The document management is in charge of the organisation of the central filing process within the company. All data and documents belonging to a product are collected and managed here. Conventionally created documents, i.e. paper drawings, photos etc. can be included with the help of the appropriate scan function.

HELiOS neXt does not only manage documents created with HiCAD neXt, but permit the definition and management of any file types, e.g. other CAD programs, Office files etc., by integrating other user systems. Any links are possible between the documents and parts which are managed. Stating a release relevance ensures certain process courses.

Input of Document Master data

Master data are recorded for each document, i.e. the most important information like project affiliation, editor, department, date of change etc. Thus allowing every person involved in the process an overview of all documents belonging to a product – supported by a comfortable search function and graphic preview. The allocation of access rights and the management of user groups clearly regulates the access to documents.

The document management guarantees at the same time that it is always the current version of the documents which is used, as documents which are processed are blocked for other users.