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Graphical Documentation (GDOC) Review

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Revainrating 4.5 out of 5  
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4.4
Content Management, Knowledge Management

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Description of Graphical Documentation (GDOC)

GDOC allows assembly instructions and multimedia content to be assigned to assemblies either at the component level or at the assembly level. Multimedia content including text, pictures, video, documents and links GDOC includes a graphical editor for engineers and a viewer for operations with work instructions centrally stored in the Optel database.

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Revainrating 4 out of 5

Very useful for managing documents and keeping organized

The most helpful thing about this software is that it has all of my drawings within one place which makes creating documentation much easier! No dislikes as everything seems very easy to use so far. If you are looking into using this program make sure your team knows how to navigate through certain features because they can seem complicated initially but once learned will help tremendously when documenting projects/assemblies. I am able to create an entire project folder from scratch by just…

Pros
  • The ability to create a project folder from scratch instead of having multiple folders to keep everything organized
Cons
  • Sometimes it can be hard to navigate through all of the options

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Great product with room or improvement

GDOC is easy to use and has a lot of features. It's great to be able to have a single source of information for all of your documentation. The support we receive from Optel is excellent. I dislike that GDOC is not as user friendly as it could be. Some features are not intuitive and it is not always clear how to use them. I would say that GDOC is a great tool for documenting assemblies. We are able to have a single source of information for all of our documentation. It's great to be able to…

Pros
  • Great way tracking documents without cluttering up folders; no needless paperwork being thrown around willy nillly anymore!!! Also makes managing inventory
Cons
  • Mostly okay, but...

Revainrating 4 out of 5

The best engineering tool for creating documentation

I like that it's easy to use and has many features which are very helpful when working as an engineer. The best feature is being able to create my own documentation templates within this tool! It would help if there were more options available such as creating user guide sections using PDF files instead of having to have each section created individually. There isn't much room for error since you can only make minor changes before needing to re-create your entire document from scratch. We're…

Pros
  • It's easy to use and has plenty of features
Cons
  • It's not as easy to navigate and not very intuitive for newbies to use

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Very useful interactive document creator

I like how easy it is to create a documentation for each part of my project. GDOC works as an interface between an Electronic Design Automation (EDA) software and me. It is also available to the end user to use directly. For example, if you are working on a simulation model for your circuit board design, you can use this to prepare some screenshots that would be shown to the end users when they use the software. Creating and maintaining the documentation is easy using the tool and there is no…

Pros
  • Easy to do basic formatting.
  • Very straightforward UI with simple navigation bar at top right side; accessible from anywhere in application even while designing schematic or PCB view)
  • )Good support team provided by Altium
Cons
  • Some cons

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Great for documenting software applications

The best thing about it is that its so easy to use if you know how to navigate through all of the menus. It's not very intuitive and requires training to get used to navigating around all functions. Also I wish there was more options to customize your layouts, but they do give you some templates as well when designing/creating new pages. If you have an existing system that needs documentation this will help keep everyone up to speed without having to create multiple spreadsheets. This helps…

Pros
  • I like how easy its is to find the information you need
Cons
  • I also wish the ability to customize our layouts were greater