Mudshark, based in Australia, has an informative website with pricing clearly disclosed. Or, annual cost of subscription, which does not include the required training – $ 3,700Ĭost for the required two-day training class – $ 1,800 Trimble Business Center perpetual license, initial charge – $ 9,370Īnnual cost of support and updates with the perpetual license – $ 1,450 There may be some features in the program that some users enjoy, like downloading the material stack to a cell phone, but these tools do not justify the cost or complexity of the program. TBC is cumbersome and the investment you’ll need to make in on-going training does not justify the unwarranted complexity of the program. Good luck in understanding Filter Control, Site Improvement Manager, Boring Log Excel Import tools, and many of the other complex commands and tools. Certain commands are combined into functions that TBC calls tools. There are hundreds of commands, tabs, and options. Shea disclosed that the purchase of Trimble Business Center (”TBC”) requires the purchase of training.īased on several TBC demos and comments received from TBC users, the program appears more complicated than it needs to be with too many options and requirements. Talked to the Dallas, Texas reseller, Shea Huckaby who provided information on the software cost. WinEx Master with 1 year of support, perpetual license, initial charge – $ 8,550Īnnual support/update fees for WinEx Grade, after first year – $ 520Īnnual support/support fees for WinEx Master, after first year – $ 600 WinEx Grade with 1 year of support, perpetual license, initial charge – $ 5,470 The Roctek website is limited because it does not provide tutorials, pricing or evaluation software.Ĭost to License Roctek software for site excavation takeoff: One of its dealers, Michael Fiducia of Accordant disclosed pricing. It appears many of the dealers no longer offer the software. Roctek provides a listing of authorized Dealers on its website. The Master version has machine control features that are not available in the Grade version. Roctek offers two products for excavation takeoff: WinEx Grade and WinEx Master. Roctek, WinEx Grade and WinEx Masterīased on the features disclosed on its website, the WinEx Master version appears competitive with most of the software listed here. If any brand of software is omitted, or if any information has changed or is incorrect, please let us know so that we can amend this white paper. Nowadays, programs are licensed by an initial charge (aka perpetual license) with annual support/update fees or under a subscription where the support and updates are included in the annual subscription fee. Since pricing is rarely disclosed, this listing unveils the cost to license and maintain the programs. The cost of the programs vary significantly. After evaluating features, ease of use, support and the company’s track record in delivering enhancements the final, and maybe most important criteria, is the cost to license, train and support the software. It appears that most programs have similar features, capabilities and accuracy while creating files for machine control. The volumes of soil movements are calculated from the differences between the existing and proposed surface models. The following products are listed herewith, in no particular order:Īll excavation takeoff software shows the location and volumes of soil movements (i.e., cuts and fills) by creating 3D surface models of the existing and proposed sites. The quantity takeoff is faster, easier and much more accurate, compared with a manual takeoff, when any of these products are employed. This white paper, prepared July 2022 by Vertigraph, discloses all of the 3D modeling, quantity takeoff software available for calculating excavation quantities.
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