Job Tracker A Job Tracking System for Architects

Job. Tracker™ A Job Tracking System for Architects & Engineers Produced by LA Solutions

Job. Tracker™ Maintains project catalogue Automates issue sheet production Automates project archiving Automates title block annotation Works with Project. Builder™ configurations LA Solutions

Job. Tracker Is Not … A document management system A control freak LA Solutions

Job. Tracker Catalogue Lists of… n n n Projects Clients Users Drawings CAD Files Stored in relational database LA Solutions

Job. Tracker Project View LA Solutions

Clients Client means a customer, contractor, partner … A client has a specified role in a project A project is issued to one or more clients A client is issued with one or more copies of the project information LA Solutions

Users are your staff A user is assigned a discipline … n Mechanical, Structural, Electrical A user may view all project information A user may change only drawing information related to his discipline LA Solutions

Drawings are deliverables Drawings may be revised… n n Manually (one, all, or selection) Automatically on issue A drawing may be used in multiple projects LA Solutions

CAD Files Drawings are composed from CAD files n CAD file may be used by more than one drawing CAD files may reference one another n Job. Tracker records file usage CAD files are not necessarily visible to your clients LA Solutions

Micro. Station V 8 Plug-In Unobtrusive MDL application n Uses the Job. Tracker database DLL Additional menus for Drawing information Monitors reference file attachments Automatic generation of title block LA Solutions

Issue Sheets Produced automatically from a Word template Issue reason … n Preliminary, Contract, Information, … Drawing revisions & issue dates n Revisions are rolled automatically on first issue Clients & copy count Multiple pages created automatically to accommodate issues & drawings LA Solutions

Issue Sheets LA Solutions

Archiving Job. Tracker will create an archive for each issue Files are copied from a set of designated folders The ZIP archive is created in a specified directory External program may be executed LA Solutions

Job. Tracker Web. View™ Presents Job. Tracker registry as Web pages Publishes live data from the registry database Job. Tracker database interface component DLL n Sample code provided LA Solutions

Job. Tracker Futures Customers have suggested … n Issue Sheets in XML format w Import & Export in Project. Wise™ format n Refresh title block automatically w Create a new block as file is opened (option) n n n Manage documents in addition to drawings Query to determine what revisions were issued to client X Archive individual drawings when revised w Include reference files LA Solutions

Job. Tracker™ Summary Automates Project Tracking Helps maintain lists of clients & drawings Raises level of QA when issuing job information LA Solutions