Making any decision to spend money on additional software\/services must always factor in how long it will take to get a return on your investment.<\/p>\n
Based upon feedback from our users and internal studies we’ve pieced the below study together.<\/p>\n
Typically when issuing drawings there is a requirement for a PDF and occasionally a DWG file for each sheet. \u00a0The standard process for issuing out of Revit would include exporting out each sheet one at a time (DWG) and naming them as you go long to your office protocols to include the revision number and any other parameters. \u00a0Potentially a user could also export out every sheet in a single process using Revit’s inbuilt automatic naming (short or long) and then have to come back later and amend the naming to suit your office protocol.<\/p>\n
Then for a PDF issue the user must print all sheets to a PDF printer (Adobe PDF, CutePDF, etc) whether they are prompted to enter a file name for every sheet. \u00a0So the user must sit and feedback the responses as the computer asks at each one.<\/p>\n
Finally, all this information needs to be manually transferred to a document transmittal and sent using the appropriate medium.<\/p>\n
For arguments sake lets say the average issue takes 6 people hours. \u00a0Using a conservative charge out rate of $120\/hour that equates to $720.<\/p>\n
So each issue of drawings currently costs $720 to deliver.<\/p>\n
So in comparison, lets look at Xrev Transmit:<\/p>\n
First there are some overheads, there is the initial purchase of $229 per seat (or less depending on how many copies are purchased).<\/p>\n
Then there is installation and setup. \u00a0Installation takes approximately 5 minutes per machine depending on whether the support components are required. \u00a0Setup can take around 4 hours to modify the settings to suit your standards and customise the transmittal to meet your needs.<\/p>\n
Once this is all setup an issue typically only requires 1-2 minutes of actual user input. \u00a0The rest of the time the computer and revit are busy doing their job, and the user is free to do other, more productive things…<\/p>\n
So lets put some costs against that. \u00a0Let’s say 5 copies of Xrev Transmit are bought at $179\/seat. \u00a0The initial overhead is $1395 including setup. \u00a0Note, I haven’t costed in any training because Xrev Transmit uses a wizard style interface and doesn’t really require training to understand.<\/p>\n
From then on an issue is costing around $5-10 to produce as opposed to $720. \u00a0So to recoup the initial cost of $1395 it only takes 2 issues of a project using Xrev Transmit!<\/p>\n
In Summary:<\/p>\n
Conventional Issue Cost = $720<\/p>\n
Xrev Transmit Issue Cost = $10<\/p>\n
Xrev Transmit Purchase & Setup = $1395 (in this example)<\/p>\n
Time to achieve return on investment = 2 project issues or 1 week, if you do 2 issues per week!!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Making any decision to spend money on additional software\/services must always factor in how long it will take to get a return on your investment. Based upon feedback from our users and internal studies we’ve pieced the below study together. … Continue reading