Software provides digitizing takeoff tool.
Press Release Summary:
BidPoint XL v3.0 Microsoft Excel add-in tool lets user click on Excel spreadsheet cell and electronically measure and draw items from paper plans using digitizer tablet. Multiple digitized drawings can be layered and viewed on screen with ability to print scaled color-coded printout. BidPoint XL contains collection of Excel estimating templates for general contracting, concrete and other sub trades.Original Press Release:
Vertigraph, Inc. Releases BidPoint XL Version 3.0
Dallas, Texas (September 1, 2001)... Vertigraph, Inc., a leading developer of takeoff and estimating software solutions for the construction industry, announces the release of its new BidPoint XL version 3.0 software. BidPoint XL is designed for estimators and quantity surveyors seeking an easy to use digitizing takeoff tool while working in Microsoft Excel.
BidPoint XL is a Microsoft Excel add-in tool that lets the user click on a Excel spreadsheet cell and electronically measure and draw items from paper plans using a digitizer tablet in seconds. An excellent audit trail is provided since the digitized quantities and drawings are saved with the Excel cell and file. A variety of colors, line styles, count symbols, area fill patterns can also be applied to the drawings. Multiple digitized drawings can be layered and viewed on screen with the ability to print a scaled color-coded printout. BidPoint XL also contains a collection of Excel estimating templates for general contracting, concrete and other sub trades.
Feature enhancements to the latest BidPoint XL release include:
* takeoff circles, arcs and rectangles by clicking on three points rather than tracing
* improved print features with the ability to select the desired scale
* the ability to delete selected measurements at any given point in a drawing
"Microsoft Excel is, by far, the leading estimating application in the construction industry today. It is ideal for both large and small contractors. Microsoft Excel provides flexibility,
ease of use and low cost that many of the assembly based, database driven estimating programs fail to deliver. Virtually any estimating process can be effectively automated using Excel. BidPoint XL is the first and only application that provides the digitizer interface directly in the Excel application. Its ease of use and integration with Excel is unmatched." states Erich Schoenkopf, President of Vertigraph, Inc.
