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1ST Pricing
Releases Revolutionary BIM Pricing Tool for AutoCAD® and
Architectural Desktop™
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
OCTOBER 27, 2004: Signal Hill, Calif. -
1ST Pricing, a Southern California-based technology company
providing practical solutions to the building industry, has
released a downloadable plug-in for AutoCAD®, Architectural Desktop™ and Autodesk Map® 3D™ that will create a detailed
bill of materials including real-time, comparative pricing from
many real manufacturers combined with pricing and an online
fulfillment capability to support it. AutoCAD® is the most
used architectural computer aided design program (CAD) in the
home building industry. 1ST Pricing is an Autodesk®
Authorized
Developer.
"We've been reading plans for years, but no technology has ever
been able to take full advantage of the information contained
in the architect's computer," said Douglas Lopez, President
and Founder of 1ST Pricing, Inc. "Now this $3.9 trillion industry
has a search engine that takes a set of plans, hits a retailer
database, and returns multiple brands and real prices in one
simple mouse click."
Building information modeling (BIM) is a revolutionary tool
in the architectural CAD industry but it isn't taken to its
logical conclusion - pricing and fulfillment. When an architect
designs a set of plans, traditional BIM-enabled CAD software
captures the details of various objects in the plans such as
a windows and doors. 1ST Pricing's software not only captures
the information, but also provides real-time, comparative, zip-code-based
pricing for each item and, ultimately, creates an electronic
bill of materials that saves time and money while greatly reducing
error.
In addition to assisting architects and other plan designers
build and price a bill of materials, the detailed materials
are reviewable online for everyone involved in the building
process. The contractor or homeowner can actually select and
order the product online and have it delivered directly to the
jobsite.
"Our goal is to simplify the process of building a home," says
Lopez. "The 1ST Pricing technology brings order and precision
to a chaotic process and is an incredible time-saver for architects,
contractors and homeowners. A process that used to involve multiple
parties and take several weeks with dozens of wasted man-hours
can now be completed with a couple clicks of a mouse."
Having already completed AutoCAD® versions 2002, 2004 &
2005, Architectural Desktop™ 2002 & 2004, Autodesk
Map® 5, 6 & 3D, and IMSI's TurboCAD Standard and Pro,
1ST Pricing has begun scheduling the release of additional new
plug-ins for other CAD applications to begin later this year.
Press contact: Greg Guss
(805) 660-4755
gcguss@earthlink.net
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