| Key
Features |
Benefits
|
| View |
Opens Many Formats |
Save training and software costs by eliminating
the need to have native, potentially complicated software on every
desktop. |
| Unified Viewer |
Same easy interface for all file types with no
training required. |
| Performance |
Spend less time waiting for files to open and views
to refresh than with comparable viewers. Brava has smoother view
transitions, too. |
| Excellent Navigation Tools |
Navigating documents or drawings is easy with our
dynamic Zoom/Pan tool, Magnifier (three modes) and scrollable paging. |
| Page Thumbnails |
Jump right to the page you need without navigating
the entire document/drawing set. |
| Term-Hit Highlighting |
All instances of a search string are highlighted
for quick identification. |
| Documents & CAD |
Brava offers specialized tools, like scrollable
paging for documents and layer views for CAD, based on file type. It
is also optimized behind the scenes for different formats, offering
double precision geometry and attribute viewing for CAD and complex
font handling for documents. |
| Markup
/ Annotate |
Original Files Untouched |
Original files are never modified; annotations
are saved as a separate, overlaid XML file. |
| Secure & Trackable |
Each annotation entity is marked with the creator's
username, date and time. Users cannot edit other user's
annotations. |
| Concurrent Annotations |
Each reviewer can create a separately managed annotation
file, supporting permission roles and allowing multiple users to
comment on the same file at the same time. |
| Annotations Saved As XML |
Annotations are saved in a non-proprietary, open
XML format, permitting import/ export of annotations and pre/post
processing as an integral part of a workflow. |
| Burn-In |
Annotations can be burned into a PDF or secure
CSF "copy" of the original file, making it easier to
email files with notes to suppliers or customers. |
| Stamps |
Add stock stamps like Approval, Rejected or Cancelled,
or create custom stamps. Like all annotation entities, stamps record
the creator's username, date and time. |
| Consolidate |
Select annotation/markup files from multiple reviewers
to combine into a single file. |
| Changemarks Annotation Review |
Changemarks step reviewers through every comment,
ensuring none are missed. This is particularly useful on very large
drawings or multi-page documents. |
| Print |
Extensive Print Features |
Full range of print options and settings, including
print current view, page range, print to scale and more. |
| Print Region |
Select an area and print just that area blown up
to fit the output page size or to scale. |
| Watermarks & Print Banners |
Add a watermark or print banners to one or all
print outs. Use pre-set wildcards for username, date and more (useful
for ISO9000, JCAHO or other compliances). Or intelligently
insert metadata from your enterprise content management system
as part of your business process. |
| Print Preview Thumbnail |
The print dialog shows a thumbnail view of exactly
how the document will print, including scaling, rotation and margins. |
| Measure |
Accurate |
Vector (CAD) files are not converted to pixels
(rasterized) and coordinates are not converted from real numbers
(floating point) to integers. |
| Copy to Clipboard |
Measurement results can be easily copied to the
Windows' clipboard to paste into other applications like PowerPoint,
Word or Excel. |
| Auto-Magnify For Easy Point Selection. |
When measuring, Brava offers a magnified view of
the sensed point of interest, allowing the user to select measurement
points with higher accuracy, even when working on large drawings
and long distances. |
| Snap To Geometry |
Accurately snap measurement points to end, mid
and center coordinates in vector (CAD) files. |
| Compare |
Compare Versions/Verify Changes
|
Visually compare two files/pages/sheets. This is
useful for comparing document revisions and faxed versus signed
contracts. View with annotations for easy change verifications,
ensuring no change was left unincorporated. |
| Dynamic Compare Slider |
Use the Compare Slider to dynamically fade from
one file to the next. This rapidly animates. |
| Highlighted Differences Compare |
Visually highlight differences: additions in green,
deletions in red and common in gray. |
| Side-by-Side Compare |
Match views of file revisions side by side, including
zoom level and orientation. |
| Alignment |
Use this feature to align or scale files (perhaps
of different formats) to match for a comparison, or perhaps to
compare similar parts of one drawing (a section view) to another
part on a different file. |
| Redact |
Permanently Block Data, Distribute As PDF/Secure
CSF |
Block text or an image area before distributing
a PDF, TIFF or secure CSF. Blocked text cannot be retrieved in
any way. |
| Redact By Zones/Text Strings |
Define areas in the document to be redacted when
published to PDF or secure CSF. Defined redaction "zones" can
be re-used in Net-It Enterprise to bulk-redact similar documents. |
| Find & Redact |
Redact all occurrences or a word or phrase. Or
create a list of search strings to redact in one step. |
| Add Exemption Codes/ Redaction Reasons |
Add a note to a redaction area indicating the reason
and/or code such as Freedom Act or Privacy Act exemption coding. |
| Save Redact To PDF Or Secure CSF |
Redacted documents (office documents, scanned TIFF
documents, etc.) can be saved to PDF, TIFF or secure CSF. Unlike
other redaction tools, redacted text and image data is actually
removed from the document while leaving the rest of the document
text searchable (non-rasterized). |
| Publish |
Save To PDF Or Secure CSF |
Save the file you are viewing as a rich content
PDF or secure CSF. Add annotations, redaction (block out ) areas,
a watermark and print banners. Add security, like feature restrictions
with CSF for more secure distribution and view with the free Brava
Reader (opens PDF, TIFF and CSF). |
| Brava Annotations Saved To PDF Annotations |
Annotations created in Brava become PDF annotation
objects with time stamping, viewable notes, etc. in Adobe Reader. |
| Save To Secure CSF |
Because PDF is an open format, there are many third
party products that can translate, convert and edit PDF files. CSF
is not an open format because it is intended for secure document
sharing over a finite period of time (it is not a long-term archival
format). CSF's are compressed, encrypted and text searchable, and
support layers, attributes and more. CSF files contain Visual
Rights settings (see Content
Security), which provide granular control over what a user
can do with the file. |
| Save Views To JPEG, Capture Regions To Clipboard |
Capture the current view to JPEG or copy it to
the Clipboard for insertion into office or other applications. |
| Content
Security |
Share Content: Keep Control With CSF
Visual Rights® |
Control how your documents can be used when sent
to suppliers, customers or partners. Publish document, image and
CAD files to an accurate, encrypted, secure CSF that embeds persistent
controls like print, copy, measure, markup and analyze rights and
the ability to expire the file on a certain date. Set watermarks
and banners, like copyright information, to protect intellectual
property interests. |
| Customization |
Toolbars/Menus/Dialogs Customization |
Remove toolbars and menu options for a simpler
interface or customize dialog boxes. |
| Startup Customization |
Configure the initial view state, including the
background color, date format, markup color and more. |
| Events Customization |
Add custom processing on file open, file exit,
markup save, markup open or other events. |
| Publishing Customization |
Set default rights to apply to CSF files or specify
where to safe PDF or CSF output files. |
| API/SDK |
Client |
Published API for either Java1 or ActiveX1,2 client |
| Server1 |
Java Servlet or .NET versions |
| Integrations Methods1 |
HTML-based Java Script and ActiveX interface with
sample code make it very easy to integrate Brava into any existing
management, collaboration or portal solution. |
