October 19, 2005—Applied Spatial Technologies, Inc. (AST), announces the upcoming release of CAFM Express. According to the company, CAFM Express provides AutoCAD users who maintain facilities drawings & data with a comprehensive set of facilities management tools that run right inside of AutoCAD and any of its companion desktop applications.
CAFM Express is based on technology developed for AST’s flagship FM solution, FMDesktop. It offers a core set of functions targeted at AutoCAD users who are currently managing their facility information with a combination of AutoCAD drawings and Excel spreadsheets.
“Even though our core FM solution, FMDesktop,” explains AST’s Bob Fahlin, “is one of the most cost effective and easiest to use CAFM systems available, many AutoCAD users tasked with maintaining facility information needed a lower cost, less comprehensive application. Our market research determined there is a strong need for a basic featured, low cost, single user solution running inside AutoCAD.”
CAFM Express adds menu functions to AutoCAD that allow users to:
- Add real-world facility information to space and equipment objects in their facility drawings.
- Easily inventory and report space use and occupancy information.
- Track and report equipment, furniture, and other asset information and locations.
- Track people locations and manage moves.
- Easily communicate management information by inserting customizable legends and schedules directly into the facility drawings.
- Easily export facility information to MS Excel spreadsheets for data manipulation by non-CAD management people.
- Quickly build the drawing and data relationships so that the system can be put to work right away.
- Produce basic reports right out of the box; the reports are all included; just add the data and output the information needed.
In addition, explains Fahlin, if the need arises for CAFM Express users to upgrade to FMDesktop, the data and drawings are transferred automatically.
CAFM Express will be available for free download and evaluation in late November 2005.
For more information contact Applied Spatial Technologies as well as see their ad on FMLink .
