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4. are al of Buang on BSD by visting our Web Pageatwwicbsdsank com osa cont trom page 3 in secton 01425 Reorence Sandras underPart 2 Constucton Oganzaton Documents bbicgraphicalctaons are sto the easiest way to search this secton t cick n ne Find bunton ke binoculars and fpe mine sttreviaton you are long Jor By o way MIANC stande lor International Masonry AE Weather Corel Luculli o crate he same paragraph so selecta croice near tne begining ot ire paragraph t automaticaly selects later into paragraph This possible Resohnar however nere are Mo easy workarounas Imay be hotorto create along choice feid containing bon desired causes This Way iti easier far he user to see inat the whole croice Atematvey You coui divide tne paragraph nto paragraphs so a choice paragraph T o desired choice paragraph 2 Note aa are update your Navel software to Cien verson 3 21 youshouid be aware hl isl eause an eror in SpecLink The erroe message is Wating tar another serta complete anoperaton raros single user access The message deplaya even hen there is not anoerperson inthe Novel has prolem and provided an update latio on har websi Please contact BSD support orte 5 Howeanl teda secton t d
5. tert Inte feid Ifyou want to a brand new choice field put your cursor in the oreet postion ihe panel and Choice trom the Choice case you wii have to a Choice Type exclusive ulii crosce inclusive choice ne om te pulcoun Ihave made adjustments to te level 2 paragraphs uten pint out a draft copy to ed the sy changes are not shown Because a dratt copy is just that doe no apply siie changes Once you are ready 10 print ine section the paragraphs WWA ali print with heir correct A ot a sudden check i saying hat words Ike only arenor tound inthe There are two tles that you must ave inthe proper places forthe spellcheck 10 work The Speck is ca ed speci dc and Should be located Specinkeystem feider The custom worda you want toeter cased ard shouid be Ietheroapace ons soeh are Seo QR A pago LinkLine ABSO Sotnie Publcalon Edtor Pagay Woodall The Linkt ine is publchedby Buding Systems Design 1178 Peachtree Sreet Sute 1900 GA 30361 Permission to use exces in oiner puniicatons granted Pubiisnar ls cetedin at 404 reino B80 See nk BSD Costirk and BSD Seir crorostredatonate BSD Cadirk and ESO nktan
6. brackets single cick anyunere beween the rackets bicis in for your text envy ortarpasing rom e One tthe mestexcing changesin ra new ie the Notes window Tha windows ordnariy esed buti can be opened moved to convenient ereen and reszed t sult Ihe user s preter Ence Atter you close the window t remembers ts size and locaton and reopens in the same contours As Inte 16 bit product notes anached to paragraph are iv oN stus column Ayellw icon Indicates master a dark blue icon desig nates a project nate However acyan now indicates boin a master nate anda project roto at tached to ma paragraph As you can see the Notes window has tno tabe towing both a master ota anda project note tote anpendedio sechparaggh more the master notes tou has capat Clicking na pee opens Explorer browser ard npe aree ta tne designated wab page We can alo insert Inthe notes in addon ta BSD SpocLrkcwl have many usta tons and horis reati enhancing 1e usetulness of SpecLink in vertying thai product nommaton is boih curent and applicatie project Another brand newtesture in Secr is Compare Projects This tooi atoms youto compare wo versions ofa ezton 1o see he wich are uroerined tor through for One appkcaton fa
7. ction shouid also be searched for raterencas to specie product ames or 1O numbers and these shouid One ot my paragraphs has been excluded wah aed Ink ieu can ovemide itin my project but how an overde tpermarenty You cannot delete Master Links ovenide hem Betere you hem reasonable to vew 1na reason orte and consider s inotestons Tne trst tog to do 1s 1o be Vew menu Stats Columns nd tum one em Sequence numbers Th way you can see the Unique number assigned o sach paragraph Nowgo tothe menu Option Panel and select Show nk Sources Or ciek on te View Links button on me toolbar looks We alin of cnain Each a Source and a Target To Source reparare that must be selected for take attect The Target s the paragraph whose stalus oy The ink Paragraphs wih multiple ink soucas respond 1o is by erarchy described Hep H you uy believe Master Link en error please contact Tech Support who Put you in Touch with of our spac a new choice toa istal choices In a paragraph Homan iaon You can choices ta user aided orcope paraprapes Wih cursor in ine edi pane te curent choice select Ed om ihe Choices menu The lst areunent locos Clck on Add bution anda choices ofthe same Type s added Type your
8. ecLink Statisties ToS sectons total 289 dated 394 30 non proprietary sactan 252 updalad or new 5894 301 proprietary sectone a2 updated or new 144 1 nem non proprietary section a new prapretary sections 139 542paragraphs 12 60 1315 external documents referenced 187 standards organizations GG manviacturer tats in 200 non proprietary sections 1 ES manufacturer Isted in norproprietary sectons 386 web aadress aaaea manufacturers sponsoring proprietary sections at 148 are not isted in non proprietary sectors New Generi Section 13200 Water Storage Large and smal elevated and surface mounted steel and siriaca mounted conerete tanks or and e Suppression water ncudeg gs and equipment The Specficaton essentll des i wh me manufac trer provida prolessioarengreer design Proprietary Sections 105725 Fences And Gates Swedge Lock aluminum post rall and pichet eye 07240 Exterior Insulation and Finish System Sto Corp Premier Classic and Essence systems win Goid Guard Tras section takaa place of ha section 10435 Plastic Lumber Signage Plast Lumber Co post and panei signs rote OS Wire Mesh Parione Acom Wee or standard and heavy duty partitions mith doors and Verification of Manufacturer information The of updating in te last quarter nas been devoted toverin t
9. ecial otter plesse contact your sales representative at 1 800 BSD SOFT ar CostLink When you instal Acrobat a printer driver called Acrobat POFWrter also taled From me Print window ick on the ola Prier pidon see below Select tte PDF Wirte irom the st and make your other report eectons Once fla has Been created prompted orme tolder su which to save 1 printing drecty the printer andas You can check te output by opening he document inthe Reader aiso weh he Acrobat sofware To tind out more about Adobe products vi their webstie at No adobe com and on Produet atthe top af ihe page Adobe Acrobat is isted under tne ePaper product ist yos wouid download a of tne Adobe Acrobat reader cick Get Reader buton atte horom olei main page This also svalbl om ine ini page of he ESD website Speclink continued trom page t re Document Pansi ta you selected paragraphe Embed choices now showupin green blue andred Green apnena rapiaceabie terme unis ol measure publication dates are global estab ishedin the Summary inta dialog box and can pe in tne course of adiing a paragraph Blue choices designate excluse and choice A single cick anyehere within blue text pops up adlog box that displays al avalabie Filkins are designated by red doris beween square
10. exi LinkLine ANENSLETTER FOR BSD SOFTL NK CUSTONERS AND FRIENDS BSD 5 1 CostLink CM adds Makes Its Debut Editing Possibilities Export to Mcaces of BSD Soll products Version 0f BSD makes ainal appearance Based on rows 324 achcure new produci has in tor Corps ot earl 1 produ Van onte re anders ran Eoee cannunata deer panela oelow hasraplacedihewomain catene m MCACES ter naon ofpe 1ean produc On telen ate Tree MPM ar Goit Waon Explorer ana tates i piace ot he Pri ncn ncs Separate Section Widow he Document en e gh er section nne and etd Because many ot our users dobom ana germen The Document looks ana taste much ikea conventional wora processing we have netporetea new program Instead ofa separate Eat Panel a e botom olihe Sector Window o ie latest release ef now makes changes In tne document edi tent you biot tnat supports porto CM estretes To cics a inser a neve paragraph is also as sampla as placing 1o 1e coer MFW Now te cursor atthe beginning or end ot a paragraph and pressing Enter joucan vse all the estimating power and sdvancodreporingcapabites o We
11. he of isted manufacture updating ther name necessary adding he web and veriying that 1nay continue o make the ypes i producta specited There 31 manufacturers istedin 7 diferent ite 209 non proprietary sections of ink 131 aeclons have no mantrac er iets mosty ii Divisions 0 1 2 3 5 8 6 where ether there are no roducsspeclad ar most producta are conmodies formaly purchased specitying a manutacturer We nave completed about halt otte veriying so tar andine remainder wil completed by he nex quarteri issue Predetab we have ound very very manufacturers no longerin business or not making producte spected However an astounding number have changed the names r their ownership in the past mo years 831 maruacrers 388 have been verled and their wen adress dod This updating afected 289 af tne 299 secans wii the updated formaton appeanngin 1 121 locations 819 locations show some change ranging om negligible tosigniteant Keeping track of company names is an endless occupation we ve instituted some new polices to make easier tor sers and contractors to locate manufacturers hen their changes Wat we ve done ada tne address e ne manufactrers web site the eting ofthe name The address accomplishes ho continuednentpags cominued trom previous page tings 1 it tes he name in s
12. hs estimate Haw can update ha labor cosis Batore you dacide ho youwant you naad o ask yours afew questione Do you aeaoy have labor rates Beary wih te correct Costs tor ie new cation open the project nd then apen Summary into trom the Fle manu Gick on Pe Databases ta ard In the Update Labor Raies Lacation feid select the labor tray Lasby clc he Roprcebutton Theluncton updates labor Costs tor wi tasks in fo project iat use matching labor tem IDs Ths taska tat enve their labar costs om crews as welas tasks created irom individual iabor tema Note When you reprioe E80 CosttinOM produces a lg io ina extension hat any labor ems nat were the abi youregeced rom and which were ereiore nat upaated iyeu don t have a labor ibrary do you wanito one that alsa be used on tuture jobs Y you want to a new rar te enistng abor rares brary oa newname and update me labor costs ihn Tren Tapro your esimere above a one time project and you don need a labor ibrary tren you can Simply open the labor resource inthe Ihave anestimate that was done by another Wan change he The labor cost ios not change accordingly laddad aiot ot notes tomy on botn and but my notes are not rning There are several estimate types valable win 1e bwo most common being Uni Price U
13. li types of engineering Meet ok SD 4 5 day training class wih lef him content touse tne sotare on his own BSD Chuck Ahlenius of Architectural Expressions Me Charles Ahenus an electrical engineer tor Arcnatecural Expressions in Decatur inais Tha fmor f soncontatoe ar work primary nba heate dust Architectural Exprossonepurchaseda mutz serCamprenense Spec Mense 3 years ago and ts used by architects engineers in the fico Sinos 5 counts concu Tent users many peoplecan ave to systers but you oniy Tave o icense tre number tat wi be Anlenius continued Wing specs is faster with SpecLe because all your choices are in tront of you plus the whole picture hore e Pe whole database in onto you rather than Jat wonkeg we one section rs easy to copy ot projects to new projects loo which saves tme Inthe system at any one tme This Tessin savings Tre users settaughtana say that the system prety inute Trey nave assigned one person administers tne system frontend They have created ofice masters by cient so at elen s needs are Ining ot Pan 21e BSDSpeclnke Seco Species 32 61 Windows program that mean can nal use long names Yes the previous versiono Species was a 16 bit Windows program and was hereore rastritedto
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15. ont knowine Cel unter each quareriy update isa prinio f ali ihe Speck sections numbers and dosciptoes you have no Dision sactan mihl bei looking ihe list could be tedious There lean elecronie version o he catalog isting onte CD under ha Pricing caled 00Winterdoc tor he Winter 2000 issue Open mis fein a wora processor to search it wiih Tre Find commana Note on Contributor Rewards scbsceber trm may ofer Sectors have created for consid raton as new SpecL ink sections I Wwe acospt a subscriber s contribution and add it ne database the sub Sorter il receive tul mont tension on treir subserption AE topics not curentiy included in the tabase are candidates We also consider haw ly is that other users Wil penet trom 1e adasa sections BSDCostLink CM Lam nying to copy cost terms fom one astmete to another but costs are not coming same There are a coupie otreasons why e coss wouid tho same when an lem The most comman reason is raria resources lapor and equipment rates natare apartat a ine fem have already been Gened chin he new estmale win dierent Unt raas tan in e orga esbmate Tre other reason as was chscovered in case was at each estimate drect cost cete o iat not al o coste coud be ope irom one estate ta e ather Hewcan create
16. ped n BSD Sommet cos products can be Submited when estimates are requested Second the export process wibe most success wih some cael Fanning stebegnnngal Sess There are a number ot capabil in CostLzi CM suen as 10 direct cost that are incompatible wih restricted 5 drect ost columns Sa i you plan to export our estrate Mates you mat make sure that you do nor use capabil Tes thatare nor avaliable in ne oer pogram Frahy atewleatres ike ovorimoby Task canna be exported andan altermate approach shouid be consid Note Pat once exponiea the Broecis tor any modiications ortouehups using of he 16 t provided by he Govern memorie ht Composer and Costin products tat can be provided bysso Weve mado teas for yau to use he anhanced capabitios ot drag supporttor amate hierarchies execu et wide conteung to SupportyourGovermentclents as ve Complete instructions tor Expo to Meaces are avalisoleonthe CD ina document caled Export To Meacea Fomatdoc make sure at youread through he entra istot netuckons end hints betore starting a estimate And always or technical support department s at fhe ready ia help Training Schedule New Dates for 2001 BSD CostLinkiCM M32 Early Bird Training Special Sig
17. pocicaton to a specife mandlacurer and 2 a more sabie address ihan the Dhane numas ar seet address Using web address Petos reduce contuson ar uncertain when o manufacturer anges te name ar sequrad by another company SUPE Best Lock Corporation is now called Best Access Systems Because adress wuww bestock com reader ot spectication can see at glance thatthe new ame raters ta same company American Olean e now of Because Da also includes Tle Ine ofprosucts and both are separate the specification continues to lst them aparately but includes the Dal Tio web adress com far bath Bel amp Gossett is part ot TT specified as ITT amp Gossett wen 1e web adaress cfTe nd com which dels you direc 1o he el Gassen page on IIT s huge T B Line Systema ine is now part at Cooper Industries buthas maintained ts brand image Cooper B Line wih e web aadress ofur Bine com Goud Shawmut maker of luces now Faraz Shawmut put heir oid adresa leads ngn 1o tes new site having me web addresses in tne epe i used Some nave logical named addresses Ike above But Tor many others tis Sarema guess address making t necessary to use a so Ike com or a search engine These stes are ones we ve found most
18. r his feature s the preparaton at addenda By making changes in ne section ard comparing itto 1e previous versn af he same secon you can easiy producea conan mat ean showa changes rom nerecotd st Beginning wih his edition otte BSD quarterly CD ROM ai new subsriers wii receive an acces key io SpecLink For he next year nur curent supseriers contes 10 keys to ihe origina Spec wich wii be phased ni she end 2001 We expect tat many users il want to complete Tarent projecta in 1e older version ol Speck ink but encourage al sub s rbers o begin new projects ew product To thar end BSD wil provide complimentary access keya tor new produci to our curent tomers upon request Our main goal in creating Specie ren al benens othe anginas Spactink a wide array of now productivity features Were very by new product and expect hat our user wil soon Cometa aporecare s many adantages Wenavemadelmteduse fiis capabilty in Version tuure ot Export to Meaces continued trom page 1 Furst important to remember that Gald Composer MCACES for Window version 1 2 version 1 8 al nave ne same ormat and heir estmatee can be usea interenangeabiy Costrk C and M32 also have compatible formats of anew design This simatosdaveio
19. seti in the veniaton proces Export your SpecLink and CostLink Projects to Adobe Acrobat PDF Format a Beyou nave a tequremeni 1o daver siecrone copies o your specicatons and cost estimates Many ciente incuding the Federa government are now requiring tat you elver your project speciieations and estimate epors n an format as ard copy BSD SpecLink users have always had the option of exporting hae project eso Rich Text Format a genere word pracesaing oral that is readabe by most word processing programe The aniy prablem ward processing that thay can Pe changed eadverenlyoron purpose after they have left yaur hande The same ls win exported Adobe has developed a widely acceptad format for delwery ot ios called POF or Porable Document Forma Using the Adobe Acrobat the user creates a PDF te irom he natie PDF are then read Using ne Acrobat Reader irae program That iets you vew and print the documents b nat edi p Jegelacomgie role mandlacurr td Speck wih acalhyperinksto hor wen addresses sand email to Support at supgortQbedeotlnk com Ask tor e Marutacturer Link mm Effective January 1 201 the cost of ali new subscriptions wil increase slightly Renewal pra remaina the same tnat existing You can buy the new software at old pri sp
20. ve madethe programmare intuitive Double dickinghasbeenreplacedin and stl meet almost as situations by a single click In addition to retaining tne advantages o Government specs win your eiecronic document format wane place the new SoecL now allows custom estate Tha aride tonrating of Individua paragraphs For instance you can block tertina prodas some general guidalnas to paragraph and underine boi or apply diferent ant at takes precedence sure a completely suceesstul over mesme submittal onyour nex Gavemment Tat level You Son aso change ho osticaton ior asingle paragraph inset fabs or turn ott ts paragraph edenaly atomateaiy Opare para aphumberng fowagpears i 2001 Training Schedule pa Pw OKI n An Interview With Bill Gilmore of William Gilmore Architect SpecLink users come in al shapes and from large desornbulltems io proprietors Glmore runs a 1 man im in San Fran aoa Hs principa Bust esse custom sigle fami residential and he does interior deson lore purchased his SP conse in 1998 afer seeing BSD at he AJA Convention ela San Francisco that year He had just snuck out on his mm and was aking for away ado sspecs He found SpecL ink pretty learn to use He studied one model projects loses ho
21. wa project was put together andhe tutoria Toundin be User Manual hon a wes very o Hecompetosapprorimately per year depending ons Many ies he as 1o starta rom scratch bue says he not arai reuse a project making the frapar changes ince ha can see what are ehe master Wren asked what he ies best about Gimore answered BSD SpecLink keeps my specitications organized exacty which Sectors are completed wich need tobedana Ozzie Mest of STV Inc Ozzie Mest ot STV Inc In Douglasville Pennsyvania hasbeen a loya otters hands on raning and students work on Two complteesimatos wle ndes Mesi aiso purchased ESP BSD s Extended Support Pian which gues him unimitediechrica plus tree software updates Ho RS Means commercial cost Costtink user tornearya years Heongnaly pur hasethe version ot BSD Conlin ana nen uppadedio the 2 C stink CM last year Even rough Mestis the user inthe ofice he is especialy databases raving compieed over voma S100K Mest says thathe looked at 15 or 16 Tenovaton projecto a 10 4 dierent produces bur found consirueton thebest most user Mendy producton preet ho market Wen asked wnat feature heinde mostusel na says the istlty cl he system you can project any way you want Stable or a
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