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30th Jan 2012 10:12 pm #1Senior Member
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AutoPREP - Any users, reviews?
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I'm being pushed and pushed to "evaluate" this software. Upon reading up on it, and looking through it...I find nothing spectacular. I have yet to install it simply because it looks to me like a waste of time.
Does anyone have any real or relevant experience with this software that can weigh in?"The thing about quotes on the internet is that you cannot confirm their validity." - Abraham Lincoln
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30th Jan 2012 11:26 pm #2Senior Member
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30th Jan 2012 11:52 pm #3Senior Member
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No, I'm talking about AutoPREP.
www.autoprep.com
I'm very well versed in Revit (Arch/MEP/Struct) and AutoCAD."The thing about quotes on the internet is that you cannot confirm their validity." - Abraham Lincoln
I -edit- a lot, sorry.
The rotary engine is the most efficient way of converting fuel to noise ever invented.
If my post sounds offensive, but can be meant in a non-offensive manner...I meant the latter.
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31st Jan 2012 03:53 am #4Forum Deity
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I've never used it myself, but it looks like a tool that could come in handy if you inherited someone else's mess and needed to update every drawing in your archive. Be very careful with it. It has the same potential to automatically screw up thousands of drawings as it does to fix them.
I can see where upper level managers with little or no cad knowledge would be attracted to this program. It makes lots of promises that it may or may not live up to. My experience says that if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig. -Robert Heinlein
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31st Jan 2012 12:14 pm #5Super Member
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After watching the first Youtube result for it (official), I am unimpressed. Their sales pitch is pretty bad.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfFzHKGCcK8
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31st Jan 2012 04:33 pm #6Senior Member
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Ok, so it's not just me...
They want $1k per seat for it.
"The thing about quotes on the internet is that you cannot confirm their validity." - Abraham Lincoln
I -edit- a lot, sorry.
The rotary engine is the most efficient way of converting fuel to noise ever invented.
If my post sounds offensive, but can be meant in a non-offensive manner...I meant the latter.
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31st Jan 2012 06:47 pm #7Forum Deity
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Holy Crap! Ain't no way. I don't see anything in that program the standards checker teamed up with some lisps or a script or two wouldn't do for...uh...well...free!
Originally Posted by Lee Roy
Ok, so it's not just me...
They want $1k per seat for it.
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig. -Robert Heinlein
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31st Jan 2012 07:01 pm #8Senior Member
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Yeah, that's what I've said for about a year now. It's from the same company that does AutoSprink.
"The thing about quotes on the internet is that you cannot confirm their validity." - Abraham Lincoln
I -edit- a lot, sorry.
The rotary engine is the most efficient way of converting fuel to noise ever invented.
If my post sounds offensive, but can be meant in a non-offensive manner...I meant the latter.
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31st Jan 2012 09:35 pm #9Super Member
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If it did reduce cleanup work from 20 hours down to 30 minutes (and frequently) as the owner of the company claims, then it would probably be worthwhile. I can't see that occurring though.
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31st Jan 2012 09:53 pm #10Senior Member
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IMHO if a drawing requires that much "cleanup", someone needs to review their drafting practices.
I watched the video...completely unimpressed.
-Manage x-ref's without opening the drawings (We use Project Navigator, makes this fairly simple)
-Clean up drawings (They're not dirty?)
-Compare changes (Why are there multiple copies of the same drawing??? That's asking for trouble)"The thing about quotes on the internet is that you cannot confirm their validity." - Abraham Lincoln
I -edit- a lot, sorry.
The rotary engine is the most efficient way of converting fuel to noise ever invented.
If my post sounds offensive, but can be meant in a non-offensive manner...I meant the latter.
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