The right document. Every time. For everyone. A secure web viewer for documents stored in Pro.File — 2D PDFs, images, office files, and interactive 3D STEP models, opened by a simple URL with no PLM seat required.
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DefinitionThe Document Viewer Portal is a secure, browser-based viewer for Pro.File-controlled documents. It puts PDFs, images, office files, and interactive 3D STEP models in front of anyone who needs them — by a simple URL, always at the current released revision, with no PLM seat or CAD license required.
The people who build, buy, inspect, and service your products need drawings — but most of them don't have PLM licenses. So documents get printed, emailed, and saved to shared drives, and sooner or later an obsolete revision ends up on the shop floor.
The Viewer Portal ends that. Every document is reachable by URL — by PLMID, document number, or part — and opens instantly in a browser. Document-number links resolve to the latest released version, older links offer a one-click jump to it, and content is permission-filtered so each audience sees exactly what it should. Embed the links in your ERP, work instructions, intranet, and supplier communications.
The right revision in every hand — without buying a PLM seat for every viewer.
Links resolve to the latest released revision, so the version on the screen is the version that's current.
Give the whole organization — and your suppliers — controlled document access without a PLM license per viewer.
STEP models open as an interactive 3D view in any browser. No CAD license, no viewer install.
Simple URLs drop straight into ERP records, work instructions, intranet pages, and emails.
Released, permission-filtered content, with downloads only where you allow them.
Documents stay mastered in PLM. No exported PDFs or shared-drive copies to fall out of date.
Real situations where the Viewer Portal pays for itself.
Operators open the current drawing behind a work order from a terminal or tablet — no printed copy going stale on a bench.
Result: Build to the right revision, every time
Paired with Cre8 Hub, Epicor Kinetic parts and quotes carry DocumentViewer links instead of duplicated files.
Result: Living documents inside your ERP
Share a link to the released drawing in an RFQ or purchase order instead of an email attachment.
Result: Suppliers quote and build to current data
Inspectors pull up the exact revision — and the 3D model — while checking received parts.
Result: Faster, more accurate inspections
Embed document links in work instructions and intranet pages that always open the current version.
Result: Instructions that never go out of date
Technicians look up a part and get a clean list of its linked documents before opening the one they need.
Result: The right documentation on site
The Viewer Portal extends Pro.File's controlled documents to your entire operation — securely, instantly, and at the current revision.
Built for Pro.File in general and molded to your environment through designed configuration parameters — no bespoke code, and nothing your team has to babysit.
The capabilities that make it work.
2D PDFs in a built-in viewer, images, text, CSV and Markdown inline — and STEP models as a fully interactive 3D view, with no CAD license anywhere.
Open documents by PLMID, document number, part, or administrator-configured search criteria — embed the links in ERP records, work instructions, intranets, or emails.
Document-number searches resolve to the latest released version, and older links show a one-click “View Latest Released Version” action — obsolete prints can't circulate.
Search by part and get a clean selection list of its linked documents — number, revision, type, and description — before opening.
Released, permission-filtered content with download only where allowed — the right audience sees exactly what it should, nothing more.
Cre8 Hub attaches DocumentViewer URLs to your ERP parts and quotes automatically — the two products together put living documents inside Epicor Kinetic.
A full documentation set ships with the product — contact us for evaluation copies.
Version 1.0.11 · PRO.FILE 10.4
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