| Dear
Current OnRequest™ Users, We’d
like to take a moment to familiarize you with our upcoming application,
“NetRequest™.”
APT’s
staff has been working with CAFM for over 16 years. During this
time, we have seen many applications, methods, philosophies and
procedures come and go. We realized that for every task you need
to do, you have to purchase another piece of software to add to
the existing applications you have… then hope they work
together to accomplish the task at hand. APT decided to undertake
the task of creating and developing an all-inclusive program.
Everything you do will be contained within one application. Whether
it be CAD, reviewing blue prints, proposing new floor plan layouts,
producing work orders, scheduling, preventive maintenance, organizing,
delegating or presenting. NetRequest™ will handle it all
with one clean sweep.
Some
of the new features of NetRequest™ include:
- A
Universal Language: The Web. APT has developed the
first WEB based CAD program, which allows you to share drawings
with anyone anywhere. Change drawings/floor plans over the Internet
or Intranet. If you change the location of a wall, another user
on the other side of the state will see that change if you allow
them to. All existing CAD programs have been developed as a
stand-alone system on a single user’s computer…until
now.
- Image
Library: Along with the new image icons NetRequest™
will incorporate the current icon sets you see and use. You
will have the power to incorporate actual photographs of district
assets as placed, data-rich images in your icon library. APT
has also implemented actual photo images of objects to be used
as icons within your project. Users can actually place the picture
of a chair, desk, fire extinguisher; a picture on a wall can
be placed into your project.
- Blue
Print Archives: NetRequest™ has implemented a
tool bar button that opens a link to the actual blue prints
for your district’s buildings (provided they have been
scanned or are available in a universal format, i.e. Adobe Acrobat
Viewer). With the click of a button, NetRequest™ loads
your blue prints by Creation Date. Each set of blue prints is
identified as a folder and within the folder are sub-folders
of the Architectural, Electrical, Plumbing, HVAC, Structural,
Engineering, etc. plans. It’s all organized and easy to
access, saving valuable time. You’ll be able to quickly
locate, then digitally mark-up original blue prints on-screen
and send them to a contractor, architect, and engineer, or present
them at a board meeting.
- Work
Orders and Preventive Maintenance: Creating, tracking,
implementing or modifying work orders will be one of the new
integrated features of the NetRequest™ CAFM technology.
Scheduling
common or unique tasks that occur daily, weekly, monthly, yearly,
etc…
- Scheduling:
You will be able to schedule rooms, activities and
events within the system.
- Document
Linking: Within the records/tables, you will be able
to link important documents such as MSDS, Schematics, Parts
Lists, etc. At the click of a mouse, these documents will load
quickly.
- Color
Coding: This feature allows you to color individual
spaces, departments, wings, floor levels, etc. with different
classifications. The color codes are named and saved, allowing
you to toggle between them based on your current task.
- Database:
The database backend allows users to describe any item in a
drawing, create project level data, and is the engine behind
the reporting tool. Furthermore, the databases’ ability
goes beyond traditional relational database capabilities by
allowing users to generate reports based on spatial information
about drawing elements.
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Advanced Technology: APT is harnessing the
new wave of technology and utilizing it to create and application
for you. We are not creating add-ons to dated methods; we are
breaking new ground with NetRequest™, incorporating CAFM,
World Wide Web (3-W), Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) and Structured
Query Language (SQL) into a concise, intuitive package. NetRequest™
makes use of existing CAD graphics (when available) by translating
them into SVG which is compliant with current technology. If
need be, you can even reverse the technology to export it back
out to .dwg and .dxf files again for those
applications that will soon be out dated as time goes by.
We encourage you to give us feedback to help us create a better,
faster, easier and more efficient application via NetRequest™.
Basic functionality of the application is nearing completion and
we are seeking input on specific capablilites or features you
need to make your job easier. Please forward your suggestions
to us; it’s our tradition to incorporate YOUR needs into
our products, and our mission to make your job easier.
We
sincerely hope you feel the enthusiasm we have for NetRequest™
and share our passion for advancing CAFM into the future!
We
are excited to give you a small preview of NetRequest™
- and look forward to answering any questions you may have regarding
the NetRequest™ launch and implentation
at the Customer Conference!
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