First-Ever Real-Time Pricing Search Engine for Building Industry.SIGNAL HILL, Calif. -- 1ST Pricing's newly released 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 Pricing Tool, the first real-time pricing search engine for the building industry, has taken a labor-intensive, error-ridden and weeks-long process and condensed con·dense v. con·densed, con·dens·ing, con·dens·es v.tr. 1. To reduce the volume or compass of. 2. To make more concise; abridge or shorten. 3. Physics a. into an accurate, user- and consumer-friendly process that can be completed in a matter of minutes A Matter of Minutes is an episode from the television series The New Twilight Zone. Cast
Ideal for those taking advantage of BIM-enabled CAD CAD: see computer-aided design. (Computer-Aided Design) Using computers to design products. CAD systems are high-speed workstations or desktop computers with CAD software. software, this revolutionary tool captures the details of various objects in architectural plans (such as a windows and doors). It then reads the plans, pulls real-time, zip-code-based, delivered-to-the-jobsite pricing from multiple manufacturer databases and then automatically creates an electronic bill of materials The list of components that make up a system. For example, a bill of materials for a house would include the cement block, lumber, shingles, doors, windows, plumbing, electric, heating and so on. . The tool automatically populates an online shopping cart making mistake-free order fulfillment Order fulfillment (in BE also: order fulfilment) is in the most general sense the complete process from point of sales inquiry to delivery of a product to the customer. Sometimes Order fulfillment a breeze. "We've taken an emerging technology -- the world of building information modeling (BIM) and added a logical element, pricing," said Douglas Lopez, President of 1ST Pricing. "A real-time pricing and fulfillment-enabled search engine was really the missing link preventing BIM from practical use." With 1ST Pricing's BIM Pricing Tool, a consumer could sit down with a contractor or architect and literally select the style and price of each window or door from multiple manufacturer databases in real-time. 1ST Pricing, an Autodesk(R) Authorized au·thor·ize tr.v. au·thor·ized, au·thor·iz·ing, au·thor·iz·es 1. To grant authority or power to. 2. To give permission for; sanction: Developer, has developed its free BIM Pricing Tool to work with several industry-leading Autodesk platforms. The BIM Pricing Tool is compatible with AutoCAD 2005 and Autodesk Map 3D(TM) 2005, as well as Autodesk Architectural Desktop 2004. For compatibility with earlier versions of the products listed above, please check the BIM Pricing Tool product information sheets. BIM Pricing Tool is also available for IMSI's TurboCAD Standard and Pro. 1ST Pricing plans to release plug-ins for other CAD applications later this year. About 1ST Pricing 1ST Pricing is a technology company that has taken a revolutionary approach to providing intelligent business solutions to the building industry. Their technology supercharges CAD programs to include real-time pricing in a full service supply chain solution. To download To receive a file transmitted over a network. In any communications session, "download" means receive, and "upload" means send. The download/upload often implies a big/little scenario, in which data is being downloaded from the "big" server into the "little" user's computer. the free BIM Pricing Tool or for more information, visit www.1stpricing.com. About Autodesk Autodesk is the world's leading design software and digital content company, offering customers progressive business solutions through powerful technology products and services. Autodesk helps customers in the building, manufacturing, infrastructure, digital media, and wireless data services fields increase the value of their digital design data and improve efficiencies across their entire project lifecycle management processes. For more information about the company, see www.autodesk.com. |
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