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Soft Scan

Generic Bill of Material scanner, will read CAD files and export into different formats
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

SoftScan is a generic Bill of Material scanner designed to read from various CAD systems and export into many other output formats. It's a fully customizable scanner capable of understanding almost every different kind of bill of material.

It's simple user interface will have you scanning in minutes, and help you download hundreds of detailing sheets with a simple mouse click.

New Features

  • Title-less Scanning
  • Save and Load your projects
  • Kiss File Version 1.1
  • Choose reports on the fly
  • Customizable Reports Format
  • New and friendlier user interface
  • New Type Code with no description required
  • Faster scanning engine

Exports

  • Steel2000
  • KISS Files
  • Structural Software
  • Microsoft Excel
  • EJE
  • Romac

Inputs

  • 3D Cad / SmartKad
  • DWG / DXF

Special Fields

  • Revisions
  • Sequences
  • Pay Code
  • Finishes

Reports

  • Bill of Material
  • Connection Material List
  • Connection Material Order List
  • Connection Material Reference
  • Main Material Cutting List
  • Main Material Nesting
  • Main Material Order List
  • Main Material Order List with Marks
  • Fiel Bolt Summary
  • Field Bolt Placement

SoftScan is a robust, stand-alone software system that reads any DWG, DXF or 3D-Cad/SmartCad file directly, and creates a file that can be imported into:

  • FabTrol
  • EJE
  • Steel 2000
  • ROMAC
  • Structural Software
  • And Microsoft Excel

By simply selecting your drawings and clicking the scan button, the rest is automatic, and no 3rd party CAD system or software is required. SoftScan also produces a variety of reports based on the BOM including a Mill Order Report, Cutting List, Material Summary Report, Bolt Summary and Nesting Report.

The tedious task of typing Bills of Material into these software packages is now a thing of the past.

Features

  • Works with any DWG, DXF, or 3d-cad/SmartKad drawing file, from any source.
  • Reads drawing files directly.
  • Autocad or any software is NOT required.
  • Your detailer does his cad work as he normally would.
  • No special requirements or software while creating the drawings.
  • Can scan as many drawings as you wish (or select) with one click of the mouse.
  • Save the export file to your hard drive, floppy drive, or email directly from SoftScan.
  • Automatically locates and reads the BOM.
  • Completely User Definable fields and Bill of Material objects.
  • Once defined in the settings, Softscan will read it.
  • Fast, and simple to use. Just click SCAN!
  • Imperial or Metric, input and or output BOM fields can be in any order
  • Sequences scanned and exported with member Mill Mark (page-line) scanned and exported.
  • Revision number scanned and exported.
  • Works in any Windows platform, on any PC.

User Configurable

  • Define input and output options
  • Define any field with any possible heading
  • Define, add, or delete any kind of main
  • member (W, TS, C, WT, etc).
  • Define, add, or delete any kind
  • of attachment (PL, BAR, L, etc).
  • Define, add, or delete any kind of bolt
  • Define, add, or delete any grade.
  • You can define general default grades,
  • and a default grade for each main member
  • type and attachment type,
  • any font and as many fonts as you want.
  • Define the character mappings for all
  • special characters in the font.
  • Define one of several methods of sequencing
  • Configuration automatically saved.

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Technical specifications:

Manufacturer:
Soft Steel Inc.
Web-based:
no
SaaS, Cloud:
no
Multi-user (network-compatible):
no
Manufacturer based in:
United States
Training:
not required
Installation support:
not required
System requirements:
Compatible operating systems (runs with):
Win 11
Win 10
Win Server
Mainframe based
Unix based
Linux based
Mac OS
Mobile OSs (supports):
iOS
Android
Old Compatible Operating Systems:
Win 8
Win 7
Win Vista
Win XP

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Multi-user (network-compatible)
no
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
no
no
yes
Multi-client compatible
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
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Compatible with
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interfaces
Customer-Relationship-Management
Dokumentenmanagementsystem
Radiofrequenzidentifikation
Schnittstelle zu Spracherkennungssystemen
Active Directory
REST
REST-API (ODATA)
WEB-API
Other requirements for soft- and hardware
XGA- Bildschirmauflösung ab 1024*768 oder höher
Windows Server
Findentity: Operating system Microsoft Windows 7 to Windows 10 or Windows Server 2008 R2 to Windows Server 2019. Further system requirements may apply, which are listed in the product descriptions. SBC support (server-based computing) is provided by terminal server and Citrix capability, compatible with virtual machines (VM).
Zielclients: mind. MS Windows NT, WMI
* Windows Server 2008-2019 (64 Bit) * SUSE Linux 64 Bit, IBM Red Hat Linux 64 bit * Clients: Windows, MacOS, Android, iOS * Webbrowser: Microsoft Edge, Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, Safari
geeignete Entwicklungsumgebung (Microsoft Studio, Delphi oder ActiveX)

The MS Outlook AddIn and the IBM Notes integration currently run purely on client computers with MS Windows operating systems.

The web application can be used across all operating systems and device types for sending and receiving. A current browser of the type MS Internet Explorer, MS Edge, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox or Apple Safari is required.

On the server side, the solution runs on Linux platforms or MS Windows Server.

Dialogue language(s)
German, English
German, French, English
German, English
German
German, English
German, French, English
German, French, English
German, French, English
German, English
German, French, English
Documentation
Manual
Online Help
Demo version
Technical documentation
Manual
Online Help
Demo version
Technical documentation
Manual
Online Help
Demo version
Technical documentation
Manual
Online Help
Demo version
Technical documentation
Manual
Online Help
Demo version
Technical documentation
Manual
Online Help
Demo version
Technical documentation
Manual
Online Help
Demo version
Technical documentation
Manual
Online Help
Demo version
Technical documentation
Manual
Online Help
Demo version
Technical documentation
Manual
Online Help
Demo version
Technical documentation
Manual
Online Help
Demo version
Technical documentation
Number of installations
>300
zwischen 250 und 300
>500
>45.000
> 500
200
2,5 Mio
First installation (year)
1991
1985
2002
1998
2004
2005
2004
2007
2007
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