You can import projects found through ConstructConnect Project Intelligence or from Bid Center on www app.constructconnect.com directly into PlanSwift v. 10.3.0.xx and higher!
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PS-Connect only works in a Windows 10 environment.
The ConstructConnect Platform Plugin allows you to download project documents (plans, specs, and other documents) directly from ConstructConnect platform applications into PlanSwift.
Here's a video to help you get started...https://constructconnect.wistia.com/medias/1pp0xt25p6
Requirements
- You must be registered for a ConstructConnect platform account (free and paid accounts are supported)
- You must log into PS-Connect with the same login as you use for the web site (app.constructconnect.com)
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PS-Connect only works with PlanSwift versions 10.3.00 and higher. In the latest update to PS-Connect |
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(7/19/2023), we addressed a few issues:
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To import a project from
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or Bid Center,
- Select the View/Download Documents button
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- to open the Document Viewer
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- Select the documents you wish to
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- push to PlanSwift by clicking each checkbox next to the page, or click the Select All button to select all the documents
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- When
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- the
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- desired documents are selected, click the Open With button
- Select PlanSwift from the menu
- A window opens allowing you to send the project to PlanSwift
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- If this is the first time you have sent a project to PlanSwift,
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- you
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- need to download and install the
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- PlanSwift Connect
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- utility. Click Download Now next to "PlanSwift® Connect" to download the PlanSwift Connect integration MSI file (PSConnect.msi)
- When the download completes, run the file to install
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- You must enter the same log-in and password you use to log in
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- to app.constructconnect.com to
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- install the PlanSwift Connect utility properly
- If you have not already installed PlanSwift
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- , you'll need to do that, too. Click "Download Now" next to "PlanSwift®" to download the latest version of PlanSwift.
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- Once the installations are complete (or if you've already installed PlanSwift and PlanSwift Connect), return to the
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- web page and click button that reads "I have PlanSwift, Send Project Now"
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Click Open ApplicationLauncher.exe
Click the "Always allow..." checkbox so you do not get this message every time.
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Click Open ApplicationLauncher.exe
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When prompted to log in, use the same credentials you use to log into Project Intelligence or Bid Center.
Enter your ConstructConnect Platform user name (the e-mail address you use to log into
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app.constructconnect.com) and password.
Once authenticated, the project download begins, and a status message keeps you updated on progress:
Additionally, each time you download a project from the platform, the Connect utility checks to see if there are any updates available. You will see an "Installing Latest Version..." loading bar before the project is imported into PlanSwift.
- PlanSwift opens and the plans begin downloading. Depending on the size of the project you are importing this may take a few minutes to complete
When the download/import is finished, click on the Pages Tab - all selected Pages (we only selected one) are named and put into folders the same way they were in the Document Viewer on app.constructconnect.com.
After the project downloads and is processed, PlanSwift opens and you can navigate the Pages, in the same organization structure as they were online:
Depending on the size of the Project you are importing this may take a few minutes to complete.
Project Updates
Each time you use the "Open with..." option in Document Viewer, PlanSweft creates a <em>new</em> Project; it does not update the existing Project. This way, there is no risk of overwriting any of your existing work. You can use the files that get downloaded as Overlays in your original Project, or copy/paste takeoff and markups from the original to the new Project - whatever works better for you.
A status message displays in the lower-right corner of your main Windows screen.