BlueCielo has launched a new platform to automate the rendering and publishing of engineering content to a wide range of different repositories, BlueCielo Publisher 2011.

Able to handle multiple file sources and target file formats, the new rendering and publishing solution converts engineering content from its native document format.

It supports the automated rendering and publishing of engineering content, such as drawings and Microsoft Office documents.

Typical uses arise where data (files with or without metadata) must be reviewed and commented on by others who do not have access to the system holding the source files, or where native content may need to be protected from violation of intellectual property rights.

It is able to provide two-way data exchange between a range of common environments, such as:

* BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise;
* BlueCielo Kronodoc;
* Microsoft Windows file system;
* Microsoft SharePoint;
* IBM FileNet P8;
* EMC Documentum; and
* OpenText's Livelink.

For the rendering of files into a neutral format, BlueCielo Publisher uses Oracle's AutoVue, which enables the rendering of many source file formats into several output file formats such as PDF, TIFF, DWF and more. More sophisticated options are available to tweak the output files according to specific needs, such as merging multiple PDFs into a single PDF, and adding watermarks or electronic signatures to PDFs.

With BlueCielo Publisher, publishing jobs can be configured to occur according to a preset schedule, or to be processed on arrival. During the publishing process, log and trace data is stored in a Microsoft SQL or Oracle database, which can be easily accessed remotely from the Administrator Console.