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JobTracker ™. A Job Tracking System for Architects & Engineers Produced by LA Solutions. JobTracker ™. Maintains project catalogue Automates issue sheet production Automates project archiving Automates title block annotation Works with ProjectBuilder ™ configurations.
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JobTracker™ A Job Tracking System for Architects & Engineers Produced byLA Solutions
JobTracker™ • Maintains project catalogue • Automates issue sheet production • Automates project archiving • Automates title block annotation • Works with ProjectBuilder™ configurations
JobTracker Is Not … • A document management system • A control freak
JobTracker Catalogue • Lists of… • Projects • Clients • Users • Drawings • CAD Files • Stored in relational database
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
Users • Users are your staff • A user is assigned a discipline … • Mechanical, Structural, Electrical • A user may view all project information • A user may change only drawing information related to his discipline
Drawings • Drawings are deliverables • Drawings may be revised… • Manually (one, all, or selection) • Automatically on issue • A drawing may be used in multiple projects
CAD Files • Drawings are composed from CAD files • CAD file may be used by more than one drawing • CAD files may reference one another • JobTracker records file usage • CAD files are not necessarily visible to your clients
MicroStation V8 Plug-In • Unobtrusive MDL application • Uses the JobTracker database DLL • Additional menus for Drawing information • Monitors reference file attachments • Automatic generation of title block
Issue Sheets • Produced automatically from a Word template • Issue reason … • Preliminary, Contract, Information, … • Drawing revisions & issue dates • Revisions are rolled automatically on first issue • Clients & copy count • Multiple pages created automatically to accommodate issues & drawings
Archiving • JobTracker 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
JobTracker WebView™ • Presents JobTracker registry as Web pages • Publishes live data from the registry database • JobTracker database interface component DLL • Sample code provided
JobTracker Futures • Customers have suggested … • Issue Sheets in XML format • Import & Export in ProjectWise™ format • Refresh title block automatically • Create a new block as file is opened (option) • Manage documents in addition to drawings • Query to determine what revisions were issued to client X • Archive individual drawings when revised • Include reference files
JobTracker™ Summary • Automates Project Tracking • Helps maintain lists of clients & drawings • Raises level of QA when issuing job information