using hand held devices in design & construction

Using Hand Held Devicesin Designand ConstructionGordon B. Arnold AIACitygraphs.com

The Big Ideas

:: What we do: Text, APPS, Talk

:: Construction Drawings = Pictures

:: Mobile Drawings Help the Process

:: A Set of CD’s in Your Hand

:: We can be Developers

Device Players (Touchscreen)

:: Company/Model/Carrier/Op Sys:

HTC/Droid/Verizon,Sprint/Android Microsoft/Win Phone/AT&T/WP7 Google/Nexus/T-Mobile/Android Nokia/N8/T-Mobile/Symbian 3 RIM/Bold,Storm/AT&T/Blackberry

:: Apple/iPhone/AT&T/iPhone OS (50-70 million units, 350,000 apps)

Mobile Drawings are Pictures

File Types for Mobile Drawings:: PDF File features: Resolution

:: JPG File features: Third party site options Established image management App editing options Photos & Screen Captures Thumbnails

Mobile Drawings to the iPhone:: How do we get them to the screen?

email them to ourselvesSync with ComputerPlace them in a “Cloud”

:: Production Platforms at the office

:: Presentation Platforms in the field

Mobile Drawings Management

Working with Mobile Drawings:: Sketching

:: Punch Lists & Numbered Notes

:: Bubble Notes

:: Area & Distance Calculations

:: Mobility + Convenience = Design Flow (Time&Money)

Sketching & Drawings

Notes on Pictures & Drawings

Punch Lists & Drawings

Area & Distance Calculations

The iPad as Drawing Platform

The iPad Presents Specifications

Construction Pro as Developer:: Keep Client Relationships

:: Apply Old Skills in New Ways:Design ProcessEsthetic SkillsManagement SkillsTechnical SkillsMarketing Skills

:: We Know How to Design & Build

Application Concept Document:: Stakeholder Consensus & Pricing

:: Operating System & Platform

:: User Interface (look & feel)

:: Functionality (storyboard)

:: Similar Applications

Impact of the Smartphone

:: Light Weight, Mobile, Fast

:: Better Camera, Video, FaceTime

:: Multitasking

:: Easy to use, Inexpensive, Available

:: More People More Productive

The Big Ideas

:: Students Now = Employees Soon

:: Drawings are Pictures

:: Design Flow Saves Time & Money

:: We Can Save Paper, Fuel, Time

:: We Can Produce New Products & Services for New Markets

Applications for Construction

INCHcalc+

Convert Units

Apple Camera

iDisk

Dropbox

Save2PDF

uSketchit+

uCantMeanIt

uPunchit+

uScaleit+

AllThingsD

Apple iBooks

Skype

Expensify

Dragon Dictation

Facebook

garnold@citygraphs.com

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