Hitachi makes some high res projectors. They also have the capability marking up a drawing via a sketch pad (I even think an iPad or other tablet with the proper software can be used as the drawing board) and then be able to save the image projected image with the mark-ups.
On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 4:56 AM, Morey, Mike <[email protected]> wrote: > You may want to consider the resolution factor, you're unlikely to find a > projector or large screen LCD over 1080p resolution. On a 52" diagonal > screen 1080p works out to about 44 ppi which is about 1/4 the resolution of > a cheap printer, going larger with a projector will be a larger version of > the same bad image. It depends to some degree on what exactly you're doing > with the prints, but if you need to be able to read length and size tags > etc from most "standard" formatted shop drawings you'll have real issues > more than likely. You should definitely try it before you buy it, as it > were. You might look into something like the Dell U30011 30" 2560x1600 > monitor as an alternative, though it's pricey at 1300 bucks. > > Mike Morey, SET, CFPS > Sprinkler Designer > BMW Constructors, Inc. > O: 317.651.0596 | C: 317.586.8111 > www.bmwc.com > > ________________________________ > > From: [email protected] on behalf of Ralphy > Henderson > Sent: Tue 5/15/2012 7:57 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Projector for viewing PDF's? > > > > I'm considering something and want to get people's opinion on this. Seeing > how a lot of contractors these days aren't issuing a set of blueprints and > are instead sending out PDF files, and in an effort to diminish printing > costs, I'm considering purchasing a projector connected to the computer to > display PDF's full size on the office wall above my monitor. Sure I won't > be able to tab things, highlight, or scale them out with my scales but PDF > software generally allows for all that stuff now in the software. Has > anyone done this or purchased a 52" (diagonal) flat screen to be able to > view PDF's at 100% without the need to pan around the screen to see > everything at once? > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/private/sprinklerforum/attachments/20120515/df9090b9/attachment.html > > > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > > > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: winmail.dat > Type: application/ms-tnef > Size: 4957 bytes > Desc: not available > URL: < > http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/private/sprinklerforum/attachments/20120516/3f2f0dec/attachment.bin > > > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > -- Ron Greenman Instructor Fire Protection Engineering Technology Bates Technical College 1101 So. Yakima Ave. Tacoma, WA 98405 [email protected] http://www.bates.ctc.edu/fireprotection/ 253.680.7346 253.576.9700 (cell) Member: ASEE, SFPE, ASCET, NFPA, AFSA, NFSA, AFAA, NIBS, WSAFM, WFC, WFSC They are happy men whose natures sort with their vocations. -Francis Bacon, essayist, philosopher, and statesman (1561-1626) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/private/sprinklerforum/attachments/20120516/396612bb/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum
