When I question a measurement, every measurement is clearly recorded on the screen and can be verified at any time. When I need a clean sheet to measure another item, I can simply click to 'turn off' or 'show' any or all measurements to either leave a clean measuring page or print cut-sheets. All of my measurements can be color coded and saved. The measuring flexibility and speed of PlanSwift is also unbeaten in my experience of using scales, wheels, digitizers and other on-screen tools. Now I can provide concise, color coded layouts to clients along with a bill of materials needed for the job. The hip/valley measuring tool also saves me the trouble of pulling a calculator. The speed with which I can prepare layouts with various on-center spacing and direction changes is incredible. The joist/rafter tool is the feature that pulled me to the buying decision. PlanSwift offers a wide variety of tools and calculation methods to save the estimator time. I've found ways to work around it, though. He never did a real review or provided a resolution. It's probably the computer." He said that about a couple issues. When I contacted customer service, the rep I spoke with just said, "I'm not sure. I use the labeled count feature regularly, but it doesn't always total up the counts properly. The costumer service was not helpful every time (though they have been 99% of the time). Much of the information is not laid out in a very intuitive way.Ĭustomer service: There have been a few times where I've run into glitches with the software.
It will often take you to outdated versions or may not show anything at all. Knowledge base: Sometimes the knowledge base can be a little tricky. This has helped eliminate a lot of wasted (expensive) lumber by the framers cutting up wood they shouldn't (like cutting up a 2x10x26 intended for a rafter and using it for headers). This has been extremely helpful when putting together ceiling joist and rafter layouts for my field team. I am able to save and print views of the takeoffs. So, I measure for block work on foundation and I tell it how many courses I want and it will change the calculations based on the number I select.įor the most part, the customer service has been extremely helpful. And, if something changes, I can easily manipulate it to figure the new data. I've got a template set up that that allows me to use one measurement to calculate quantities for multiple parts. Almost all aspects of it are customizable, so you can make this thing do just about anything you want. This is a seriously powerful tool for doing a full building takeoff. I have to do takeoffs on basically every aspect of the home so I can put together budgets and bid out the project properly. I work for a small construction company as the project estimator.
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