[RE-wrenches] Proposal Sketching Tool/Software

August Goers august at luminalt.com
Tue Jun 17 12:32:46 PDT 2014


Hi Jason,



These look nice, just what we’re looking for. Do you model the buildings to
3D yourself? Do you use any plugins or just Sketchup Pro?



Best, August



*From:* RE-wrenches [mailto:re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org] *On
Behalf Of *Jason Szumlanski
*Sent:* Tuesday, June 17, 2014 12:19 PM
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*Subject:* Re: [RE-wrenches] Proposal Sketching Tool/Software



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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