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WEB-BASED PDF COMPARISON SOLUTION

SoftenPDF

OVERVIEW

Web-Based
PDF Comparison for Documents
& Engineering Drawings

01WEB-BASED

A centrally managed workspace available in any modern browser

02PDF & IMAGE

Purpose-built comparison for documents, drawings, and images

03VISUAL REVIEW

Highlighted differences with fast, sequential navigation

04INTEGRATION

APIs that bring comparison into existing business processes

01

Accurate Change Detection

Analyze text, images, and visual elements to identify content that was added, removed, or changed.

02

Fast, Intuitive Review

Compare original and revised files side by side or as an overlay, then move quickly between detected changes.

03

Clear Difference Summaries

Review text and image changes in a concise before-and-after summary.

04

Seamless System Integration

Automate comparison and verification by integrating with PLM/ALM, CMS/DMS, CDM, and other enterprise workflows.

FEATURES

Core Features

Connect the entire document verification workflow—from file registration and comparison to result review and enterprise integration.

01

IMAGE COMPARISON

Compare PDF Drawings and Images

  • Overlay two PDF drawings or images to inspect changes and trace design revisions with ease.
  • View the total number of detected differences and move directly from one difference to the next.
  • Use language switching, shareable URLs, overview maps, image tiling, and detailed comparison information.
  • Show, hide, or adjust the opacity of precise and region-based difference overlays at their exact locations.
  • Pan, zoom, fit to view, and navigate with an image map.
  • Review a thumbnail-based difference summary and jump to any result with one click.
02

OPTIONS FOR IMAGE COMPARISON

Flexible Options for Every Drawing

  • Fine-tune comparison settings to suppress noise caused by minor variations or overlapping objects.
  • Choose from multiple difference visualization modes.
  • Automatically align rotation, scale, and drawing position.
  • Exclude watermarks from comparison.
  • Set the crop area automatically or manually.
03

TEXT COMPARISON

Compare Text Across Requirements and Specifications

  • Highlight text removed from the revised document.
  • Highlight text added to the revised document.
  • List differences as bookmarks and scroll directly to the selected location.
  • Use language switching, synchronized scrolling, and other review controls.
  • Review a complete difference summary with one-click navigation.
04

OPTIONS FOR TEXT COMPARISON

Comparison Options for Different Text Structures

  • Select the text comparison algorithm that fits your documents.
  • Control how spaces and whitespace differences are handled.
  • Set the crop area automatically or manually.
  • Exclude content outside the defined crop area.
05

FOLDER COMPARISON

Compare Server Folders at Scale

  • Match files across two server folders and compare them asynchronously.
  • Manage server-side folders and files.
  • Monitor folder comparison progress.
  • Retain a history of folder comparison results.
  • Review a consolidated summary of file-level results.
06

EXTENDABLE

Flexible by Design, Ready to Extend

  • Configure a broad range of application settings.
  • Separate comparison workspaces and control access permissions.
  • Apply independent settings to each comparison workspace.
  • Extend internationalization and localization support.
  • Use the plug-in development environment for system extensions.
  • Integrate through RESTful APIs.
  • Support single sign-on (SSO).

REFERENCES

Customer Success Stories

SoftenPDF supports document and drawing verification in education, shipbuilding, and manufacturing environments where accuracy is critical.

03

TEXTBOOK

Automated Textbook Comparison and Verification

  • Automatically verify revisions and updates across textbook editions.
  • Combine text-based and image-based comparison.
  • Compare large documents containing hundreds of pages.
  • Process high-volume folder comparisons asynchronously.
  • Integrate authentication with the customer’s existing systems.
  • Send comparison result data through REST APIs.
  • Apply text-specific options tailored to textbook content.
02

SHIPBUILDING

Automated Drawing Comparison for Shipbuilding

  • Compare local drawing and document files for individual users.
  • Process large drawing sets containing hundreds of pages.
  • Integrate comparison into the sister-ship design system.
  • Automate high-volume comparison through RESTful APIs.
  • Separate automated sister-ship comparison from general comparison workspaces.
  • Define included and excluded comparison areas.
01

MANUFACTURING

Automated Drawing Comparison for Manufacturing

  • Invoke the automated comparison service at scheduled intervals.
  • Identify drawing pairs and retrieve download URLs for current and previous revisions from Teamcenter.
  • Download both drawings to NAS storage, or access circuit drawings directly on the NAS.
  • Call the SoftenPDF REST API with the downloaded file locations.
  • Compare both drawings and store the output files on the NAS.
  • Return a unique comparison result ID.
  • Store comparison metadata in the PLM database.
  • Link the drawing viewer directly to the corresponding SoftenPDF results.

CUSTOMERS

Customers & Partners

We work with organizations across multiple industries to make document and drawing verification more accurate, efficient, and scalable.

Ministry of Education, Republic of KoreaMinistry of Education
Korea Textbook Research FoundationKorea Textbook Research Foundation
Hanwha OceanHanwha Ocean
Samsung SDISamsung SDI
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BEST FIT FOR YOUR WORK

Built for
Document-Critical Work

  • Teams that repeatedly review changes between document revisions
  • Engineers who must verify drawing modifications and conversion results with precision
  • Organizations that compare large volumes of PDFs against defined rules and retain an audit trail
  • Enterprises adding PDF comparison to existing PLM, DMS, or business systems

WHAT'S NEW

What's New

We continuously improve comparison quality, large-file reliability, and review efficiency based on real-world verification needs.

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