Formtek has announced a new addition to its Engineering Data Management (EDM) solution, the EDM Data Extractor for Alfresco.

This is an Alfresco extension designed to extract AutoCAD drawing properties and block attributes and store them as EDM metadata in the Alfresco content repository. The Formtek EDM Data Extractor is preconfigured to work with the Formtek EDM Module and supports extraction from both DWG and DXF file formats.

Data extraction occurs when a new AutoCAD drawing or drawing revision is uploaded to the repository from either the Alfresco Share interface or the Formtek EDM Connector for AutoCAD application. The EDM Data Extractor extracts AutoCAD drawing properties and block attributes and maps them, per the customer's unique template, to specific metadata fields in the repository's EDM content model.   

Together with the EDM Module and the EDM Connector for AutoCAD, these products provide a prepackaged enterprise engineering document and drawing management and collaboration on the Alfresco Open Content Platform.

"This new software product provides an important enhancement to our Engineering Data Management Solution for Alfresco," said Dick Weisinger, Formtek Vice President and Chief Technologist.