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First-Ever
Real-Time Pricing Search
Engine for the Building Industry
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
NOVEMBER 18, 2004:
Signal Hill, Calif.—1ST Pricing’s newly released BIM Pricing
Tool, the first real-time pricing search engine for the building
industry, has taken a labor-intensive, error-ridden and
weeks-long process and condensed into an accurate, user-and
consumer-friendly process that can be completed in a matter of
minutes.
Ideal for those
taking advantage of BIM-enabled CAD software, this revolutionary
tool captures the details of various objects in architectural
plans (such as a windows and doors). It then reads the plans,
pulls real-time, zip-code-based, delivered-to-the-jobsite
pricing from multiple manufacturer databases and then
automatically creates an electronic bill of materials. The tool
automatically populates an online shopping cart making
mistake-free order fulfillment a breeze.
"We’ve
taken an emerging technology—the world of building information
modeling (BIM) and added a logical element, pricing" said
Douglas Lopez, President of 1ST Pricing. "A real-time
pricing and fulfillment-enabled search engine was really the
missing link preventing BIM from practical use."
With 1ST Pricing’s
BIM Pricing Tool, a consumer could sit down with a contractor or
architect and literally select the style and price of each
window or door from multiple manufacturer databases in
real-time.
1ST Pricing, an
Autodesk® Authorized Developer, has developed its free BIM
Pricing Tool to work with several industry-leading Autodesk
platforms. The BIM Pricing Tool is compatible with AutoCAD 2005
and Autodesk Map 3D™ 2005, as well as Autodesk Architectural
Desktop 2004. For compatibility with earlier versions of the
products listed above, please check the BIM Pricing Tool product
information sheets.
BIM Pricing Tool
is also available for IMSI's TurboCAD Standard and Pro. 1ST
Pricing plans to release plug-ins for other CAD applications
later this year.
About 1ST Pricing
1ST Pricing
is a technology company that has taken a revolutionary approach
to providing intelligent business solutions to the building
industry. Their technology supercharges CAD programs to include
real-time pricing in a full service supply chain solution. To
download the free BIM Pricing Tool or for more information,
visit www.1stpricing.com
About Autodesk®
Autodesk® is
the world's leading design software and digital content company,
offering customers progressive business solutions through
powerful technology products and services. Autodesk® helps
customers in building, manufacturing, infrastructure,
digital media, and wireless data services fields increase the
value of their digital design data and improve efficiencies
across their entire project lifecycle management processes. For
more information about the company, visit www.autodesk.com
Press contact: Greg Guss
(805) 660-4755
gcguss@earthlink.net
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