The first step to importing a file from Trimble FabShop is to scan the file, to check whether there are items in your Trimble FabShop file that don’t correspond to the standard rectangular, round, and oval items. To do this, click on BIM on the menu bar of QuoteSoft Duct and select the option for Trimble FabShop. You will be presented with this pop-up window.
Click “Scan Vulcan” and select which file you would like to scan.
If any such items are found, you will be prompted to map their items to an accessory pressure file so that the items can be mapped properly when you import the Trimble FabShop file. If there are items that do not correspond to any of the accessory pressure files that you already have, then you can cancel the scan and add those accessory pressure files before re-scanning.
Once you have scanned the Trimble FabShop file and ensured that all of the items are properly mapped to items in QuoteSoft Duct, then you can import the file. On the screen for Trimble FabShop, select “Import Vulcan”, and then select the file that you scanned.
Then, you will be presented with the following screen.
Click “OK”, and you will be presented with a window where you can select the pressure files for each item. The item in question is listed in the title of this window.
During the import process, you will be prompted if you would like to choose a liner for each pressure file if you have not already mapped the liners in the scanning process.
If you choose to proceed, you will be given the option to select which liner in QuoteSoft Duct corresponds to the liner given from the Vulcan file.
Once you have finished this process, the file will proceed importing.
When you click “OK”, you will return to Takeoff and everything will have finished importing.