What do people use for cad drawings? I want to be able to add edit pdf floor plans for fire alarm & emergency lighting devices locations. Rather than drawing with a pen..
I've been using PIRform / Shineforms for many years now - it costs about £90 per year but has a few irritating niggles....... and my annual subscription is due in about 3 years.
So with the 18th Edition just around the corner is it time to change software?
Key things for me are :
PC based - I...
Can anyone suggest a not too expensive software to make electrical plans in?
You know where i can import the house/flat design and add sockets, switches etc.
I dont wanna spend €6-900....
I think its a rip off lol..
Thx
Hi, trying to move our family run electrical contractors company into the 21st century and do our test certs using lap tops or i pads to have all the information stored electonically and produce more professonal test certs to give to our customers.
We employ 5 electricians and do a fair bit of...
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I am sure the software discussion has been done, sent a link if anyone has it.
A good sized EICR is coming up(900 circuits) and i want to choose a software to stick with for the long run.
Up until now i have been OK with the free NIC Online format, i have used NICEIC Click in the past and found...
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I’m looking for cable calculating software that would be suitable for commercial/industrial installs, can anyone recommend any please?
Also any software/templates for estimating costs if possible please? Or is this something most people would put together themselves on an excel...
Hi Guys
I would like some advice and recommendations for an affordable cable calculating software package for some projects i will be taking on myself.
At work we use Amtech Prodesign which is very good but expensive. I am currently having a play around with the trial version Modecsoft...
Looking to go away from duplicate pads to computer certs.
Mostly domestic jobs but perhaps software that does calcs too.
Which are available and the most popular..
Thanks
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morning lads.
Just after a bit of advice. I have an Apollo 500 tester and use pat guard 3 software for my pat testing, I have to be honest in that I don’t do allot of pat testing, and really just do it as a side line to my electrical contracting business. Recently a large care home that I carry...
So..I'm trying struggling with the NIC software again!!
I have a 3 phase board which feeds another 3 phase board and I'm trying to set up an EIC on the software. I have done it before but can't seem to do it again.
I have the 'origin of supply' highlighted in blue then right clicked to 'create...
I'm just about to start doing eicr at a church and a community centre. I'm registered with stroma and currently use their software for my certification.
It's a very tedious software though and I'm considering paying for a software to speed the process up especially with a 100+ circuits to test...
Has anyone tried/using Icertifi cloud? Just trying to work out if I am thick or this is possibly the worst bit of software I have ever used. So bad I have resorted to using the Stroma free edition as it is less glitchy!?
I am on the verge of just designing my own solution on an excel...
Evening Folks,
I am in a situation where I am compiling certification from several sparks and or sub contractors.
I am looking for a good software that will allow remote recording on a smartphone via an app, or the ability to say transfer a cert from another program such as easycert or kewtech...
I know there have been a few threads in the past but thought I would get some current opinions.
At the moment we do all our certs on Niceic pads by hand and it is becoming a pain so I am looking at buying some software as we do a lot of large Ind/commercial eicrs and I am sure there are better...
I've been looking at different job management software, I'm finding servicem8 really good, although it isn't compatible with android which is annoying. (I use iOS but others in my company do not) what do you use?
hello people
After using the Nic Online software for a while I find it not so good with multiple boards.
I want to buy some software, the NICEIC sell a destop version however there are loads of other options like AmTech.
What from your experience is the best as I would like to create building...
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