D-Tools Add-On Products - D-Tools Forum

**Ryan Brown** · 07-24-2009, 12:10 AM

I've recently developed a couple of D-Tools Add-On products for D-Tools users.

Optimized Proposal Report
The optimized proposal report provides a comprehensive proposal package with many added features, parameters and the ability to customize the output on the fly without ever using the report designer. To see a video on this report
Click Here

Included features:
* (4) page header style choices (Solid, Fading Edge, Shadow Edge and Torn Edge)
* (16) Header Color choices
* (12) Header Text Color choices
* Ability to customize Proposal Header text instead of standard ‘Proposal’. Ex: System Design, Quotation, Change Order, etc… can appear at the top of your report.
* Select between List & Installed Price for itemized pricing details
* Choose to Show/ Hide Group pricing subtotals
* Select from (3) Cover Page Designs
* Ability to turn the cover page on/off
* Choose to include the Scope of Work report with the proposal (or not)
* Choose to include the Project Contacts report with the proposal (or not)
* Choose to include a Location Summary at the end of the proposal (or not)
* Choose to include a Zone Summary at the end of the proposal (or not)
* Choose to include the Contract report with the proposal (or not)
* Choose from 2 Project Summary pages (List Price or Installed Price version)
* Choose to use product or client description

Optimized Visio Wire Shapes
The MED Optimized Wire Shapes are designed to allow for wire formatting to occur automatically and remove the need for users to manually format the colors and line styles for their wires in Visio drawings. The wire shapes include 42 distinct line styles (14 colors and 3 line styles) each of which can be assigned to a D-Tools ‘Type’ field for wires in your database. This allows for automatic formatting and streamlined wiring documentation! No more manual wire formatting! The wire shapes are completely user customizable and include a training video.

To see a video of these wires in action
Click Here

To see more customized options available or to purchase the products above use the links below:

* Custom Reports
* Custom Shapes

David_Haddad · 07-24-2009, 02:37 AM

Very nice Ryan. I watched the video, what about changing line thickness? I generally prefer 5 or 9 to the D-Tools default which I think is 1 or 3.

**Ryan Brown** · 07-24-2009, 02:26 PM

Hey David,

I can add a parameter control to set the Line Weight - it will allow the user to enter a number 4, 6, 10... and all lines in the report will change. Page Footer Lines, Page Header Lines, Group Subtotal Lines...basically all the lines will change to become = whatever number the user plugs in there.

Great idea - thank you!

David_Haddad · 07-27-2009, 07:38 PM

Hi Ryan,

You are probably just talking about it at a more advanced level than I am, but due to your use of the term "reports" and "group subtotal lines" etc. I want to clarify that we are talking about the same thing. I am just referring to changing the line weight of the wires on the page. Are we talking about the same thing?

**Ryan Brown** · 07-27-2009, 09:43 PM

Oh oops! hahah. I thought you meant the line weights of the lines in the optimized proposal report.

The line weight for the wire shapes can be changed at the shape level - so that it will always be a greater thickness. Just a matter of selecting the line weight option in the shape sheet and making it a larger thickness. I have the weights set on these by default at a 5.

As a tip - (you probably already know this) but for others sake I'll throw it out there.

If you have completed a wiring design and want to make all of the wires a different thickness do the following to make your life much easier:

1. Visio Edit Menu -->Select by Type
2. Select by Layer
3. Select Wire and Cable (or whatever category your wires are in your database)
4. Click OK
5. All wires will be selected on the page
6. Change the formatting of the line weight (with wires still selected)

Now all your wires have been updated at once!

For more information on the Optimized Proposal Report and Visio Wire Shapes view the original posting here: D-Tools Add-On Products

David_Haddad · 07-28-2009, 11:29 PM

Originally Posted by Ryan Brown

Great idea - thank you!

Originally Posted by Ryan Brown

Oh oops! hahah. I thought you meant the line weights of the lines in the optimized proposal report.

Well I sure hope you aren't trying to get out of attributing me with a great idea.

**Dave Kirn** · 09-23-2009, 10:30 PM

Ryan -

The Optimized Visio Wire Shapes are very cool. That is going to be a huge time saver us - $99 to save countless hours changing wire colors.