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Title: SoftPlan steps up: latest version raises the standard for residential CAD.(Builder tech: new gadgets, new systems, new future)(Brief Article)
Author: Joe Stoddard
Publication: Builder (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 1, 2003
Publisher: Hanley-Wood, Inc.
Volume: 26 Issue: 11 Page: 188(1)Article Type: Brief ArticleDistributed by Thompson Gale
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ANY SEASONED PENCIL-AND-PAPER DESIGNER who has tried to master a traditional CAD system quickly learns that it's usually faster to draw a one-off project by hand than to fire up the computer. But what if you could squeeze more than just drawings out of your CAD system? What about a system that creates project data and presentation materials that other divisions in your company can use? The next leap is to building information modeling, or BIM--the latest rage among architecture/engineering/construction (AEC) types.
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