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Trends
LEFT CHAMELEON POWER

has launched the industry's
first photographic visualization and measurement tool,
Photo+Measure. The tool
uses proprietary color and
appearance technology
and a content management
system to facilitate seamless
image and product data
utilization across all mobile
and web platforms.

RAKEN's cloud-based,
field-reporting software
helps project managers and
on-site supervisors manage
daily reports, project updates,
time cards and photos in
one mobile app. Data can be
gathered around the country,
including project updates,
photos and other documentation in a single place, where it
is accessible in a timely and
easy-to-understand manner.

CLEARPATHGPS helps small

to mid-sized businesses
with GPS fleet tracking and
managing their assets to
operate more efficiently, safely
and profitably. Users can get
a complete route history for
each driver for any time period
they tap. Key reports, including a virtual timecard, are also
available within the app.

SOLARUP, the intuitive new

app designed to streamline
solar project development for
both solar professionals and
consumers, is now available
for iOS on Apple's App Store.
Its user-friendly interface
allows easy access to a precision design, layout and sizing
tool with little to no training.
The app also allows both solar
professionals and consumers
to visualize photovoltaic solar
arrays - the power-generating
unit for solar energy - with an
advanced AutoCAD feature.

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In addition to AI technology, Seremet also
thinks drones might be used to measure designs
and calculations, saving time and money for
whole-house projects. Enhanced accuracy in these
types of critical measurements - as well as the
scale used in VR and AR - is something everyone
agrees will be established in the near future. Apps
and software for design are continually being updated, gradually winning over users' trust in their
precision and the quality of renderings.
Along with accuracy and realistic renderings,
the most important evolution happening in design
software is the streamlining of apps and services.
According to MacSporran, the most common
complaint heard from designers is that they are
having to pay for multiple services to get all their
tasks done in a day - from inspiration boards to
billing and task management. Now tools are being created for streamlining all of this into one
platform or working with third-party apps in one
place, minimizing the amount of time wasted
during the working day and opening up more
hours for creativity.
"Apps are designed to be user friendly, and you'd
be surprised how fast you can get up to speed,
sketching, drafting and designing," said Kenoff.
"The tech is there, you just have to be fearless and
dive in."
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RIGHT SPEC SIMPLE has launched a redesigned Virtual Library,

which makes finding product and project information simple. In
addition, the Virtual Library's new "Ask My Reps" feature allows
specifiers to pose product questions to multiple vendors at once,
soliciting quick answers to urgent product queries. For designers
better at recognizing their representatives' faces than remembering
their names, Virtual Library also created the new "Rep Faces,"
allowing designers to quickly find familiar contacts visually.

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duces its newly updated free
kitchen design app, BLANCO
SILGRANIT. Made for
homeowners, designers and
fabricators, the app allows
users to pair BLANCO sinks
with popular countertops to
find the right color combination. Favorite combinations
may be saved and emailed
to others, and users may also
photograph and add their
own countertop selections to
the app.

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