BidScreen XL Onscreen Measuring in Excel | 
| From: Vertigraph, Inc. Category: Software
Buy New: $750.00 as of 3/20/2010 02:29 EDT details
Rating: 1 reviews Sales Rank: 32327
Format: CD Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows XP Media: CD-ROM Operating System: Windows XP Professional, Windows XP Home, Windows 2000, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows 95, Windows NT
UPC: 410000206195 EAN: 0410000206195 ASIN: B000BLML9Q
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Microsoft Excel Add-In | | • | Perform eTakeoff of ePlans in Excel | | • | Works with existing Excel spreadsheets or sample estimating templates provided | | • | Ideal for contractors performing taking offs from digital files | | • | Supports tiff, pdf, cal, dwg, dwf, and many other file formats |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description BidScreen XL calculates quantities from drawing files by using your mouse. The quantity measurement and digitized drawings are displayed and saved in the Excel cell. Ability to view, zoom, pan and print the drawing file. You can also change line colors, line styles, area fill patterns, symbols and line thickness of the different digitized measurements. Sample Excel estimating templates for general contracting and subtrades are also included. The filing and distribution of plans electronically is on the way. Take advantage of this new technology with BidScreen XL.
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| Customer Reviews: Bad, buggy software. October 26, 2009 andrew (CO USA) 1 out of 1 found this review helpful
We bought the software after a WOC demo. It looked promising. After installing it and going through some live training we started using it. After using it I was surprised at how difficult it was to move around in the take-off window. I was disappointed at the lack of layers, even though they claimed the supported layers. I found that the software would not run on both my desk top and laptop as they claimed in the demo. I was disappointed that every time I opened excel, even for just a regular spreadsheet, it now took 10 time longer than before I installed the software and many times a nag window popped up saying I needed to upgrade. When I would click the up grade button the upgrade would fail. Worst of all for me was I pretty quickly found that is does not open all PDF's as claimed. I called tech support and was told if I spent $200 more then it would do what I wanted. I installed the new software and still it does not work as promised. Called again and was told for $150 more it would work. So I tried it and still it does not work. So I called again and they went through the try this, uninstall that, try this other thing. After about 15 hours of debugging their software I called it quits. I asked for a refund because there software did not work as advertised and was told too bad.
This is not a good company, they do not stand behind their product. They just try to get you to pay extra and then they don't fix their bad software.
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