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InnoCielo Meridian Enterprise

InnoCielo Meridian Enterprise provides industry-specific engineering content management solutions for companies looking to optimize the management of their production assets, including plants, production facilities and infrastructure.

With InnoCielo Meridian Enterprise, organizations are assured that the latest revisions of the right documents are available to the right people, every time. Fully CAD platform-independent, InnoCielo Meridian Enterprise provides flexible revision management, workflow support for projects and single documents and a safe, secure environment for documents using a “Vault” concept. Based on a client/server architecture, InnoCielo Meridian Enterprise is scalable from a departmental solution up to division level, and is the ECM solution of choice for teams of any size.

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New Features in InnoCielo Meridian Enterprise 2008

The latest version of InnoCielo Meridian Enterprise comes feature-packed with email integration, configurable folder types, enhanced user management and support for the latest CAD software.

Microsoft Outlook Integration

The new 2008 version provides Microsoft Outlook integration. A new toolbar inside Microsoft Outlook enables storing email messages and their attachments directly into the InnoCielo vault.

In InnoCielo Meridian Enterprise 2008, Microsoft Outlook integration is accompanied by the new InnoCielo Email Manager module. This module provides automated handling of emails via configurable rule sets. Email messages and their attachments can be automatically classified and stored in the InnoCielo Meridian Enterprise vault. The InnoCielo Email Manager is compatible with all email servers that support the common IMAP protocol, amongst which the Microsoft Exchange and IBM Lotus Notes servers.

Folder Types

As another new feature, Folder Types offers configurable property pages, wizards and commands on folders in the InnoCielo Meridian Enterprise vault. The properties of folders are inherited by the documents they contain, even in lower levels of the Explorer folder structure. Folder Types can be used to organize documents in intelligent groups. For example: all assets related documentation can be stored in an asset folder, or Folder Types can be used for projects, where project-related documents are grouped in a project folder.

User Management

InnoCielo Meridian Enterprise 2008 provides the capability to define users and groups in combination with Microsoft Active Directory, facilitating integration in large enterprises. Users and user groups can both be replicated from corporate user data present in Microsoft Active Directory and can be created directly in the InnoCielo Administrator utility without burdening corporate user administration resources.

Data Import Tool

The new extended Data Import Tool allows the easy importing of batches of documents and their metadata by the InnoCielo user.

Upgraded CAD Support

InnoCielo Meridian Enterprise 2008 also comes with updated application integration support for:

  • Microsoft Office 2007
  • AutoCAD 2009
  • Autodesk Inventor 2009
  • AutoCAD Mechanical Desktop 2009
  • AutoCAD P&ID 2008
  • SolidWorks 2008 SP 0.0-3.1

 

For a complete list of supported applications, please download the file on the right of the page.

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Existing Features

Advanced Document Workflow (ADWF)

ADWF offers a rich set of workflow features that can be implemented through configuration. Features such as configurable workflow, parallel review, logging and email notification allow for complex workflow implementations without the need to resort to programming. ADWF has been developed in response to InnoCielo Meridian Enterprise being used more and more in ever-larger implementations in the asset management environment where advanced workflow features have become much more important. This major product enhancement also meets increasing regulatory demands for more stringent document management procedures (design, implementation and auditability).

Open BriefCase

The BriefCase feature now provides an additional industry standard format to exchange CAD files and assemblies (and other documents) with associated meta-data and references between sites or engineering teams. The Open BriefCase format (a ZIP archive) does not require the receiver to have InnoCielo Meridian Enterprise, InnoCielo TeamWork or InnoCielo View in place to use it and to return an updated BriefCase. This enables document exchange with external parties and other document management systems. Instead of a ZIP archive other formats can also be plugged in.

Find Relevant Documents with Full-Text Search

InnoCielo Meridian Enterprise 2006 introduced the possibility to execute ultra-fast full text searches on document contents and document attributes. Full text search is implemented using Microsoft® Index Server technology and file type specific filters.

Extend the Reach of Engineering with Advanced Web Application Integration

Web Application Integration

An application accessible through a webpage can now be directly integrated with InnoCielo Meridian Enterprise. This powerful feature allows InnoCielo Meridian Enterprise to be integrated with enterprise business logic.

Extend the Reach of Engineering with External Data Integration

External data, such as lookup tables, can now be accessed directly from InnoCielo. This feature allows InnoCielo Meridian Enterprise to directly access enterprise data repositories.

Maintain New & Existing CAD Data with Support for the newest release of AutoCAD and Inventor

AutoCAD 2007 Integration - Redlining

InnoCielo Meridian Enterprise's seamless support for AutoCAD and Inventor makes it possible to upgrade to the new Autodesk® releases without data incompatibility and a loss of productivity.

Boost Multi-CAD Integration with Support for MicroStation

InnoCielo Meridian Enterprise provides advanced capabilities for viewing & redlining, plus the capability to synchronize properties between MicroStation drawings and InnoCielo properties.

Get Tasks Done Faster with the Renewed Office Client

InnoCielo's Office Client user interface has been overhauled to fit contemporary productivity standards and user expectations. With this design revamp, the Office Client now offers the same user interface as the Power User.

Comply with Government Regulations with New Document Retention API

New API functionality enables companies to customize their ECM system for time-managed, complete removal of documents from the vault. This guarantees that only documents are stored, managed and used for as long as they are supposed to in order to maintain compliance in a regulated environment.

Keep Your Technology Investments on Track with Support for Oracle® 10G and Microsoft® SQL Server 2005 Support

The latest versions of Oracle and Microsoft RDBMS systems are now supported in InnoCielo Meridian Enterprise.

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Benefits

Enhancing operational efficiency through scalability
InnoCielo Meridian Enterprise is scalable, enabling it to grow as your needs increase, giving the flexibility to meet ever-changing business and engineering needs. InnoCielo Meridian Enterprise's customizable features and robust, open platform architecture enhance the operational efficiency of your business without interrupting your progress. Powerful integration capabilities with ERP systems, purchasing systems, and the ability to connect to databases such as Oracle and Microsoft SQL allow sharing of engineering data across the enterprise.

InnoCielo Meridian Enterprise offers support for multiple platforms:

  • CAD formats (AutoCAD, SolidWorks, Inventor, MicroStation)
  • Document formats (Microsoft Office, Adobe)
  • Corporate automation systems (SAP)
  • Back-end database systems (Microsoft SQL, Oracle)
  • Industry-specific solutions (ARCHIBUS, Autodesk Streamline, Maximo)


Access
Access your documents in multiple ways, via desktop software and the internet, allowing you to access documents anywhere, anytime.

Collaboration
Share documents within and across business units, departments, divisions and collaborate across organizations.

Control
Versioning, revision, and full administrative access controls offer unparalleled protection for your critical documentation.

Flexibility
Scalable and customizable, InnoCielo Meridian Enterprise grows with your organization and requirements.

Targeted
Advanced features and functionality complement BlueCielo's industry-specific solutions and offer a powerful, complete solution that streamlines workflow and increases document control, access, and overall efficiency.

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Technical Specs

Supported Applications

General CAD
  • AutoCAD 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
  • MicroStation V8, V8 2004, V8.5 , V8 XM
Mechanical
  • AutoCAD Mechanical 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
  • Autodesk Mechanical Desktop 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
  • Autodesk Inventor Suite 10, 11, 2008, 2009
  • Solidworks 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
Architectural
  • Autodesk AutoCAD Architectural 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
GIS
  • AutoCAD MAP 3D 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
  • Autodesk Raster Design 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
  • GTXRaster CAD 6, 8.6, 10, 11

Available Languages

Languages
  • US/English
  • German
  • French
  • Italian
  • Finnish
  • Russian
  • Spanish
  • Brazilian/Portuguese
  • Japanese

Click here to view the complete list of applications and file formats InnoCielo supports.

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InnoCielo Meridian Enterprise is a Finalist in Plant Engineering's Product of the Year 2007! Read the full press release here.

Product Lifecycle Policy & Supported Applications

InnoCielo comes feature-packed with support for the latest CAD software.

Download the InnoCielo product lifecycle policy and the complete list of applications and file formats InnoCielo supports: