Hello folks,
Manny asked me about Redstick CAD, which is a way to use a tablet (Apple or Android) or a smartphone to do on site documentation: http://www.redstickcad.com/index.html
Here is an introduction video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZU_PPHh1xA
And another slightly longer video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LS9cARq5NZc
It has a base version for $10 that does quite a lot, and a Pro version for $200 that adds 3D and stories and Bluetooth input (which works on Android only for now), and a way to denote photos on the plan and link them to the photo you take with the camera in the device. The $500 "Pro Data" version does lots of BIM-type data tags. Here's a video if the differences between the versions:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jewe13kXbpg
My questions are: have you used Redstick, or do you know someone who has? Does the base version do most/all of what you need it to do? They are (apparently) an Australian company (Mitcham VIC 3132) - do they have a presence in Australia? It does do feet/inches and DXF exports, so how it works with DataCAD is also important.
The methods of drafting look straightforward and seem to fit how I work. Measuring the overalls first, and then adding in the openings and doors and windows makes good sense to me. And if need be, a trial run with the $10 base version is an easy decision. The website only shows the Android versions: http://redstick.myshopify.com/collections/all/3d So, you must need to go to the Apple AppStore for those versions - but I can't see them there.
Manny asked me about Redstick CAD, which is a way to use a tablet (Apple or Android) or a smartphone to do on site documentation: http://www.redstickcad.com/index.html
Here is an introduction video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZU_PPHh1xA
And another slightly longer video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LS9cARq5NZc
It has a base version for $10 that does quite a lot, and a Pro version for $200 that adds 3D and stories and Bluetooth input (which works on Android only for now), and a way to denote photos on the plan and link them to the photo you take with the camera in the device. The $500 "Pro Data" version does lots of BIM-type data tags. Here's a video if the differences between the versions:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jewe13kXbpg
My questions are: have you used Redstick, or do you know someone who has? Does the base version do most/all of what you need it to do? They are (apparently) an Australian company (Mitcham VIC 3132) - do they have a presence in Australia? It does do feet/inches and DXF exports, so how it works with DataCAD is also important.
The methods of drafting look straightforward and seem to fit how I work. Measuring the overalls first, and then adding in the openings and doors and windows makes good sense to me. And if need be, a trial run with the $10 base version is an easy decision. The website only shows the Android versions: http://redstick.myshopify.com/collections/all/3d So, you must need to go to the Apple AppStore for those versions - but I can't see them there.