WinBidPro v15 is GDS Estimating’s software for the commercial glass industry. Many new features have been added in the past year, including: improved shop drawings with title blocks, better drawing and detail formatting, along with a simpler and more powerful interface to create them, according to the company; improved elevation drawings with caulk joints, more dimensions, and total control over drawing text; and optimized code for better performance with larger jobs.

A+W Software released its Smart Companion application. The app assists companies along the entire value-creation chain and contributes to digitalization, says the company. A+W’s Smart Companion also acts as a mobile information terminal, allowing employees to display locations of order components and contents of racks, making communication bidirectional. The app eliminates invalid bookings, says the company, while improving readability of each scan. Users can also scan multiple barcodes at once, such as edge labels on a rack. 

A+W Software released its Smart Companion application. The app assists companies along the entire value-creation chain and contributes to digitalization, says the company. A+W’s Smart Companion also acts as a mobile information terminal, allowing employees to display locations of order components and contents of racks, making communication bidirectional. The app eliminates invalid bookings, says the company, while improving readability of each scan. Users can also scan multiple barcodes at once, such as edge labels on a rack. 

Chameleon Power introduced its photographic visualization and measurement tool, Photo​+​Measure. The Photo​+​Measure tool provides a combination of a photographic visualization experience, along with home measurements for quoting, based on Chameleon’s proprietary color-science technology. Chameleon Power’s photographic visualization technology allows a website or desktop user to select a home photo, or load their own photo, and apply real roofing and complementary materials, see the final outcome and save their finished project. 

Chameleon Power introduced its photographic visualization and measurement tool, Photo​+​Measure. The Photo​+​Measure tool provides a combination of a photographic visualization experience, along with home measurements for quoting, based on Chameleon’s proprietary color-science technology. Chameleon Power’s photographic visualization technology allows a website or desktop user to select a home photo, or load their own photo, and apply real roofing and complementary materials, see the final outcome and save their finished project. 

Users can evaluate environmental performance attributes of Guardian Glass products with the Guardian Sustainability Calculator. The easy-to-use digital program shows how Guardian glazing makeups can help a project earn certification from programs such as LEED, the Living Building Challenge and the WELL Building Standard. The Guardian Sustainability Calculator is part of Guardian Glass Analytics, online tools that offer a comprehensive suite of engineering and analytical reports that demonstrate the advantages of high-performance glass in building facades.  

Users can evaluate environmental performance attributes of Guardian Glass products with the Guardian Sustainability Calculator. The easy-to-use digital program shows how Guardian glazing makeups can help a project earn certification from programs such as LEED, the Living Building Challenge and the WELL Building Standard. The Guardian Sustainability Calculator is part of Guardian Glass Analytics, online tools that offer a comprehensive suite of engineering and analytical reports that demonstrate the advantages of high-performance glass in building facades.  

Chameleon Power launched digital tools that exploit architectural concepts for making material selections. The digital swatching suite can be used for exterior and interior selections during the design process. This tool provides users with the ability to select materials from a virtual database and collaborate with stakeholders. The tool can help customers make educated design decisions using pre-selected palettes, or design from scratch using the digital data set. 

Chameleon Power launched digital tools that exploit architectural concepts for making material selections. The digital swatching suite can be used for exterior and interior selections during the design process. This tool provides users with the ability to select materials from a virtual database and collaborate with stakeholders. The tool can help customers make educated design decisions using pre-selected palettes, or design from scratch using the digital data set. 

GlassTrax launched new apps, including Mobile Contact Manager and Digital Shippers. The Mobile Contact Manager mobile app allows users to take data on the road, including customer addresses, phone numbers and emails. Users can search open or closed orders, open quotes, and navigate to a customer's address. Digital Shippers allows users to digitize documents to eliminate lost or damaged paperwork. User customers can digitally sign for received material within the system, which then automatically uploads signed documents to the user database.