TeamDesign and ProjectSpec

TeamDesign sent out the following e-broadcast on September 25th:

Notice to All current TeamDesign and ProjectMatrix Dealers,

It has come to our attention that the latest version, 4.1, of the ProjectSpec SIF specification program is incompatible with all current versions of TeamDesign. ProjectMatrix has been informed and is aware of the situation and is working closely with us to resolve any issues.

Users that have not yet updated their ProjectSpec software to version 4.1 are advised to wait while we work on a resolution.

Sincerely,
TeamDesign Technical Support

After doing some testing on the ProjectMatrix side, we have determined the issue was from users who had remnants of old TeamDesign files residing in the C:Dragon or C:Dragon11 folder.  The issue has been resolved for the several customers reporting an error message.  If you are having an issue, please contact ProjectMatrix at support@projectmatrix.com or 513-554-1665.  ProjectSpec 4.4.1. is working fine and has no compatibility issues at this point.

NOTE:
 
Anyone that is updating to ProjectSpec 4.4.1. and needing to use the TeamDesign ALT-S should also download the TM-Import from our downloads page, or CLICK HERE.

Important Steelcase update

Important notice for those users who installed the September update from our DVD



Please note that the Steelcase Nurture catalog (SCN) is missing a large number of 2d graphics. When placing them into CET you will see only the style number in 2d (the 3d is okay). We have reprocessed the data and have posted a new download on our download site.

CLICK HERE FOR DOWNLOAD

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at 513-554-1665.
We apologize for any inconvenience.

Important Teknion Catalog Update

We have just posted new catalog updates for Teknion.  This data includes the September updates from Teknion and will also correct any issues from installing from the latest DVD.

TEKNION UNIVERSAL

TEKNION US

TEKNION CANADA


If you would like to recieve these updates on CD please let support@projectmatrix.com know.

ProjectSpec Survey

The last week of August we posted a survey to learn more about your computer.  ProjectMatrix has always valued our users opinions and comments.  Most of the time, features are added, modified or updated because of you.  We had a tremendous success with the amount of feedback we recieved during the first survey.  We like writing them, you obviously don't mind taking them, and we love seeing the results!

This survey focuses on ProjectSpec.  Please take just a few moments to fill this out.  Thank you for all your help!

CLICK HERE FOR SURVEY

Survey Results

We want to thank everyone that took time to fill out our survey.  We recieved about 150 responses.  Since everyone took the time to share with us, we decided to share the results.  Here are the numbers:

 

* Desktops still take the lead, but by a smaller margin than before.

*Not a big surprise for us, but we are a little concerned to see a few still running Windows 2000.

* Good news is our first view and installation of Windows 7 was a positive one.  Microsoft may have redeemed themselves from Vista, but further testing will tell.

*This was a little dissapointing to us.  We were hoping to see a bigger number of Dual-Monitors. 

*This shows us a positive trend to the new wide screen monitors.

* We were interested here to find out how much "Real-Estate" we have to work with.  It was good to see that 90+% are running higher than 800x600.  This means we can add more functions to ProjectSpec's Classic View. 

*PSPlace for AutoCAD is still by far the leader in space planning.

*We were happy to see that many of our users have already upgraded to the 2007 or newer AutoCAD.  Users with 2006 and older are already missing out on the latest features of PSPlace and will be affected by the drop of support for the R16 versions of AutoCAD in Jan. 2010.

*We were happy to see a good majority of the users take advantage of our most up-to-date data on our website.  We realize that some of the data is extremely large and takes forever to download, which brings us to the final question...

*We are hoping to have an Automatic Downloader that will scan our site for newly added items and updates, and download them to your computer or server overnight so they are ready to install.

September Updates

Electronic Catalogs updated for September:

Allsteel
Artopex
Basyx
Geiger
Global Total Office
Groupe Laccasse
Gunlocke
Haworth USA
Haworth Asia/Pacific
Haworth GSA
Haworth Latin America
Herman Miller
HON
Indian Desk
JSI
KI
Kimball Office
Knoll
National Office Furniture
Nevers Industries
OFS
Paoli
Paoli GSA
Steelcase
Tayco
Teknion Universal
Teknion US

2D & 3D Symbol updates for September:

Allsteel
Global Total Office
Gunlocke
Haworth
Haworth Asia/Pacific
Kimball Office
National Office Furniture
OFS
Steelcase
Tayco
Versteel