I've been told that the Maine state fire marshal charges an extra $50 if you send them hard copies instead of an electronic submission. No pdfs either, they want your cad and hydraulic files. On May 16, 2012 12:07 PM, "Steve Leyton" <[email protected]> wrote:
> I purchased a small Acer 1080p projector that I use for learning > breakfasts with staff in the office and for presentations outside the > office. It will throw a high-res image to at least 4' in width and can > go up to 8 or 9' at least with adequate resolution for power point > slideshows. It about the same size as an average men's shoe box, fits > in a roll-aboard computer bag, and cost $389 from Newegg.com. > > I respect those AHJ's who are still adamant about hard copies, but as > Ken articulately points out, there are numerous advantages to digital > media that do not cost much money (You can download really good PDF > editor software for free), and which so streamline the process that it > makes for a compelling decision. I would also ask AHJ's to consider > making a change in policy (over a reasonable transition period) to > enhance archiving of approved plans. > > How many FD's have kept records of permit submittals and inspections > that can be accessed in the future? For both use by parties on both > sides of the counter, I mean. Building owners don't keep as-builts, nor > do they pass them along if buildings are sold. How great would it be if > I could reach out to the AHJ and get a copy of an approved building > system instead of having to do a survey take off in case of addition, > remodel or re-use? How much money would bureaus save that are > stock-piling hard copies? IMHO, going digital will pay for itself over > a relatively short period of time. > > Steve Leyton > Protection Design & Consulting > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Morey, > Mike > Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2012 4:57 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: Projector for viewing PDF's? > > 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/attach > ments/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/attach > ments/20120516/3f2f0dec/attachment.bin> > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/private/sprinklerforum/attachments/20120516/4be313c2/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum
