A plot that leaps off the page

16.06.09 - 01:01 ... source : Bentley

... Bentley's ProjectWise Dynamic Plot uses intelligent paper to 'persuade' recalcitrant engin eers to go digital, says David ChadwickThere are some who regard the vastmajority of architects, contractors,engineers and so on who continueto rely on paper documents as old-fashioned in their thinking. Especiallywhen we now have the ability to takedigital documents out on site with us andmark them up directly on laptops andother mobile devices. And yet most of us still rely on haulinghard copy around and applying the oldred pencil liberally - a process nowconsidered inefficient, time consumingand prone to error. A recent study showed that the averageproject produces about 10,000 drawings,and that it takes an average of 15minutes to manually transfer eachmarkup back onto the digital document.As the same source revealed that around80% of such documents are actuallymarked up, that represents 2000 hours ofunnecessary w ...» Next (PDF)