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Xterix, I think you are about 35 days late.

That is so true. So I would recommend 2 key hot keys. Change the delete to a EE hot key. Easy Peasy.

Very good comments. I too have used both. MAC is simpler and syncs with other devices, but PÇ works great too.

BTW, the first official game was played in a giant teepee in South Dakota. It was the Sioux from S Dakota vs the Aboriginess from Sydney, and the Sioux won by a score of 56 to many. When I visited Australia several years ago, I learned something very interesting, the Aboriginees had a very limited understanding of math. They understood the numbers one and two, Anything higher than two was called many. What a great trip that was and what a great group of people down there. The Aussies and the Kiwis will forever be my favorite peoples.

A quick follow up on this. I appreciate all of the comments. I have not had time to fully research all of the options, however my Buddy has taken the time to review many different options, and he is very excited about BLUE BEAM. I think I will be downloading BLUE BEAM today and he and I will be working with it in the morning. If you guys have any other comments, they will be welcome. After we have worked with it a bit, I hope I will give you more info on what we have found.

Because you are using 2 different roof pitches? It's just a guess.

Okay, I get it, Naismith was a Canadian, but he moved to Massachuteses, became an American citizen and then invented basketball.

I think we have an argument going on here.... check this out... I think you Canadiens are always taking credit for what we do.

Yep, we invented that too .......

Oh, we also invented golf and rythmic gymnastics.

Uh? A Canadian sport? Have you been hit in the head by a hockey puck too many times? BB is an all American sport. The Americans invented football, soccer, basketball, baseball, girl's softball, hockey, handball, beach volleyball, badminton, curling, Rugby, Rugby sevens, Tai Kwan Doe and mai jong. The only thing we did not invent is Jai Alai.

Yep, I think foxit is a definite option, my client and I are still searching.....

I use GOTOMEETING, serves two purposes, recordings and on line meetings

Thanks Ray....... I wonder if anybody can explain why the model built as it did due to the fact that room was called a BALCONEY. IOW, what behaviors are expected if a room is called a BALCONY instead of a LIVING ROOM. I do not expect a logical answer.

I spoke with a FIELDWIRE guy about 30 minutes ago, he is going to send us some vids to watch and then talk to us via phone early next week. He compared his product to BLUE BEAM but easier to use. I appreciate the input R_seales, it is sounding like ADOBE is not necessarily the way to go. I still have an open mind. This could be a very important decision that I will want to live with until I retire.... sometime in December.... i'm just not sure what year that will be.

Wow, I rarely use the balcony designation so I am not sure if I have seen this behavior before. So I do not think it has been a problem for me. So then the next question is, why would you ever call it a balcony if this was the behavior? Seriously, why call it a balcony? I usually leave my rooms defined as UNSPECIFIED except for GARAGES, OPEN TO BELOWS DECKS..... Why would anybody call a room a balcony if this was the behavior one would get? Another unsolved mystery for me to attempt to understand. Do you guys think this is a bug? If you do not think it is a bug, what is the advantage of this behavior?

My engineer just recommended BLUE BEAM to me. He uses adobe, however one of his employees is using BLUE BEAM and he likes it... my engineer may switch over. I am not sure what the answer is and I am not sure what all of my desires are at this point... still researching and trying to get ideas.

Thank guys for all of the input. I am looking for something that is very flexible between the PC and the MAC environment. I have a feeling that ADOBE ACROBAT DC PRO might be the ultimate. Brown Tiger says "How about Acrobat DC: it can combine word, excel, images, emails, pdf into single PDF document and optimize it.", that sounds awesome, but it needs to work between PC and MAC. If it needs to work between the PC and MAC, the PRO version needs to be used. Any downside to using the ADOBE ACROBAT DC PRO....... note that I must use the PRO because PRO includes a MAC. Do you guys think I am on the right track? Keeping in mind that we are not trying to save 5.00/month, we want something that is cross platform usable and usable by others who do not have the DC PRO yet they can edit/annotate any files I send them. Keep in mind, the purpose of this is I can create a PDF file using many different apps, and the said PDF file can be shared with builders, contractors, plan checkers, plan check runners etc., and those associates can quickly and easily edit/annotate the PDF's that I would send them. I appreciate the other suggestions, however I am looking for an all in one application.

Interesting, I had never noticed that. I agree, doors will show but windows will not.

Yep, this is what I do.

I just noticed the DIGITAL BINDER thread by Jon Schussel..... is that the answer or is there something better? I remember Jon that you spoke about this in one of our workshops, maybe that is my answer. Problem with digital binder is all of my associates will need to understand the program.... is that a downside? I think I was looking for something that anybody could use.....

Here is scenario: I want an on going collaborated document to track progress and to do lists with my engineer, my client, the plan checkers etc. What program would you guys use? (Word, Excel, or Adobe Acrobat etc) This package will include: 12 sheets of plan check comments (8x11) do I scan this into a program? I will want to annotate 30 photos for historical purposes (I may want to annotate) 4 sheets of my own notes (8x11) should I do this in WORD I may want to add some spreadsheets (should this be done within a word document) So I am looking for a method to organize all sorts of info into ONE document that can be shared among many associates and then sent to the print shop for printing.

That is the answer

Thanks Jere, I was reinforcing a procedure that is required but sometimes forgotten, not only by newbies but sometimes by old timers like myself. Hopefully I did not offend you by putting my 2 cents in.