Issue link: https://fieldtech.trimble.com/resources/i/1252353
Does the solution have reporting capabilities? Why it's important: Reporting capabilities allow users to make notes in the field, take photos, and assign tasks to others to ensure thorough follow-up on any concerns, decisions, or changes. It enables everyone to come away with the same understanding of the project and any outstanding needs, and communicate about them effectively. And since photos are geo-referenced and timestamped, it also makes inspections much easier and more productive. Does the positioning hardware adjust to fit most smartphone screens? Why it's important: To be as user-friendly as possible, the positioning hardware needs to flexibly accommodate most commonly available smartphone screens, ensuring that additional hardware doesn't need to be purchased in order for the solution to work properly. Can the solution accommodate 2D drawings? Why it's important: Workers who are still relying on 2D drawings to some degree will want a solution that allows them to perform detailed interactions with PDFs and view them as overlays on the ground or over a surface at real-world scale. This enables users to visualize the 2D representation of the design in its actual physical environment and gives teams not yet working with 3D models the ability to experience the benefits of AR. Can the solution present the information in a 2D view and the 3D AR view? Why it's important: For some construction users who have become accustomed to working off 2D plans the ability to see the site in 2D, view model attributes, and display control point names provides them with their historical method of visualizing data relative to their location and orientation, for an additional point of reference. Is the solution compatible with a variety of open industry standard and file formats? Why it's important: An AR solution that can integrate with a range of data collection, design, and modeling tools—such as AutoCad®, Bentley®, ESRI®, Revit®, SketchUp, Tekla® and Trimble®—and in a variety of industry standard and third-party file types, including SKP, VCL, TTM, TRB, IFC, LandXML, DGN, DWG, SHP, Geodatabase, and PNG, brings the greatest versatility and flexibility to your AR use cases and workflows.