Ben,
I'd never heard that, but it would trouble me greatly. The fire
marshal would need access to any number of CAD programs - some of which
have great difficulty in interchanging their formats, as well as a
similar number of hydraulic calculation files. Or, the opposite would
be true, I suppose, in that it would require the
designer/contractor/submitter to convert both documents into the format
desired, which might not be such an easily accomplished task, which may
have significant costs associated with such a process. It might be
cheaper to cough up the $50.
Might also be worth a call to the SFM in Maine to see if that's true.
PARSLEY CONSULTING
Ken Wagoner, SET
760.745.6181 voice
760.745.0537 fax
[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>e-mail
www.ParsleyConsulting.com <http://www.ParsleyConsulting.com>website
On 5/16/2012 12:06 PM, Ben Young wrote:
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
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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
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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?
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