BidScreen XL gives you the power to takeoff your electronic plans directly in Microsoft Excel. Electronic plan files supported include pdf, tif, bmp, jpg, pic, dwg, dxf and others. With BidScreen XL, you can zoom and pan the image while you're working in Excel.
Takeoffs are a snap, just click on a spreadsheet cell and electronically measure and identify areas, lengths and counts from your electronic drawing files with your mouse. The measurements and digitized takeoff drawings are saved with the Excel cell and can be edited and printed. And, you can apply colors, count symbols, line styles and area fill patterns to your drawings. Sample estimating Excel template files for general contractors, concrete, roofing, painting and other subtrades are also included. BidScreen XL is simple, efficient and no additional hardware is needed. So, go electronic and make your takeoffs easy. Call today and see how BidScreen XL and ePlans work for you.
Main features:
- Ability to load multiple files and pages with one click.
- Easily identify the loaded drawings in a workbook from the new thumbnail view conveniently located on the toolbar in MS Excel.
- New program setup and configuration capabilities with easily accessible toolbars.
- New and improved style library with the ability to share styles across multiple users and Vertigraph programs.
- The style pallet is now conveniently displayed on the takeoff screen for easy access and selection.
- Ability to annotate and highlight relevant drawing information.
- Subtract (negative) line segments.
- Access BidScreen XL commands quickly with user definable keyboard shortcuts.
- Enhanced print capabilities.
- Recognized file formats expanded to include AutoCAD 2009 vector files, DWF V6, DJVU, as well as expanded PDF format library. Measure directly from all versions of AutoCAD DWG files without converting to a raster file. Users may even isolate CAD layers from DWG files and obtain exact measurements by snapping to the design object.
- For users that do not have an Adobe Acrobat license, Adobe Acrobat Version 9 Standard is now available with BidScreen XL at special pricing.
Comments (1)
We bought the software after a WOC demo. It looked promising. After installing it and going through some live training we started using it. After using it I was surprised at how difficult it was to move around in the take-off window. I was disappointed at the lack of layers, even though they claimed the supported layers. I found that the software would not run on both my desk top and laptop as they claimed in the demo. I was disappointed that every time I opened excel, even for just a regular spreadsheet, it now took 10 time longer than before I installed the software and many times a nag window popped up saying I needed to upgrade. When I would click the up grade button the upgrade would fail. Worst of all for me was I pretty quickly found that is does not open all PDF’s as claimed. I called tech support and was told if I spent $200 more then it would do what I wanted. I installed the new software and still it does not work as promised. Called again and was told for $150 more it would work. So I tried it and still it does not work. So I called again and they went through the try this, uninstall that, try this other thing. After about 15 hours of debugging their software I called it quits. I asked for a refund because there software did not work as advertised and was told too bad.
This is not a good company, they do not stand behind their product. They just try to get you to pay extra and then they don’t fix their bad software.