Wow. This question is right up my alley. I used to be the Software
Development Manager for Buzzsaw/ProjectPoint. Now I am the Software
Development Manager for Océ Plan Center.
A Buzzsaw site will absolutely let you do what you want. Permissions can be
set at the Project, Folder, or File level. It is quite typical for users to
log into a site and see only the projects that they have access to. You can
even set "No Access" if you desire. People usually group site members into
User Groups and set the permissions for the User Groups rather than setting
permissions individually. So you could have groups of "Consulting Engineers"
and "Plumbers" and set the permissions appropriately.
The integration between Buzzsaw and Plan Center is not that great. One
reason for this is that it really takes AutoCAD, Word, or whatever authoring
tool you are using to prepare a print-ready file. What users wanted was some
folder on their Buzzsaw site where they could drag and drop documents to and
print-ready documents would result. Buzzsaw and Plan center do not have that
level of integration yet. It is possible to use Buzzsaw to collaborate with
your DWG file and other source drawings. You can then use the Océ Client
Tools to generate print-ready (LDF) documents and load them into Plan
Center. Alternatively, you can generate the LDF files using the Océ Client
Tools and upload those to your Buzzsaw site. If you wish to try a
pre-release of the Océ Client Tools, you can find them at:
https://projectpoint.buzzsaw.com/constructionmanagement/public/OceClientTools.exe?public
This is a release candidate copy on my Buzzsaw site. If you encounter any
problems with them, please email me directly at
scott.sheppard@repro.oceusa.com rather than contacting your Océ Sales rep or
anyone else. An official beta program would require a different process
involving several layers of the Océ channel. This is not an official beta.
This is just me.
"Andre Baros"
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> We are considering setting up a site for a current project and I would
like
> to make sure that we can limit visibility to folders by users. That is to
> say that a consulting engineer could see everything but a plumbing
> sub-contractor could only see plumbing related items. I don't just want
to
> keep people from being able to view drawings, I don't want them to see
> entire folders so that users with very specific needs can get in and get
out
> without slogging through too many layers of information.
>
> Also, is it possible to set up Plan Center with a service bureau for
direct
> printing and delivery of drawings.
>
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