AutoCAD Integration

Unlock the full potential of your drafting and design projects with Tina5s which seamlessly integrates with AutoCAD. Experience robust file versioning that eliminates misplaced files and broken Xrefs. Streamline transmittal and submittal processes with automated features that ensure data integrity. Gain unparalleled insight into AutoCAD Xref and Parent relationships, enabling informed design changes and efficient project management. Manage document metadata effortlessly, ensuring synchronized and centrally managed drawing properties. Prioritize file security to control access, safeguarding your DWG files from unauthorized alterations. Simplify your AutoCAD print workflows, and eliminate 'Unresolved Reference Files'. Tina5s is your all-in-one solution for a streamlined, efficient, and secure drafting environment.

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Integrated Version Control

Tina5s is tightly coupled with AutoCAD ensuring tight yet unobtrusive version control while Drafters get their work done. Every time a Drafter saves a drawing file in AutoCAD, the file version in Tina is updated. This means: no misplaced files, no broken Xrefs and version certainty. And everyone always has access to the latest drawing version up to the last save.

 
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Parent and AutoCAD Xref Insight

Tina5s offers unparalleled visibility into the relationships between AutoCAD Xrefs and their parent drawings, and vice versa. This feature simplifies the process for drafters and designers in locating the specific drawings they need for their projects. Additionally, it provides a straightforward way to assess the potential impact of any proposed design changes.

 
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Auto-Update AutoCAD Xref

Tina5s' version control framework automatically records and maintains the relationships between AutoCAD Xrefs and their parent drawings whenever updates or revisions are made in AutoCAD. This not only ensures data integrity but also streamlines change management processes and prevents broken Xrefs.

 
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Integrated Drawing and Document Metadata

Tina5s offers a highly configurable framework for managing document metadata that is crucial to your projects. Fields and and associated values are automatically propagated to the DWG file's properties, which can then populate the drawing's Title Block. This ensures that document metadata in Tina5s, the DWG file properties, and Title Block information are always synchronized and centrally managed by Tina5s.

 
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AutoCAD Print Association

In many workflows, creating a PDF print of a DWG file is a standard step before processing or release. However, the relationship between the two files can easily become unclear. Tina5s solves this issue by allowing drafters and designers to link the PDF print file to the DWG as a subfile, establishing a clear and definitive relationship between them. This operation can also be performed in bulk, adding another layer of convenience.

 
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File Security Limits DWG File Access

Tina5s offers robust file security features, allowing for precise access control. It can be configured so that only drafters and designers have access to the DWG drawing files, while all other team members can only access the PDF drawing prints. This approach effectively prevents unauthorized alterations to DWG files, eliminating version uncertainty.

 
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Drawing Package Transmittal Management

With Tina5s' ability to track Parent-to-Xref relationships, assembling a package of complete and accurate files for transmittal becomes a swift process. Tina5s can automatically generate a transmittal record that includes a 'Tree' of all Parent and Xref files being transmitted, ensuring thorough documentation. Users also have the ability to select DWG or PDF subfiles for transmittal.

 
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Drawing Package Submittal Management

Drawings received as a submittal from external sources, whether in DWG or PDF format, can be swiftly uploaded into Tina5s, complete with metadata and Xref relationships. If earlier versions of these drawings are already stored in Tina5s, the newly received files will automatically be added as the latest entries in each drawing's version thread.

 
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No Broken AutoCAD Xref

Tina5s does not use folders to maintain Parent and Xref relationships. When a drafter or designer starts working on a Parent drawing in AutoCAD, Tina5s ensures that all associated Xrefs are automatically synced to their desktop. This feature streamlines work by eliminating 'Unresolved Reference Files' incidences when opening a DWG Parent file.