Simply put WebDGN allows you to easily publish your drawings to the web. On the client side no intelligence is lost in the drawing. Its like having a complete cad environment on the client where you can drill down, query, redline and print.
Actually WebDGN uses PcsCustom on the client side so the complete list of over 700 methods and properties inside PcsCustom are available. PcsCustom runs as an activeX control under Microsoft Internet Explorer. Since PcsCustom is royalty free, you may distribute as many copies as you need with no regard to licensing issues.
WebDGN is a client/server application. On the server side there is server application that intercepts requests for microstation design files.
The server application PcsWeb packages the design file and reference files, raster files, custom fonts and sends this to Internet Explorer where PcsCustom displays the file. Once the file is in cache on the client there is no further interaction with the server.
All the zooming, panning, and printing is done locally at the client. This methodology puts very little load on the server so the server is free to do other thing as well.
The interaction between the client and server is very fast, all files are compressed so the end user gets a very productive environment to query and review drawing files.
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