Cadac Organice has launched a solution to help companies define and enforce design standards on AutoCAD drawings and save time and effort in the design and control process, called Gatekeeper.

It allows for design standards to be defined and saved in a Gatekeeper Standards File (.GSF). These files are then distributed to internal CAD Engineers and external design partners to be applied to design work.

As CAD Engineers finish designs, they use Cadac Organice Gatekeeper to check them against the standards. Similarly, Document Controllers use Gatekeeper to check incoming CAD files. When checking files, Gatekeeper generates a detailed report showing exactly which CAD files meet the standards and which do not.

Cadac Organice Gatekeeper works without AutoCAD and is a standalone application. It consists of a runtime version and a full version.

The full version is licensed and is used by Document Controllers to define and distribute design standards and to check CAD files against these standards. The free runtime version is used by CAD Engineers and partners to read the Gatekeeper Standards File and check CAD files against the design standards prior to submitting them. '

Cadac Organice Gatekeeper is based on Autodesk’s RealDWG and is capable of checking CAD files in Autodesk’s DWG format against design standards.