The connection of the document management of SAP with the integration of AutoCAD via CAD Desktop permits an optimal administration of the drawings of buildings. This makes all graphic information as well as the building data from SAP EAM and the SAP real-estate administration ac-cessible in one homogenous system.


Functions

Facility Management

• Connecting AutoCAD elements with architectural objects in SAP
• Creating, changing and searching per matchcode or classification
• data within AutoCAD via SAP 
• Allocation of block references and architectural objects
• Search options in the current building drawing
• Management of moves
• Automatic space calculation of rooms and buildings and transfer
• from AutoCAD to SAP
• Synchronization and editing of measurements for architectural objects

Document Management

• Creating and changing AutoCAD drawings 
• Document search for opening and inserting
  • From the CAD-Desktop view „Document search“ (CV04N)
  • Use of the CAD-Desktop options „Display original“,
  „Change original“ or „Insert original“
• Administration of external references
• Matching title blocks
  • Matching the title block attributes with SAP files
  • Optional when opening and saving an AutoCAD file and when changing the document administration record
• Extensive version and status administration
  • Use of change numbers for protocol purposes
  • Configuratable data import
  • Creating an unique file name

CIDEON Publisher

• Display of documents including those from non-AutoCAD formats integrated in the SAP GUI - a AutoCAD license is not required
• Graphical support of facility management processes
• Highlighting of rooms and equipments as well as functional locations in the drawing
• Context-sensitive switch to any SAP transaction with object-related data, e.g.
• display of functional location or equipment out of the CIDEON Publisher
• Facility reports, e.g. room location of departments, utilization of floor space, profitabil-ity, tenants, cost centers, classification…