What Amscore does

Amscore is a private software company headquartered in Holly, Michigan, that develops and sells document management and CAD standards enforcement tools for corporate engineering teams. Founded in 1989, the firm has maintained a continuous development track record spanning more than 25 years, with its flagship Document Control System originally deployed in 1990-91 on Windows 3.11 and AutoCAD 12 and updated for every subsequent release of both platforms.

The product portfolio is built on the .NET Framework and is tightly integrated with AutoCAD, MS Office, and Adobe file formats. The Document Control System manages AutoCAD, MS Office, Image, and Adobe folders and files; CAD Manager distributes corporate-wide CAD standards as a package; DataExtract reads AutoCAD attribute data from DWG files for check-in workflows; Block Manager (CADFx) distributes CAD block libraries with graphical search, X-Ref support, and block/layer mapping; Drawing Viewer displays DWG files without requiring AutoCAD installation; Custom Forms provides .NET-based editable forms for web and Windows; and a SharePoint Migration service moves CAD content onto modern ECM platforms. The technology is differentiated primarily through domain specialization rather than novel architectures.

Amscore generates revenue through one-time software licensing of its document control and CAD management products, plus on-site contract personnel services for long or short term engagements. The company sells directly to enterprise CAD managers and corporate engineering departments, with no public pricing, no disclosed channel partners, and no advertising presence beyond its own website. Its operating geography is limited to the United States, with a single contact point (James C Hudson) and a small team of 11-50 employees.

Name

Amscore

Legal name

Amscore

Website

https://amscore.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1989

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Amscore is a private Michigan-based software company that sells CAD document control, standards management, and SharePoint migration tools, plus on-site contract services, to corporate engineering teams.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Holly

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Software Licensing: Sale of document control, CAD management, and data extraction software products. Products include Document Control System, CAD Manager, Block Manager, Drawing Viewer, and Custom Forms applications.
2. Contract Services: On-site personnel provided for long or short term contract engagements related to CAD and document management.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Amscore develops and sells a suite of CAD-centric document management and standards enforcement software built on the .NET Framework for Windows. The core product, the Document Control System, manages AutoCAD, MS Office, Image, and Adobe files, and is complemented by CAD Manager, Drawing Viewer, DataExtract, Block Manager (CADFx), Custom Forms, and SharePoint Migration offerings. The company also provides on-site contract personnel for CAD and document management projects.

Product overview

Amscore is a software company providing a suite of document control and CAD management solutions for over 25 years. The product portfolio consists of a Document Control System as the core offering, complemented by specialized modules including Drawing Viewer for DWG file viewing, DataExtract for AutoCAD attribute extraction, Block Manager (CADFx) for CAD block library distribution, Custom Forms for .NET Framework-based data capture, and SharePoint Migration services. The company also offers On-Site Contract Services for specialized personnel needs. All products are designed to work with AutoCAD files, MS Office documents, Adobe files, and Windows environments, with the Document Control System being the foundational platform that manages and organizes files across these formats.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Amscore CADFx - Block Manager: CAD block library distribution, graphical display, quick search, X-Ref support, and block and layer mapping.

Products and services

• Document Control System Core document control system for managing AutoCAD, MS Office, Image, and Adobe folders and files. Originally deployed in 1990-91 and continuously maintained to support all releases of AutoCAD and Windows.
• CAD Manager Corporate-wide CAD standards management tool distributed as a package, built on over 25 years of proven technology.
• Drawing Viewer A CAD viewer application for viewing and displaying DWG files and CAD drawings without requiring AutoCAD installation.
• DataExtract AutoCAD attribute data extraction tool that reads DWG files and extracts CAD title data stored as attributed properties, enabling file check-in workflows.
• Block Manager (CADFx) CAD block library management tool that distributes CAD blocks, provides graphical display, quick search, X-Ref support, and block and layer mapping capabilities.
• Custom Forms .NET Framework-based editable form applications for web and Windows environments, enabling custom data capture and workflow automation.
• SharePoint Migration Service for migrating CAD drawings and document content to SharePoint platforms, enabling organization and management of AutoCAD and other document types.
• On-Site Contract Services Provides on-site personnel for long or short-term contract work, offering specialized CAD and document management expertise.

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Feature7 records

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Oracle Aconex: Cloud-based document and project collaboration platform for construction and engineering projects; comparable to Amscore's document management value proposition for AEC customers, though oriented to project-level rather than CAD-standards workflows.
• Procore: Construction document and project management platform with strong AEC customer penetration; competes for the document control budget Amscore addresses in construction-oriented CAD departments, though not specifically AutoCAD-focused.
• OpenText Documentum / Content Suite: Enterprise document management suite used by engineering and capital projects organizations for controlled document workflows. Broader and more general-purpose than Amscore, but competes for the same document control budgets in large engineering firms.
• Dassault Systèmes ENOVIA: ENOVIA provides collaborative product data, document, and CAD management within the Dassault 3DEXPERIENCE platform, serving similar engineering document control use cases as Amscore but as part of a much broader PLM portfolio.
• Bentley ProjectWise: Bentley's enterprise engineering document and project collaboration platform used across infrastructure and AEC. Comparable to Amscore as a horizontal engineering-content management offering, but operating at enterprise scale with cloud and on-premise deployment.

Direct peers

• Autodesk Vault: Autodesk's native data management product for AutoCAD and Inventor, offering document control, revision management, and standards enforcement directly inside the Autodesk ecosystem. This is the most direct competitive substitute for Amscore's Document Control System and CAD Manager products.
• BlueCielo (now ACCA Software): Historically a leading AutoCAD-native document management vendor (Meridian/BlueCielo ECM), now part of ACCA Software; directly comparable to Amscore's Document Control System in target customer (engineering/CAD departments) and DWG-centric feature set.

Others

• Microsoft SharePoint: General-purpose enterprise document and collaboration platform that Amscore both competes against (as an ECM baseline) and integrates with (via its SharePoint Migration service). Customers frequently evaluate SharePoint as an alternative to a dedicated CAD document control product.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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