The trend towards electronic delivery is visible throughout all industries.

In this context, it is very important to have the data always up-to-date. The nicest CD ROM does not make any sense if the latest changes are only available on paper...

Documentation on paper has often more text than graphics. It is quite tiring to read long texts on screen. Navigation through graphics is much easier and saves translation cost, too.

Speed and quality of display are important for the end user. Nobody really likes to wait about 10 seconds for the first graphic to appear on screen. With vector graphics you can substantially increase the quality here. They are fast and you can zoom even into the smallest detail.

The time-intensive preparation of the graphics (e.g. manual creation of hotspots) up to now has led very often to the situation that the electronic catalogs have been only updated 2 to 3 times per year. For sure, this is unacceptable for your end users.

Those steps have to be automated to guarantee quality and up-to-date information.