DCM’s echo Build 6.3.42 includes a new PDF viewer and Markup Tool that add new features for clients.
echo‘s new PDF viewer:
- Provides an app-like experience of viewing PDF files in the same way as on a desktop.
- Displays the actual PDF file, not a reconstructed image in the browser.
- Significantly benefits from increases in speed, accuracy, and stability.
- Enables us to create powerful new features that older PDF viewers cannot handle.
Older PDF viewers:
- Reconstruct images of PDF files instead of actually displaying the file itself.
- Are slower, less accurate, and less stable.
- Aren’t able to handle certain features, like our new Markup Tool.
echo’s Powerful New Markup Tool
echo‘s Markup Tool enables users to:
- Edit PDFs and submit these changes as new versions in echo.
- Add text, notes, images, hyperlinks, and other forms of revisions to documents in real time.
- Accomplish all of this within echo, without needing to download the document and upload the edited version later.
This is how echo‘s new Markup Tool looks in action:
As you can see, with echo‘s new Markup Tool:
- Every change to a document is linked with a user’s echo account.
- Revisions made to documents are tracked.
- It’s easy to trace changes back to the user that made them.
- Users can immediately know who made which changes to the document, when those changes occurred, and the reason those changes were made.
Publishing Revisions Using the Markup Tool
Here is some more info about how to publish revisions using echo‘s Markup Tool:
- Depending on the user’s account permissions, there are three ways to publish revisions using echo‘s Markup Tool:
- Keep For Myself — This option will publish the revision exclusively for yourself, without letting anyone else see your changes.
- Submit Publishing Request — This option will submit your changes for review to an administrator.
- Publish To Team — This option will publish your revision immediately to a preset group of users called a Team.
- A Team is a small group of users working on the same project that are grouped together in echo and given the ability to share revisions with each other.
- Administrators can see all changes and revisions, and choose whether they want the revised version to be visible to everyone.
Our new PDF viewer and Markup Tool will provide a new dimension of utility for the echo software as a powerful tool for the ongoing maintenance of your facility’s drawing library. Speak to a Drawing Specialist to learn more. For a more in-depth walkthrough of our new echo PDF viewer and Markup Tool, please watch the Training Video.