Vince I use my iPad in the field in several ways. IAnnotate opens PDF files from Dropbox and you can mark them up including adding pictures. I also use a program called PunchList. This program will use a PDF floor plan as a background and let you add notes and pictures. It will then compile a nice report in which you can sort by multiple topics. The report will generate a page for each item with description and pictures and the floor plan will show the location of each numbered item. For actual drawing in the field AutoCad WS is in my opinion still lacking. I do however have very good luck running AutoCad 12 on a touch screen 12 inch HP Lipton that folds back into a tablet. It is an I5 with 8 gig of ram and a 1Gig ATI video card. Not a real speed demon but pretty light and the battery last a good long time. Using AutoCad in touch screen tablet mode was clumsy under Windows 7 but pretty slick under Windows 8. The IPad is much more convenient and easier to use for checking things if I don't need to be doing actual design work. I would also recommend the otter box case. I love my defender series case to protect it in the field and the utility series with the rear one hand grid and neck strap keep my from putting it down and losing it. Another keeper program is Toodledo for managing projects
David Canham Fire Systems Solutions 15 Sayles Avenue Lincoln, RI 02865 401-725-1089 Sent from my iPad On May 25, 2012, at 6:28 PM, Vince Sabolik <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello all -- > > Is anyone using tablet for field survey yet? > Care to provide details? > > > > > Vince Sabolik, West Tech Fire Protection, Inc. > 11351 Pearl Road / Strongsville, Ohio 44136 440 238-4800 Fax 440 > 238-4876 > ____________________________________________________________________ > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/private/sprinklerforum/attachments/20120525/f1ef5e87/attachment.html> > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum
