on DrawingSearcher is available from Docupoint's web site at www.docupoint.com where we encourage AutoCAD users to experience the power of a modern, web-based approach to drawing collaboration by downloading the free, fully functional, 30-day trial version of DrawingSearcher. Users will quickly be able to install, configure and make initial use of DrawingSearcher on their own AutoCAD drawing files. A fully indexed on-line archive of thousands of drawing files can be expected in just a few hours. Experience the power today!

Docupoint is a privately held company based in California, specializing in web-based enterprise-class drawing search, DWF publishing, and collaboration solutions. As an Autodesk Development Network (ADN) member, Docupoint is focused on developing products that incorporate core Autodesk technologies. DrawingSearcher, SmartZoom, and Docupoint are trademarks of Docupoint. Autodesk, AutoCAD, DWF, DWG, RealDWG and TrustedDWG are registered trademarks or trademarks of Autodesk, Inc., in the USA and/or other countries. Autodesk is traded on NASDAQ under the ticker: ADSK. All other brand names, product names, or trademarks belong to their respective holders.