This post will show how to create a combined report in SI5. While you can create Groups for reports that will generate all reports in the Group at once, they are still separate reports that …

The following two posts show how you can create “dynamic” reports within SI5 using some of our built-in Report Utilities. The first article shows how to create a proposal report that allows you to add …

Getting a client to sign off on a project can be challenging.  The documentation that you provide could make or break the pending agreement.  SI5.5 comes with a variety of professional reports to help you …

Sometimes when running a proposal report in SI5, you may have unwanted page breaks in between your groupings.  You won’t see this on every proposal that you run because many factors contribute, e.g. how you …

Software without errors is like…well, I don’t have a clever simile for this.  We are constantly improving our software to eliminate errors that have been brought to our attention that have slipped past our testing.  …

Changing the information displayed in the Project Summary section of a stock D-Tools SI5 Proposal report can be confusing for some clients.  This is mainly due to the fact that we use subreports to generate …

We will be teaching two Manufacturer Training Sessions at the CEDIA expo this year.  These free sessions are open to all CEDIA attendees and are eligible for CEDIA CEUs.  Each class is 90 minutes long …

It is fairly easy to create customized Visio shapes based on the SI5 library of shapes that will represent products whose width is half-rack, or 9.5 inches, that snap-to the rack shapes. By default, …

This question often arises:  What is the best way to handle off-page references when dealing with multiple Schematic pages. Occasionally you may run out of space on a schematic page and need to continue …

Issue: You attempt to open an SI5.5 project in the Text interface and the interface does not open.  No error, just nothing happens…crickets.
Cause: This can occur on machines that are running both SI 4 and …

The reality of using software is that you may encounter errors from time to time. The proper reporting of an error can significantly increase the turnaround time for a resolution. The intent of this article is to demonstrate how to effectively report errors to the D-Tools Support team, support@d-tools.com.

Although ideal, procuring AutoCAD floor plans is not always possible. Architects are protective of their intellectual property, rightfully so, and it often takes some convincing that you really only need them to lay out the pre-wire for your system, no malicious intents. However, they are usually completely willing to send you PDF file of the plans in lieu of the AutoCAD DWG file.