Many designers are taking their projects portable. This feature allows a designer The primary user of PlanTek. Referring to one who designs truss layouts or profiles from a set of plans. to download his plans to his laptop and when he is through he can upload his plan changes to the server. Also some networks have low bandwidth and can cause plans to load slowly (Example: a VPN between 2 offices). Once a plan is downloaded locally, it will load and switch between pages much faster. Remember, that if you have downloaded the plan to local On users local machine. Not on network drive., all bookmarks User saved list of plan page shortcuts. Allows user to mark their place on the plan, so that s/he may return to the place at a later point., overlays A transparent plan page over another plan page intended for bearing point alignment, often in a darker or lighter shade along with what lies underneath, called "base plan page", and digitizer A software representation of a physical digitizer device that digitally records the relative position of a cursor which is moved over the area or line that you want to digitize or record. calculations will also be stored locally.
First you must load the plan from the network Path setup for purpose of sharing plans between users. Typically on a server with a faster file access capability. Not local. in PlanTek PlanTek is a fully paperless plan management software developed specifically for designers, and integrates with MiTek's eFrame software..
Now Simply Click the Download to Local button
from the toolbar.
A Confirm dialog box appears.
Press Yes to continue.
The current Plan is now stored on your local machine.