General CADD Offers Free Google Desktop Search Plug-In
Supports AutoCAD 2008 files format
 CHERRY VALLEY,
NY,
May 19, 2008 – The General CADD, creators of the Google Search Engine have also
created a free utility program known as Google Desktop Search. This
utility program indexes files on your desktop PC and displays the results in
a Google search page. (Google Desktop Search requires Windows XP or Windows
2000 SP 3+).
The General CADD Desktop Search Plug-In adds the ability to Google
Desktop Search to look inside DWG, DXF, DGN, GXD, GCD and VCD files and
extract searchable text strings for inclusion in the file description index.
For example, if you create a DWG, DXF, DGN, GXD, GCD, or VCD drawing file
that contains the text "Ajax Builders" somewhere in the drawing, when you
launch the Google Desktop Search (with this plug-in installed) and type in
"Ajax Builders" for the search keywords, Desktop Search will list every file
that contains the text Ajax Builders at the top of the list. This allows you
to search for CAD files on your computer based on text strings contained
within the CAD file.
Imagine what you would have to go through to find a drawing that you or
someone else created several years ago and you can't remember the file name
or where it is located on your computer. If you do remember some text that
you used in the drawing to label something such as the customer's name or
"Hazel's Carport", you can search for the file using "Hazel's Carport" as a
search keyword. Desktop Search will quickly locate the file and provide a
link to it. Then you click on that link and Windows will launch the CAD
program assigned to open that file type and bingo! Instant access to your
drawing!
Example of Search Result Listing
How to get this functionality on your computer?
- Download and install Google
Desktop Search.
- Once you have Desktop Search installed, download and install the
General CADD Desktop Search Plug-In.
- Finally, access the properties page in Google Desktop Search and
check the checkbox which will add the General CADD Desktop Search
Plug-In to Desktop Search:
About General CADD Products, Inc.
General CADD Products develops affordable computer aided drafting and
design (CADD) programs that are easy to learn and use with standard paper
drafting techniques and drawing production as much as ten times faster than
other CAD programs. Founded in 2002, the company boasts a loyal customer
base of surveyors, architects, engineers, and map makers and receives high
marks for its products, personalized service and support. For more
information, visit www.generalcadd.com.
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