One of the most persistent challenges in product development and manufacturing organizations is the consistent management of technical drawings and engineering documentation. Technical drawings within any organization must adhere to strict internal standards and templates that govern numerous details and corporate policies. These typically include:

  • Title block layout, drawing size, aspect ratio, drawing type, and sheet numbering
  • General and detailed numbering systems
  • Standardized abbreviations
  • Creation and revision dates
  • Author and modifier identification
  • Change reasons and affected areas
  • Company logo, copyright notices, and legal text
  • Current approval status of the document

All engineers, designers, and technical teams are required to comply with these standardized policies across every drawing and document. Given the high volume of technical drawings in most organizations, manual enforcement of these standards is extremely difficult, time-consuming, and prone to errors.

Enterprise Drafting-Block Manager (EDM) is a specialized solution developed by PLMLead to provide centralized, automated management of Title Blocks and Revision Blocks. The module is fully customizable and can be tailored to meet each organization’s unique standards and requirements.

It can be deployed as an integrated module within the 3DEXPERIENCE platform (leveraging ENOVIA) or as a standalone solution for CATIA V5 and CATIA V6, depending on the organization’s needs.

Core Capabilities

In addition to resolving the standardization challenges mentioned above, the Enterprise Drafting-Block Manager delivers the following key functionalities:

  • 1
    Dynamic, code-driven redesign of all Title Block and Revision Block elements across different drawing sizes and formats
  • 2
    Server-side signature management module for storing and controlling users’ digital signatures and associated roles
  • 3
    Server-side access control module to define and enforce dedicated approval levels for drawings
  • 4
    Web service integration to securely transmit signatures and approval permissions to CATIA
  • 5
    Smart drawing interface that automatically retrieves and populates drawing data fields
  • 6
    Centralized Title Block and Revision Block management system enabling organization-wide updates to be applied instantly to all users
  • 7
    Electronic signature support for compliant, paperless approval workflows