First Trace is shipping the latest release of its engineering document management software, which easily integrates with the newest platforms widely used in engineering.

First Trace developed Kinnosa to address the complex requirements of engineering to effectively manage CAD drawings, engineering files and standard office documents in a real-time environment.

Kinnosa 4.2 Engineering Document Management software provides a flexible service-oriented architecture (SOA), and has been extended to include support and direct integration for 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows 7, AutoCAD 2010, SolidWorks 2010 and MicroStation V8i Select 1.

An advanced Active Directory adapter provides secure single sign-on (SSO) capabilities for fast implementation. Kinnosa 4.2 provides integration to MS Office document properties to dynamically link business data to Office documents and the open Kinnosa repository.

With this dynamic linking, users can make business decisions based on data in documents without having to open them. Any changes a user makes to data are automatically reflected in the document and the Kinnosa repository, regardless of where the change is made.

First Trace said Kinnosa's extended SOA environment allows it to be easily configured by system administrators, with improved user management capabilities and greater granularity with role-based authorisations.

First Trace customers include Austin Energy, New York State Electric & Gas, Mittal Steel and Georgia-Pacific.