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SOFTWARE
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Frequently Asked Questions
| Q: | Is there a charge for SoftPlan reView? |
| A: | The SoftPlan user that is going
to author or publish the reView file will be required to purchase an additional
module, SoftPlan reView. The viewer portion of the SoftPlan reView can be
distributed free of charge.
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| Q: | Will I be able to import my customer's comments and markups back into my SoftPlan drawing? |
| A: | Yes, any information such as
comments or sketches that your customer makes on the reView file will import
back into the original SoftPlan drawing.
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| Q: | Will SoftPlan reView run on my Palm handheld device? |
| A: | At this time reView requires
a Windows PC or a Pocket PC to run the reView viewer and will not run on
a Palm operating system.
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| Q: | I currently send my designs to customers using a .PDF file format. Why would I use SoftPlan reView instead? |
| A: | reView maintains all the "architectural"
information contained in the original SoftPlan file. So not only can your
see the floor plan or elevation, but also they will know the size of the
window or the height of the wall. A .PDF file on the other hand is more
of a representation of a piece of paper.
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| Q: | I use SoftPlan Version 11 can the reView module be added to my SoftPlan. |
| A: | No, SoftPlan reView requires
at least SoftPlan Version 12
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| Q: | Will my field personnel be able to see all the drawings on a handheld? |
| A: | Yes, any SoftPlan drawing can
be published as a reView file. So floor plans, elevations, details, site
plans, will all be available for viewing on any Pocket PC.
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| Q: | Is reView suitable for the creation of existing conditions drawings? Can I walk around an existing building enter it into reView? |
| A: | No, reView is intended to view,
annotate and query, technical drawings created in SoftPlan. Regular SoftPlan
running on a tablet or laptop PC would be much better suited to the creation
of drawings.
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| Q: | Can the framing diagrams for my houses be viewed in reView? |
| A: | Yes, review has the same modes
as SoftPlan. To view the roof framing for example, open the floor plan and
switch to roof mode, the roof framing layout complete will display.
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| Q: | Will my clients be able to print the reView drawings? |
| A: | Yes, but it's up to you. When
the reView file is created the author decides if the resulting file will
print or not. If printing of the file is allowed then the author decides
if the user can print to scale or only to fit the page.
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| Q: | Can the reView program operate with SoftPlan Lite? |
| A: | No, reView is only available
for use with the full SoftPlan program.
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| Q: | Why would I use SoftPlan reView to send drawings to my print shop rather than .PDF files? |
| A: | SoftPlan reView files are much
smaller, roughly 10% of the size, so the files are easier and faster to
transmit via e-mail.
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| Q: | I have a client that prefers .PDF, files how can I create .PDF files? |
| A: | In addition to creating reView
(.SPV) files, SoftPlan reView can author .PDF files.
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