Lunch and Learn – August 08, 2017
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Is there Quality Assurance In your workflow? Throughout my years in the Document Management Industry, I kept hearing about how great the quality of the images were. But did anyone actually verify the quality? Many vendors talked about how their software can automate...To Name or Rename a Drawing, That is the Question
To Name or Rename a Drawing, That is the Question A few months ago, I recall a dialog thread on the issue of renaming scanned images. The question was should you rename your image files? My initial response is “why would you do that?” In this case, it was assumed the...Bounce, Swiffer, Rainex – Helping Protect Scanning Equipment
Bounce, Swiffer, Rainex – Helping Protect Scanning Equipment Last week I had the fortunate opportunity to work Fred Pagoni from Colortrac, a colleague for over 15 years. We have both been involved in the “large format” industry. It’s amazing that with so much...Document Management for CAD
Document Management for CAD Last week there was a posting on a LinkedIn forum for AUGI (Autodesk User Group International) members that read: “There is constant discussion regarding CAD Standards in the industry. One topic related to this; Document Management is...Collaboration and One Source of the Truth
Collaboration and One Source of the Truth In a software demo for a Content Management application, there were two slides about Collaboration I really related to. These two slides are my favorite because the represent the two types of way we share information and what...Data About Metadata – Indexing Large Format Documents
Data About Metadata – Indexing Large Format Documents Metadata is “data that provides information about other data”, but not the content of the data, such as the text of a message or the image itself. For the last 13 years, I have learned there are no...Smart and Smarter – It’s not just OCR
Smart and Smarter – It’s not just OCR I recently received a call from a government agency looking for a cost to get their engineering documents in a digital format. Their first question they asked was “What will it cost to get my drawings scanned into AutoCAD?” At...Spreading the Word About the Value of Document Management
Spreading the Word About the Value of Document Management After 20 years of experience in the CAD and GIS industry, I fell into Document Management. There served as my foundation for understanding and knowing the large format industry. When I began down this road, it...