Document & Knowledge ManagementPurpose
1.2. Prevent loss of critical Intellectual Property (IP) by capturing every version automatically on save or upload.
1.3. Allow seamless restoration, rollback, and audit for all design documents and CAD files within the engineering team.
1.4. Facilitate collaboration by providing clear version histories and change logs to all authorized team members and stakeholders.
1.5. Promote regulatory compliance with standards requiring precise documentation and archival of all design stages.
1.6. Support cross-geographical engineering teams with a single source of design file truth and integrity.
Trigger Conditions
2.2. Modification detected in monitored directory or cloud storage.
2.3. Manual tagging of a file for version update.
2.4. Scheduled backup or end-of-sprint auto-archive event.
2.5. Approval/rejection in an engineering review workflow.
2.6. Automated detection of file format export (e.g., CAD to PDF/DXF).
Platform Variants
• Feature/Setting: Document Library Versioning; REST API — Enable major and minor versioning, configure webhooks for auto-archive.
3.2. Google Drive
• Feature/Setting: "Revisions" Endpoint via Drive API v3 — Track, preserve, and restore file versions on each update.
3.3. Dropbox Business
• Feature/Setting: "Files/upload" & "Files/list_revisions" APIs — Autoversion on modify or new upload.
3.4. Box
• Feature/Setting: Versioning with Box API, "files/:file_id/versions" for retrieval and restore; webhook triggers for auto-archive.
3.5. Autodesk BIM 360
• Feature/Setting: Data Management API for version control on file commit; "push/pull" endpoints.
3.6. Dassault Systèmes ENOVIA
• Feature/Setting: Enterprise Change Management API; check-in/check-out process automation via RESTful interface.
3.7. Siemens Teamcenter
• Feature/Setting: File Management module; Integration Gateway for version update on file check-in events.
3.8. PTC Windchill
• Feature/Setting: Revision Control API; auto-trigger version creation and archiving rules.
3.9. SolidWorks PDM
• Feature/Setting: Event Triggers in SolidWorks API; automatic vault versioning on save.
3.10. GitHub
• Feature/Setting: Git commit/push triggers; API for enforcing branch protection and archiving old design branches.
3.11. GitLab
• Feature/Setting: Repository file versioning; webhook on commit/push to sync with document management.
3.12. Bitbucket
• Feature/Setting: Source file tracking API; triggers for versioning design scripts and documents.
3.13. Confluence
• Feature/Setting: Page/file attachments versioning, REST API for scheduled exports to archive.
3.14. Alfresco
• Feature/Setting: Document Management REST API; "versionService" for controlled archiving.
3.15. Egnyte
• Feature/Setting: File Version API; automate archiving when new revision uploaded.
3.16. M-Files
• Feature/Setting: Vault Versioning, REST API for configuring automatic or scheduled archiving.
3.17. OpenText Content Suite
• Feature/Setting: Version Control Services; API hooks for event-based archiving.
3.18. DocuWare
• Feature/Setting: RESTful File Management API; enable version history and routine snapshot creation.
3.19. SAP Document Management System (DMS)
• Feature/Setting: Change Record/Document Info Record API; trigger archiving via change status events.
3.20. Oracle WebCenter Content
• Feature/Setting: Check-in/Check-out and version API; auto-archive with configured workflow steps.
3.21. AWS S3
• Feature/Setting: Bucket Versioning enabled, “PutObjectVersioning” API, event bridge for auto-archive transitions.
3.22. Azure Blob Storage
• Feature/Setting: Blob Versioning REST API enabled; archive on write/modify events via Event Grid.
Benefits
4.2. Reduces manual file handling mistakes or overwrites.
4.3. Enables seamless disaster recovery with point-in-time restores.
4.4. Improves operational compliance with regulatory and IP requirements.
4.5. Enhances cross-team collaboration and accountability.
4.6. Streamlines engineering change management and approval workflows.
4.7. Saves storage by tiering older versions to archival platforms.