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by crtlaltdel 2266 days ago
i’ve found these tools tend to be most readily adopted at the spec, estimate/quote and sales engineering phases. the output becomes part of a proposal.
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so you are not proposing this as a design engineering tool? I'm confused
No, we are not selling the software right now. We are using it in-house,thus becoming only tech-based consulting firm providing drawings at superior speed & quality. But the future vision is to convert it into SaaS.
I'm not asking about who is operating it. I'm asking about what it is being used. Can you articulate specifically what it is being used to do? Is it estimate BOM's? perform layouts? etc. There are many automated layout tools...all of which still require human (engineer) review.
It is used to generate detailed and accurate blueprints with quantity take offs and cost estimates.