TOPIC: Home Layout Drawing / Pest Inspection Drawing Feature

Dominic, Bill here. I believe when I click on the diagram button in my software it takes me to microsoft paint. I use a combination of the rectangle(some erasing) and the straight line function. The state doesn't require the drawing be to scale.

Ok, that makes sense. We'll be writing our own designer as it will have to work on windows and mac. Stephen has mentioned to me that Washington is asking for it to be as close to scale as possible so the option will be there. It will be up to you to use or not.

Dominic

Stephen sent this to me earlier so I'm posting it here to help keep track of things. This is Washington's law on pest report requirements: apps.leg.wa.gov/WAC/default.aspx?cite=16-228-2045

I do not do pest inspections in my business, but I can see where a way to make a rough diagram of the outline of a house that I am inspecting would be very useful.  3-D Inspection software has this type of feature.  I would use the diagram capability to give a general layout of the home and indicate the compass settings in relation to it and also use it to point out areas where a defect may be, as mentioned earlier in this posting section.  What I am seeing here, in these posts, is that HIP is going to be all inclusive of the "big three" (3-D; Inspectvue; and HomeGauge) options and features.  Imagine that...having all of this functionality as the "big three" at less than half the price of ONE of the "three".  Keep it going....I love it!

Thanks for the input Robert. It's good to know that it would be used more than just for pest inspections. When you insert a diagram now, do you want it to be a full page, or half page? Should I offer both as an option?

Let's go for the gusto and offer both.  I am sure that with marine inspections and some of the other types, including home inspections, that a full page would be very useful.