CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
8 November 2005
Product News
GiveMePower Ships PowerCAD SiteMaster 2: Laser-Based Solution Automates the Creation of Floor Plans, Areas and Inspection Drawings
GiveMePower Corporation began shipping PowerCAD® SiteMasterT 2, the second generation of its automated software system which lets anyone create professional, AutoCAD®-compatible floor plans, inspection drawings and area calculations at "the speed of light"-anytime and anywhere using a handheld laser and any Windows® desktop or mobile computer.
Proven to increase productivity by up to 1,000% on jobs for McDonald's, Cartier, Deutsche Telecom and the US Navy, SiteMaster 2 features new tools which greatly enhance the speed and ease by which new or 'as-built' floor plans, inspections and precise area calculations are created for the construction, design, maintenance, management and delivery of building information.
Primary users benefiting from the use of SiteMaster 2 include architects, appraisers, contractors, estimators, facility managers, inspectors, owners, planners and real estate agents; and also public officials who can now computerize storage and remote accessibility of up-to-date digital building plans for first responder and other public safety/security purposes.
"Our customers are telling us that SiteMaster 2 may be one of the most important advancements in the history of building information management", said Bill Walton, president and CEO of GiveMePower. "Most certainly, there is no other system in the world that is as fast and easy to use in measuring and producing precise digital building plans for literally millions of potential building surveys. If doing the same job at least twice as fast as before, using half the labor and with 100% laser precision qualifies, we're pleased to accept the acclaim on behalf of our clients."
More than 100 companies, government enterprises and educational institutions, representing over a hundred million square feet of commercial and residential building space, helped contribute to the final production release of SiteMaster 2. Highlighted projects and success stories using PowerCAD SiteMaster 2 include:
• Average 600% productivity improvement for on-site creation and instant email delivery of more than 300 as-built restaurant drawings for McDonald's, helping the foodservice provider meet strict new public safety and security laws in the UK.
• More than 500% productivity improvement in the creation and management of precise, as-built building information in support of event management for 56.5 million cubic feet of space at Rogers Centre in Toronto, Canada. Includes data for specific drawings for each event that are sent to structural engineers (load analysis), fire marshals (safety), ticket agencies (seating), and event production (sound, audio/visual, rigging, decor, etc).
• Under 2-week deployment for Vivento Technical Services in Germany, allowing 25 initial team members with no prior experience to successfully measure and draw 13,778 rooms representing over 1 million square meters of technical areas and facilities throughout Germany for Vivento's parent company, Deutsche Telecom.
Profiled in a Microsoft Corporation white paper and acclaimed as "truly revolutionary" by industry trade publications, PowerCAD SiteMaster utilizes a portable handheld laser such as the Leica DISTOT Plus to facilitate instant "point and shoot" creation of detailed, AutoCAD®-compatible drawings anytime and anywhere using a Bluetooth® wireless desktop, laptop or XP tablet PC-or on a Windows® Mobile® pocket PC, handheld PC or pocket PC cell phone, which combines the power of a pocket PC with the convenience of a cell phone.
PowerCAD SiteMaster is part of GiveMePower's family of CAD AnywhereT 2D and 3D design, viewing and mobile/wireless collaboration solutions-each designed to save time and money in the office, in the field or on the shop floor. Other users benefiting from GiveMePower technologies include; AT&T, General Dynamics, Maytag, Penn State University, the United States Postal Service and other branches of the U.S. Military.
PowerCAD SiteMaster 2 Availability
PowerCAD SiteMaster 2 is now available for purchase at special introductory pricing from $995 until Dec. 31, 2005. For more information, including bundled laser, software and hardware configurations, contact a GiveMePower Premier Solutions Provider, call 1-888-977-6937, or see http://www.givemepower.com/products/powercad_sm.cfm for details on how to obtain a free 30-day trial version.
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