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Are You Using Quick Add?

We're big fans of anything that makes using CPM tools easier. That's why I wanted to make sure all you Constructware users know about Quick Add. It went live in January and has been quietly reducing clicks and pop-ups for users since then, just like it was designed to do.

To use Quick Add, just look for it anywhere you are asked to choose a user to add to a document, such as an RFI or Change Order. It looks like this:

When you click it, a pop-up window appears right in place. Just type a name (or part of a name) and click "Add". Constructware will try to match the name and add it to your list, without any additional clicks on your part. Nice! (And if it can't find the match, it will bring up the filter screen so you can adjust your search further. Double nice!)

Let us know what you think about Quick Add in the comments, please. Sorry, no Quick Add available for Typepad comments.

New White Paper: How to Keep Your Data Secure

Our Ops team just put out a new white paper that should help you understand the level of seriousness with which we treat the security and availability of our customers' data on Constructware and Buzzsaw.

Enjoy! 

Download autodesk_cre_ops_sec_whitepaper.pdf

Firefox (IE Tab) and Constructware, not such a great fit afterall

A few months back there was a post highlighting how Constructware could be run inside of Firefox using a plug-in called IETab.  You can read the original post here.  I recently made the switch myself as I really like the way that Firefox treated the Constructware windows as tabs.  But last week I discovered a flaw that has made me switch back to Internet Explorer. 

If you are using Firefox with IETab you may experience issues trying to download files from the File Director.  You can view just fine, but downloads don't seem to work properly.  Additionally, you may have found that in the Submittals module there is no scroll bar to scroll to the right. 

So my recommendation is that you continue to use Internet Explorer when accessing Constructware. 

Constructware in Firefox

You're going to love this one.

Mike Gemmell and Steve Williams have been holding out on us. They both were rocking the IETab extension for Mozilla Firefox, which goes a step beyond our old friend IEView. IETab (from Taiwan!) lets you open IE-only sites (like Buzzsaw and Constructware) right inside your Firefox session. And from what I was able to gather, Mike and Steve have both been using this little goodie for some time.

Check it out below. Make sure you set up *.constructware.com* and *.buzzsaw.com* as site filters in the IETab options dialog. If I hadn't been in a demo with Mike, I never would have known about this. Exactly when were you planning on sharing this information with our loyal readers, guys?!?

Readers: you know who loves you.