I purchased a small Acer 1080p projector that I use for learning breakfasts with staff in the office and for presentations outside the office. It will throw a high-res image to at least 4' in width and can go up to 8 or 9' at least with adequate resolution for power point slideshows. It about the same size as an average men's shoe box, fits in a roll-aboard computer bag, and cost $389 from Newegg.com.
I respect those AHJ's who are still adamant about hard copies, but as Ken articulately points out, there are numerous advantages to digital media that do not cost much money (You can download really good PDF editor software for free), and which so streamline the process that it makes for a compelling decision. I would also ask AHJ's to consider making a change in policy (over a reasonable transition period) to enhance archiving of approved plans. How many FD's have kept records of permit submittals and inspections that can be accessed in the future? For both use by parties on both sides of the counter, I mean. Building owners don't keep as-builts, nor do they pass them along if buildings are sold. How great would it be if I could reach out to the AHJ and get a copy of an approved building system instead of having to do a survey take off in case of addition, remodel or re-use? How much money would bureaus save that are stock-piling hard copies? IMHO, going digital will pay for itself over a relatively short period of time. Steve Leyton Protection Design & Consulting -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Morey, Mike Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2012 4:57 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Projector for viewing PDF's? You may want to consider the resolution factor, you're unlikely to find a projector or large screen LCD over 1080p resolution. On a 52" diagonal screen 1080p works out to about 44 ppi which is about 1/4 the resolution of a cheap printer, going larger with a projector will be a larger version of the same bad image. It depends to some degree on what exactly you're doing with the prints, but if you need to be able to read length and size tags etc from most "standard" formatted shop drawings you'll have real issues more than likely. You should definitely try it before you buy it, as it were. You might look into something like the Dell U30011 30" 2560x1600 monitor as an alternative, though it's pricey at 1300 bucks. Mike Morey, SET, CFPS Sprinkler Designer BMW Constructors, Inc. O: 317.651.0596 | C: 317.586.8111 www.bmwc.com ________________________________ From: [email protected] on behalf of Ralphy Henderson Sent: Tue 5/15/2012 7:57 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Projector for viewing PDF's? I'm considering something and want to get people's opinion on this. Seeing how a lot of contractors these days aren't issuing a set of blueprints and are instead sending out PDF files, and in an effort to diminish printing costs, I'm considering purchasing a projector connected to the computer to display PDF's full size on the office wall above my monitor. Sure I won't be able to tab things, highlight, or scale them out with my scales but PDF software generally allows for all that stuff now in the software. Has anyone done this or purchased a 52" (diagonal) flat screen to be able to view PDF's at 100% without the need to pan around the screen to see everything at once? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/private/sprinklerforum/attach ments/20120515/df9090b9/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: winmail.dat Type: application/ms-tnef Size: 4957 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/private/sprinklerforum/attach ments/20120516/3f2f0dec/attachment.bin> _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum
