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99 features, grouped by the job they do.
Issue
Spec books, issue sets and revisions that hold up later.
Spec sheets and the spec book
One sheet per item in your firm’s look, as one book or one PDF each in a zip, with every hide and show option.
Printouts: Spec sheets (spec book), Spec sheets, one PDF each (zip).
Issue sets
Numbered, dated sets with their own spec book and a list of what changed since the last issue.
Δ revisions
Issue a revision and the number, date, reason and changed fields are kept; indexes by revision and by area.
Printouts: Revision / Addendum index, Revision / Addendum index by area, Δ list, Revisions crosstab (items × Δ).
Presentation copies
The finished InDesign spec book kept beside the working one, with its editions.
Spec indexes
The items listed by area, item type, issue date, lead time, source or manufacturer.
Printouts: Spec index by area, Spec index by item type, Spec index by issue date, Spec index by lead time, Spec index by source, Spec index by manufacturer.
Cut sheets
An item a page with its pictures, every picture four to a page, or a blank sheet.
Printouts: Cut sheets, Cut sheets, every picture, Blank cut sheet.
Vendor documents and follow-up
Quotes, cut sheets, samples and shop drawings per item, approved or rejected, with what is still awaited.
Printouts: Follow-up items.
Transmittals
A dated cover sheet for drawings and documents going out, with a link the recipient fetches them from.
Letters and labels to sources
A letter to each source with its items and submittals, fax covers, and Avery labels for sources and makers.
Printouts: Source letters, Fax / transmittal cover, Source labels, Manufacturer labels.
Reference reports
Material and fabric references, the project directory, makers and sources lists, item types and the communication log.
Printouts: Material reference, Index with fabric references, Manufacturers and phone numbers, Sources, Item types, Project directory, Communication log.
Longer reads
A page each on the parts people ask about most.
A brief that reads the client’s material into a planSpecifications and the spec bookProposals the client signs onlineEvery ordered item, from factory to floorThe money, without a spreadsheetEveryone sees exactly what they shouldAn AI assistant that does the boring partsSee the room before it’s ordered
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