Anne Whatling retired at the end of August after 28 years service with tsaADVET. We wish her well in her retirement and hope she enjoys the free time to persue hobbies, travel and spend more time with her family.
Antony Leyland has been recruited into the role and will be getting to know all tsaADVET’s customers over the coming months as he deals with them. We have also recruited an additional software developer who joins the CAB-i-NET development team at the end of October.
tsaADVET are working closely with Tata Steel to create an Autodesk Inventor add-in to allow auto naming of drawing sheets, creation and import including population and extraction of title block information. Therefore
allowing CAB-i-NET to manage the approval, issue, and revision of the drawings produced from Inventor. Inventor is starting to be widely used for Mechanical design in many CAB-i-NET customers and this added functionality will be available within the core CAB-i-NET system for customers to use if required.
tsaADVET have been using the advantage of being an Autodesk Developer to extend the capabilities of CAB-i-NET so Building Information Models (BIM) designed in Autodesk Revit can be managed. 
Using CAB-i-NET’s existing configurable direct store capabilities, Revit models can be created and shared collaboratively. CAB-i-NET’s highly configurable workflows can also be applied, therefore allowing customers to apply their required processes for access and revision etc.
Customers have been asking for this capability so it is now available in the core CAB-i-NET application. This therefore means no additional expenditure is required and can be simply enabled through configuration.
tsaADVET have partnered up with Autodesk and become a member of the Autodesk Developer Network (ADN). This investment helps to highlight 
tsaADVET’s commitment and drive to ensure that the CAB-i-NET suite of products is forever moving forward. The main short term purpose of becoming an ADN member is to further develop CAB-i-NET Explorer’s integration with Autodesk’s range of products, particularly focusing on Architecture, Inventor and Revit.
tsaADVET Ltd will be holding a Tata Steel CAB-i-NET User Group on the 22nd or 24th Feb 2011 @ Ashorne Hill. http://www.ashornehill.co.uk/pages/index.php
Time: 10.30am – 3pm allowing people to travel to/from most sites in the day.
We will present an update on CAB-i-NET Software Suite, CAB-i-NET SAP Interface, suggestions for software changes and Bob Emmett, Manager, Engineering Drawing & Design Services, will present CAB-i-NET in use at Port Talbot, specifically focused on Project and Job files. A more detailed agenda will be issued nearer the time.
If you or any of your colleagues wish to attend please feel free to contact us.
We are pleased to announce the completion of tsaADVET’s latest purpose-built warehouse.
Now for the big move, which will take approximately two to three weeks.
As you can see in the
picture to the right, tsaADVETs New Office and Document Storage Facility is nearly complete. The cladding was fitted towards the end of last week leaving just the glazing to go onto the exterior. The next stage will be the office followed closely by the parking and landscaping. All very exciting.
tsaADVET commits to the future with its new office and Document Storage Facility. The steel for the new build in Holland Park, North Wales, has arrived today and the frame is due to be complete by the middle of next week, enabling builders to proceed with the laying of the floor slab. New photographs and updates will be posted throughout construction.
CAB-i-NET Workflow module has been updated with various enhancements and now covers the following areas:-
Batch operations including resolve references for MicroStation™ and AutoCAD™, 2-way batch IDL (Intelligent Data Link) for updating documents, printing to any network printer/plotter, automatic PDF creation, batch replace of the native file with the automatically created PDF version and batch update of template files are just a few of the functions available. All workflow actions can also have automatic email notification to users, therefore streamlining the communication flow around the business at the same time as significantly increasing efficiency.
tsaADVET are pleased to announce that the current CAB-i-NET SharePoint™ web parts have been extended to include Location Check Out/In of drawings/documents and are available for customers. The new functionality not only allows users to easily search and view the data from CAB-i-NET but also Location Check Out/In the documents so they can be edited. Full support for Microstation™ and AutoCAD™ reference files is included as any attached references are automatically retrieved and downloaded in the zip file from the server.
