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 …

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 …

I have some great Wire features to announce that build on our previous blog post “Additional New Wire Shape” by Steve Collard. In the previous post Steve announced some new wire shape features. The benefits …

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 …

I’m in. I’m sold. When can we start? Those are words we as salespeople love to hear. As a system integrator and system designer, your work should speak for itself. While you of course need …

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 …

There are several new features in SI5.5 SP2 that I am really excited about, in this post I will describe a few of them.  We have added the ability to drag and drop images 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.

We just finished putting the final touches on huge, highly competitive design build project that could make or break our quarter, when the purchasing manager rushed into the owner’s office and told him we just …