[RE-wrenches] Proposal Sketching Tool/Software

[Jason Szumlanski]

It depends on what you call quick, and what you consider professional
looking. I've found Sketchup to be perfect for our needs. I'm usually doing
low-cost solar pool heating system presentations, so speed is critical.
15-20 minutes is usually enough time for a great 5-page presentation in
Sketchup Pro with Layout. On more complex roofs and for higher value
projects, an hour may be required for a stellar proposal that blows away
the competition.

​A few low res pics are at the link below.​ I do literally almost 1000
presentation packets per year. If you want to see something hi-res, hit me
up off list and I'll email you an actual presentation packet.

https://drive.google.com/a/fafcosolar.com/file/d/0B-Kt4aH7U2BWOXJhRXRoSV82SFE/edit?usp=sharing


Jason Szumlanski

​Fafco Solar​





On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 2:54 PM, August Goers <august at luminalt.com> wrote:

> Hi Wrenches,
>
> We are finding that more and more of our competitors are giving
> prospective clients a really nice array sketch along with their proposals.
> We have been using Google Earth and Sketchup for this but our sales reps
> are wondering if there is anything better out there. I am aware of
> Pictometry but haven't been wowed by it in the past. I've also seen the
> Bright Harvest and Skelion plugins for Sketchup but I'm not completely
> sold. Sometimes we punt it over to the engineering department to do a full
> Autocad drawing but that takes time.
>
> Does anyone have software tools that they like to provide quick but
> professional looking array sketches for their clients during the proposal
> phase?
>
> Best, August
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