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Who uses the mini computers for work? Not just scheduling and taking notes and storing data. Who takes one to a job site or a meeting and uses it for viewing drawings or quick design or quick topo reading? Is there software (MathCAD, GPS, EXCEL, DXF viewer, etc.) available to use?






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I find it too small to read and view large documents and spread sheets. May be if I have to I would use it.
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http://www.pocketgear.com/products_search.asp?searchfor=math
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Is that what we have going on here??? I used to take a 5" slide rule to the field, and to meetings with me.
I suspect we will soon look back and laugh, because it is probably just around the corner.
rmw
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I use my Pocket PC on a daily basis to track projects since inception to construction completion, including resources and costs. Used many Excel spreadsheets to calculate beams, until I found a little (and affordable) program called MeTools. It is of true help in the field. you can calculate from areas, volumes, beams under different loading conditions (it uses the AISC steel shapes databases) and it has a niffty unit convertor. Check http://www.metools.com.
For a frame design I use another little gem called Beam Analysis 1.4 this one can analyse and entire multi span frame and provides all the stress diagrams for the forces applied. This one you will find it at http://www.handango.com
Pay attention to the versions for your PPC processor. Some are written specifically for specific processors.
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The deadlines and the time is money mentality has pushed everyone involved on a construction project to new limits. AutoCAD was just the beginning. The software suggested looks like it could be helpful in the field.
Other software that I would deem useful is something that you could view electronic drawings on and be able to make notations on and bring back to the office.
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There is something called PocketDGN and PocketCAD, check http://www.pcscad.com; these are used for MicroStation and AutoCad drawings. Both softwares have a "redlining" feature. Another way to work is using your Transcriber directly on the drawings and save your notes as images.
They work fine in a 200MHz processors, however I suggest you to get a 400MHz or faster processor.
I tried them and work fine, the screen of a PcketPC is just too small to edit any drawings efficiently.