DProfiler[TM] 2008 Version 2.0 Now Available.New version contains the largest number of user requested functionality to date. DALLAS -- Today, Beck Technology released DProfiler[TM] with RSMeans 2008 Version 2.0. The newest release of DProfiler[TM], the world's first and only macro BIM BIM Building Information Modeling BIM Building Information Model BIM Bord Iascaigh Mhara (Irish Sea Fisheries Board) BIM Brussels Instituut voor Milieubeheer (Belgium) BIM Bharathidasan Institute of Management application, provides the largest set of end user requested functionality to date. Many of the newest features provide integration of DProfiler[TM], into the every day workflow The automatic routing of documents to the users responsible for working on them. Workflow is concerned with providing the information required to support each step of the business cycle. of General Contractors A general contractor is an organization or individual that contracts with another organization or individual (the owner) for the construction of a building, road or any other execution of work or facility. . Some of the specific enhancements to the application include: * Image Underlay This feature allows the user to import and scale images from several formats into DProfiler including jpeg's and PDF's. This is especially helpful when creating a DProfiler model from a set of hand sketches or drawings provided in PDF (Portable Document Format) The de facto standard for document publishing from Adobe. On the Web, there are countless brochures, data sheets, white papers and technical manuals in the PDF format. . * Microsoft Excel (tool) Microsoft Excel - A spreadsheet program from Microsoft, part of their Microsoft Office suite of productivity tools for Microsoft Windows and Macintosh. Excel is probably the most widely used spreadsheet in the world. Latest version: Excel 97, as of 1997-01-14. Cost Import This feature provides a method to import cost data for a building directly from Microsoft Excel. This feature is customizable and provides a mechanism to define line items, collections and building types. * Blended Materials A "Blended Material" is a cladding The plastic or glass sheath that is fused to and surrounds the core of an optical fiber. The cladding's mirror-like coating keeps the light waves reflected inside the core. The cladding is covered with a protective outer jacket. See fiber optics glossary. material used to represent a blend of other cladding materials such as, 60% brick and 40% punched opening. This feature enables rapid application of cladding, with accurate takeoff of materials, without the need to define specific cladding designs. * Match properties This new feature enables the user to select a model component and selectively apply its property values to other components of the same type. This feature for example enables the user to set costs for a single slab and then match these costs in any number of other slabs in the model. * Mirror Copy This feature enables users to create a mirrored copy of any component in the DProfiler model. Since many projects have an extensive use of symmetry symmetry, generally speaking, a balance or correspondence between various parts of an object; the term symmetry is used both in the arts and in the sciences. , this feature will allow users to effectively reduce the amount of time it takes to create the DProfiler model. About Beck Technology As a company with nearly a century of experience in the construction of high quality buildings, The Beck Group has an impressive portfolio of projects that shaped the sky lines of cities such as Tampa, Dallas, Atlanta, Phoenix and Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. . Beck Technology began as an internal team within The Beck Group formed to develop software technology to support their efforts in construction, architecture and real estate development. As a part of The Beck Group, Beck Technology was uniquely positioned to create a new type of software tool that integrates 3D modeling with conceptual cost estimating. Beck Technology's flagship program, called DProfiler[TM], was designed specifically to integrate these disciplines enabling a substantial reduction in rework re·work tr.v. re·worked, re·work·ing, re·works 1. To work over again; revise. 2. To subject to a repeated or new process. n. due to late design changes. A simple, yet intelligent 3D model drives an estimate that can be quickly created and modified. Changes to the model change the estimate. The user can evaluate numerous project alternatives with very little effort and convey the assumptions clearly to all participants. Beck Technology debuted DProfiler[TM] as commercially available software in late 2006. Today, hundreds of firms are utilizing this BIM tool to get ahead in the critical, early stages of the preconstruction process. www.Beck-Technology.com |
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