March 3, 2010 by Bill Battaglia
According to Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, “Project management is the discipline of organizing and managing resources (e.g. people) in such a way that the project is completed within defined scope, quality, time and cost constraints. A project is a temporary and one-time endeavor undertaken to create a unique product or service, which brings about beneficial change or added value. This property of being a temporary and one-time undertaking contrasts with processes, or operations, which are permanent or semi-permanent ongoing functional work to create the same product or service over and over again. The management of these two systems is often very different and requires varying technical skills and philosophy, hence requiring the development of project management.”
Typically a Project Manager is a person who represents a Client, even though they are part of a Company that is providing products or services, to determine and implement the Client’s requests. Continue Reading »
Posted in Project Management | Tagged Assignments, Budget, Change Orders, Proejct Management, Purchasing, Scheduling, Scope, Tasks, Work Orders | Leave a Comment »
November 23, 2009 by Bill Battaglia
In my previous blog postings we have cover a lot of ground, but we have not discussed how to generate a DWF from other applications like Microsoft Office Visio, Word, or even Excel. So here it is – How Do I Create a DWF from a Non-Autodesk Application?
Before we proceed with this Blog let’s do a quick check to confirm that your computer is configured correctly to generate a DWF. Please check your Printers to see if there is a reference to “Autodesk DWF Writer for 2D”. To accomplish this select [Start] off you Windows Start menu and either select [Printers] or go to Control Panel to open the Printers Window. Continue Reading »
Posted in GreenIt! | Tagged Print, Publish, Visio, Word, Writer | Leave a Comment »
October 12, 2009 by Bill Battaglia
Now that you have Marked Up (Redlined) your Autodesk Design Review file, next you would like to present a Bill of Materials or Change Order Request referencing these modifications. In this Blog I will cover how to take a DWF and generate an Excel file representing either a BOM (Bill Of Materials) or COR (Change Order Request) document.
First off I created a Project in DWF which I made some modifications – added various Markup Symbols. A couple of things to keep in mind as you add these Symbols. The “Label” field, located to the left in the Markup Properties window, will be displayed in the exported file as “Markup Text” so think of this as the Manufacturer & Model of the product being added. Another is the “New Note” field, below the “Label”, displays as “History” can be utilized for identify the Location or Discipline/Zone of the Item, reasons why it was Moved, Removed, or Added, and any other information you would like to transfer to the BOM/COR. Continue Reading »
Posted in GreenIt! | Tagged Bill of Materials, BOM, Change Orders, Communication, COR, CSV, dwf, Excel, symbols | Leave a Comment »
August 21, 2009 by Bill Battaglia
In my previous blog post, “Autodesk Design Review Symbols”, we discussed how to utilize Autodesk Design Review Symbols where you save time and improve your communication by utilizing a Set of Symbols. Now in this posting we discuss the ways to generate a Design Review File (DWF) from a DWG (AutoCAD) File.
You have a DWG File, most refer this as an AutoCAD, what if you do not have AutoCAD application to open? That is the big question people have been asking after the previous 2 blog postings. The key, do not worry and you do not need to pull out your checkbook. Continue Reading »
Posted in GreenIt! | Tagged autodesk, blocks, design, dwf, Microsoft, redline, reviewing, share, symbols, trueview | 1 Comment »
August 20, 2009 by Bill Battaglia
In my previous blog post, “Migrating to Autodesk Design Review”, I discussed utilizing Autodesk Design Review to improve your process, in this post let us take a practical use case where we will discuss how to utilize Symbols.
Markup Symbols for Design Review
Before we get into this discussion we should explain a Symbols, these refer to special Shapes which you utilize on the drawing to reference a specific Product. For example, you would utilize the 110 Outlet Symbol to represent a 110 V Electrical Outlet. Multiple Symbols can be combined into a Catalog for easy reference. Continue Reading »
Posted in GreenIt! | Tagged autodesk, blocks, design, dwf, redline, reviewing, share, symbols, trueview | Leave a Comment »
July 22, 2009 by ePonti Team
Last week we have been working on these updates for ePonti:
Firefox
We have corrected issues with utilizing ePonti in Mozilla Firefox. Some of them have been the Grid Layouts, Sales Orders, Service Requests, Drawing, Gantt View, and Calendar.
QuickBooks 2009 Supported
Upgraded our integration to connect with QuickBooks 2009 – United States, Canada, United Kingdom, & Multi-Currency Versions. Continue Reading »
Posted in ePonti, ePonti What's New | Tagged Firefox, Microsoft, Office Accounting, Peachtree, QuickBooks, Sage | Leave a Comment »
July 15, 2009 by Bill Battaglia
Looking to improve your process, turnaround time and generally cost of your Design Document Reviewing (Redline) Process then take a look at Autodesk Design Review. It combines the convenience of electronic paper with the rich viewing, tracking, querying, plotting, printing, workflow, and security capabilities that fits nicely into your process. DWF™ (Design Web Format™) developed by Autodesk to quickly capture and securely distribute design documentation anywhere. Continue Reading »
Posted in GreenIt! | Tagged autodesk, design, dwf, ePonti, redline, reviewing, share | Leave a Comment »
June 19, 2009 by Bill Battaglia
“Time is Money” – Benjamin Franklin
We all see our time going faster and faster when we are busy, but once things slow down time cannot go fast enough. What a title, “Time is Money: Ways to Improve Both”, who came up with this – well me. I thought about a topic that helps companies improve their Business Process and came down to “How can I Save Money?” or “How can I Improve my Time Management?”. This article is about how we can look into our current processes today and by improving will provide more profits and if at all possible more time – specifically to us getting a life. Continue Reading »
Posted in Business Process | Tagged Business Process, management, money, time | Leave a Comment »
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