Cadmandu is used primarily by architectural, engineering, civil, and manufacturing organizations in engineering, drafting, and shop-floor areas. It also can manage related nonengineering documents. You can customize the interface and the database to create your own stand-alone applications. The product recognizes more than 150 viewing formats and most word processing and spreadsheet applications. It uses Microsoft Access as its database and ODBC to access virtually any other database.
Pricing varies according to user requirements.
Documents remain in their native format and retain existing network security and user rights. Automate offers installation, but competent users can install their own system. With any document management system, exact time and cost savings are difficult to quantify. According to Lieberman, Typically, Cadmandu pays for itself in less than a year. AutoManager WorkFlow Cyco s AutoManager WorkFlow is one of the oldest document management systems designed for engineering, with an installed base of more than 200,000 users.