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aecinsight In this article 4Projects Autodesk Design Review HP Remote Printing www.4projects.com Abvent’s Archigate www.autodesk.com/designreview BIW Technologies www.hp.com/go/hp-instant-printing IDEAL PlanRoom www2.archigate.net Adobe Share www.biwtech.com Cadalyst PlanRoom www.idealplanroom.com Microsoft Ofﬁce Sharepoint Services http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/share/ ARC’s PlanWell http://planroom.cadalyst.com Causeway Technologies www.microsoft.com/sharepoint OpenText’s Livelink ECM www.e-arc.com Asite www.causeway.com CTSpace www.opentext.com ReproMAX/McGraw-Hill PDM www.asite.com Autodesk Buzzsaw www.ctspace.com e-Builder www.construction.com/documentmanager RSA’s PlanCommand www.autodesk.com/buzzsaw Autodesk Constructware www.e-builder.net eZmeeting www.plancommand.com Service Point’s PlanLink www.autodesk.com/constructware http://ezmeeting.com www.servicepointusa.com No surprise, then, that the to-peer nature has no document cluster occupying the center of repository. Similarly, Adobe Share figure 1 is dominated by services and Autodesk Design Review offer run by reprographers or networks collaboration, mark-up capabilof reprographic services. These ity, and workflow without being include ARC’s PlanWell, Reprotied to any fixed Internet location, graphics Services Association’s not even a virtual one. Microsoft (RSA’s) PlanCommand, and SerOffice Sharepoint Services offers vice Point’s PlanLink. Although another form of document-based not strictly a reprographic service, collaboration that isn’t tied to any I place the paid version of Ideal’s specific Web-based service, and PlanRoom (versus the free CadaHP Remote Printing can deliver Figure 2. Free plan rooms, such as the Cadalyst lyst version, described below) here much of the repro-centric services’ PlanRoom, offer extensive functionality for storage, as well. A distinguishing characdocument-distribution functionalexchange, distribution, and collaboration. teristic of Ideal’s service is that, as ity without the reprographer. a scanner manufacturer, Ideal can help integrate paper workflow with digital workflow. Building the Future Online I place the ReproMAX/McGraw-Hill PDM joint offerAs more AEC/O end users adopt and grow comfortable ing (powered by technology from Adenium) slightly above with plan room technology and methods, many will become the main cluster of repro-centric plan rooms because of the more receptive to the higher-level functionality and conextensive reach of the ReproMAX network and the built-in tent of PCNs. It isn’t clear at this time if plan room users will power of direct linkage to McGraw-Hill information content, migrate to existing PCN services or if the existing plan room such as Sweets catalogs and the FWDodge reporting service. services will add PCN-like layers of functionality to serve their users’ evolving sophistication. The Content axis likely will Plan Rooms for the Rest of Us expand to encompass BIM-like models, and the Functionality Many firms and projects don’t need or can’t justify the axis might expand to accommodate activities beyond workexpense and process change of even the repro-centric plan flow, such as procurement and fabrication. rooms. However, such folks still need more than mere FTP. Emerging standards may accelerate both adoption and For this large market segment, Ideal offers a free version migration. United Kingdom–based PCN providers such as of its PlanRoom service (figure 2), capped at 1 GB of online 4Projects, Asite, BIW Technologies, and Causeway Techstorage. This advertising-supported service is offered in nologies have formed the Network for Construction Colconjunction with Cadalyst as the Cadalyst PlanRoom and laboration Technology Providers (NCCTP) to promote stancan be accessed directly from the Cadalyst Web site. Design- dards for data export and import among the participating ers using Graphisoft’s ArchiCAD software also might be providers. c interested in another free service called Archigate from rendering-software vendor Abvent. Industry analyst and consultant Jerry Laiserin helps AEC/O busiNo classification system can capture and pigeonnesses — and the technology providers who serve them — build hole every subtlety of a complex market. For example, my smarter through the integration of technology strategy and business scheme has no room for an ad hoc, peer-to-peer document process. E-mail him at jerry@laiserin.com. collaboration system such as eZmeeting, which by its peer42 December 2007 | cadalyst | www.cadalyst.com http://www.4projects.com http://www.autodesk.com/designreview http://www.hp.com/go/hp-instant-printing http://www2.archigate.net http://www.biwtech.com http://www.idealplanroom.com http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/share/ http://planroom.cadalyst.com http://www.microsoft.com/sharepoint http://www.e-arc.com http://www.causeway.com http://www.opentext.com http://www.asite.com http://www.ctspace.com http://www.construction.com/documentmanager http://www.autodesk.com/buzzsaw http://www.e-builder.net http://www.plancommand.com http://www.autodesk.com/constructware http://ezmeeting.com http://www.servicepointusa.com http://www.cadalyst.com

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