A NEW HOME FOR BRITISH CONSTRUCTION
17th February 2015

Aluminium fabricators using the market leading LogiKal software had an exclusive preview at BAU of some of the innovative new features which are on their way in the latest version of the software.

For those who couldn’t make it to the Munich show, Ian Hannis from Business Micros Aluminium, which is the exclusive distributor of LogiKal in the UK, has picked out some of the highlights which users can expect to see launched later this year.

Ian says: “We looked at the software from the perspective of our users in the UK and were very impressed with how well the product has been developed with the customers’ needs in mind and how relevant the new features are to customers in this market.

“Probably the stand out innovation is a new Infoserver option, which will be ideal for established PVC businesses who are now using LogiKal for their expansion into aluminium and want it to work with their production management software.

“Infoserver is based on push technology and will, for the first time, make it possible to push projects processed in LogiKal to scan and touch screen based workstations on the shopfloor.

“These workstations will use LogiKal saw and CNC data along with the assembly list data for each project and position. Only the information relevant to each individual workstation will be pushed there and once the activity has been completed, it will push itself to the next relevant workstation – for example, sash assembly or glazing bead cutting.

“This new level of functionality within LogiKal is ideal for UK users who want to adapt LogiKal to fit into their shopfloor operation.

“Alongside Infoserver, there are lots of minor enhancements to come within version 10 of LogiKal which will continue to improve the user experience. For instance, there will be more options to just click or right click to access features within LogiKal and less need to move between individual dialogue boxes.

“There’s also a new option on its way which will be good news for those users who build CAD drawings up as exports as they process through the various stages of a product design. LogiKal will now link directly to an exported CAD drawing so that any changes made within LogiKal will be updated on the CAD drawing automatically.

“Users who liked the Smart Measure on site survey app which we launched so successfully at the FIT show last year will also be pleased to see that it is now being developed for use on Android as well as Apple devices.”

Alongside the product previews, LogiKal’s German developers Orgadata also showed a new concept for linking LogiKal with a REVIT Building Information Model (BIM) at BAU. Business Micros Aluminium is working closely with Orgadata on the project and further information is available via: bim@bmaluminium.co.uk

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