Comment on Plangrid (YC W12) Builds A New Market For The iPad: The Construction IndustryparentComments−kennystone14yOur approach is as practical as it can be - the actual builders need drawings and the drawings are usually delivered in PDF. We've found very few of our customers get the DWG files themselves, and even if they do, they are easily exported to PDF.−zmmz14yMakes sense.I guess I just wanted a place to vent out my frustration with DWG :D.The other comments in this thread make it very clear, you have a great product. More industries need teams like yours.−ralphleon14yI'm so thankful that our customers don't want to deal with DWG files. I had investigated it a bit for our original prototype... it was not pleasant.
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Our approach is as practical as it can be - the actual builders need drawings and the drawings are usually delivered in PDF. We've found very few of our customers get the DWG files themselves, and even if they do, they are easily exported to PDF.
Makes sense.
I guess I just wanted a place to vent out my frustration with DWG :D.
The other comments in this thread make it very clear, you have a great product. More industries need teams like yours.
I'm so thankful that our customers don't want to deal with DWG files. I had investigated it a bit for our original prototype... it was not pleasant.