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Construction Takeoff and Estimating

Posted by CSDS Blog on Fri, Jan 28, 2011 @ 02:20 PM
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If you are still doing your construction takeoffs and estimates by hand, California Surveying & Drafting Supply and Planswift, the industry leader in digital plan software, invite you to join us for a complimentary 2-hour steakhouse lunch to learn how you can save valuable time and effort bidding on jobs.
 
With Planswift, completing construction material takeoffs has never been easier. Planswift's easy-to-learn, intuitive digitizing cuts estimating time in half. Other features of the software include:
  • Excel integration
  • Excellent customer support & training
  • Takeoff prints with a color coded legend
  • Easy to set-up parts & assemblies for materials and labor
  • Easy plan navigation for zooming and panning, including sort cut keys
  • Powerful reports
  • Fully customizable
PlanSwift's feature-rich environment includes the ability to measure square, linear and metric footage, pitch and angles, and see-through and comparative plan overlays, as well as the ability to email plans, update them, and even store them using industry-standard CAD and image files.
 

Tags: building constructions, building plans, large format printer service, BIM, construction

Windows 7 64-bit drivers for older HP plotters

Posted by CSDS Blog on Tue, Jan 25, 2011 @ 11:00 AM
Bruce repair HPDo you own an older HP Designjet printer and have problems running Windows 7 because you need a 64-bit driver? Although Hewlett Packard stopped producing new drivers for all Designjets below the 1000 series, there's a rather simple solution to this dilemma that will keep you up and running.

Simply click here to submit your contact data and we will have a member of our HP Service Team provide you with information on how to load a compatible driver that will work with your plotter.

 

 

Tags: HP designjet service, HP plotters, large format printer service, Wide-format printers, Hewlett Packard, plotter service

Trimble Access v1.8.0 with support for the new Trimble TSC3

Posted by CSDS Blog on Mon, Jan 24, 2011 @ 10:40 AM
Trimble Access v1.8.0 has just been released and is now available for download and instalTSC3 app office 009lation using the Trimble Installation Manager. The Trimble Access Installation Manager installs the application updates and licenses you purchased for your controller. It also updates your Trimble office software so that it can communicate with the updates being installed to the controller.
 
If you would like to receive information on how to download the Trimble Access Installation Manager, as well as step-by-step instructions on how to install it and update your Trimble Access applications and licenses, please click here to provide us with your contact information and the CSDS Survey Support team will email you written instructions and a link to download the Trimble Access Installation Manager.
 
Please note: This process requires an Internet connection to access the files to install.
If you have installed the Installation Manager before, you do not need to reinstall it because it updates itself automatically if required.

Tags: trimble, field software, land surveying, data collection, Trimble Access v1.8.0

Wide-Format e-newsletter dedicated to AEC professionals

Posted by CSDS Blog on Mon, Jan 10, 2011 @ 12:56 PM

     The CSDS Printing & Imaging Insider is an e-newsletter publication dedicated to providing architects, engineers and construction (AEC) professionals with the latest information on wide-format printers, scanners and multi-function devices. It also provides helpful tips and tricks, product promotions and related event information. 

If you would like to register to receive a complimentary subscription to this publication, please click here.

Tags: HP designjet service, Large-format scanners, Wide-format multi-function devices, HP plotters, KIP, Wide-format printers, Hewlett Packard

Trimble Selected as an Autodesk Preferred Industry Partner for Building Construction Solutions

Posted by CSDS Blog on Mon, Jan 10, 2011 @ 12:48 PM

The announcement above was made today at Autodesk University, Autodesk's annual user conference. In sharing the news, Nicolas Mangon, Autodesk's Building Business Line Director, AEC Solutions, stated: "We see Trimble helping to lead the industry in providing next generation BIM to Field solutions for the building construction market....providing customers with robust solutions to help them meet their specific needs on the jobsite."

To see the entire original article, click here.

Tags: building constructions, trimble, BIM, construction, new survey technology

Are you keeping current with changes in the land surveying industry?

Posted by CSDS Blog on Mon, Jan 10, 2011 @ 10:23 AM
Changes in technology have broadened the opportunities available to today's land surveyors. With a variety of robotic total stations, GPS/GNSS systems and 3D laser scanners, surveying projects can be completed more productively and profitably than ever before.
 
If you want to stay up-to-date on the latest technological innovations in the survey industry, as well as receive user tips, invitations to upcoming tradeshows and conferences and notification of product trainings, we invite you to subscribe to the CSDS Land Survey Insider. Simply  click here to submit your contact information, and we will start your complimentary subscription to this monthly e-newsletter.

 

Tags: trimble, surveying, new survey technology, land survey