Mobile CAD goes on site.(computer-aided design)(Brief Article)

Building Design & Construction, September, 2000 by Hernandez, Tomas Jr.

New Autodesk offering exemplifies computing on the construction site With the proliferation of handheld wireless devices such as Palm Pilots, pocket PCs, Web-enabled cellular telephones and digital capture devices such as cameras and digitizers, it makes sense that CAD vendors have begun to develop products that work with these devices.

Using the concept of storing master data on large servers and synchronizing portions of data onto portable devices, the trend allows project managers to carry and intelligently update CAD and other files in the field with markups and notations. With high-resolution color screens, more memory and faster processors, the new power of mobile portable computing makes it the right time to start exploiting the technology...