Small Project Design

I am curuious if anyone has experience using e-ink tablets for As-Builts.   I still use Pen & Paper, but am looking to streamline & reduce paper.  Are E-ink Tablets a viable option?   What other tools do you use? 

I am curuious if anyone has experience using e-ink tablets for As-Builts.   I still use Pen & Paper, but am looking to streamline & reduce paper.  Are E-ink Tablets a viable option?   What other tools do you use? 

I'm not sure that e-ink format is the most versatile for migrating the workflow to digital.  I've found (at least for me) that the most natural and well-supported has been to use an Apple iPad Pro and Pencil with Morpholio Trace as it has basically allowed me to become a paperless office. It really is like using trace rolls/paper over your imported photos, PDFs, screen shots, CAD, whatever!  You can sketch freehand and to scale with formal linework and more.
And Trace is $20/year. Can't beat the price. 

Hope that helps!

I am curuious if anyone has experience using e-ink tablets for As-Builts.   I still use Pen & Paper, but am looking to streamline & reduce paper.  Are E-ink Tablets a viable option?   What other tools do you use? 

Irving,

I was mostly avoiding regular glossy screened tablets because of needing to take measurements outside.  Are you still able to read the screen in full sunlight?

I'm not sure that e-ink format is the most versatile for migrating the workflow to digital.  I've found (at least for me) that the most natural and well-supported has been to use an Apple iPad Pro and Pencil with Morpholio Trace as it has basically allowed me to become a paperless office. It really is like using trace rolls/paper over your imported photos, PDFs, screen shots, CAD, whatever!  You can sketch freehand and to scale with formal linework and more.
And Trace is $20/year. Can't beat the price. 

Hope that helps!

I am curuious if anyone has experience using e-ink tablets for As-Builts.   I still use Pen & Paper, but am looking to streamline & reduce paper.  Are E-ink Tablets a viable option?   What other tools do you use? 

Good morning, Jeremy. Unlike you, most of my use is indoors so I haven't had sunlight be an issue.  However, I recognize that glare and reflections can be an issue and when I've had that instance I simply turn away from it.  A better solution that comes to mind would be to use something like a magnetic screen protector that also reduces the glare with a matte finish.  Two products that I've seen and read about with good reviews are the PenMat and the ESR.  There is also Paperlike.  Each of these reduce glare and also provide a more tactile resistance like pencil on paper.  I've chosen to use PenTips added to my Apple Pencil for the same effect without having a screen cover.  Much of this comes down to preference and comfort, too.  Here's a good article I had saved in case I were to upgrade my iPad 11 Pro to the latest M4 version and the Pro pencil:

PenMat vs ESR: What is the Best Paper-Feel Magnetic Screen Protector? | Inspiration Grid

Hope this helps!

Irving,

I was mostly avoiding regular glossy screened tablets because of needing to take measurements outside.  Are you still able to read the screen in full sunlight?

I'm not sure that e-ink format is the most versatile for migrating the workflow to digital.  I've found (at least for me) that the most natural and well-supported has been to use an Apple iPad Pro and Pencil with Morpholio Trace as it has basically allowed me to become a paperless office. It really is like using trace rolls/paper over your imported photos, PDFs, screen shots, CAD, whatever!  You can sketch freehand and to scale with formal linework and more.
And Trace is $20/year. Can't beat the price. 

Hope that helps!

I am curuious if anyone has experience using e-ink tablets for As-Builts.   I still use Pen & Paper, but am looking to streamline & reduce paper.  Are E-ink Tablets a viable option?   What other tools do you use? 

I am curuious if anyone has experience using e-ink tablets for As-Builts.   I still use Pen & Paper, but am looking to streamline & reduce paper.  Are E-ink Tablets a viable option?   What other tools do you use? 

I am curuious if anyone has experience using e-ink tablets for As-Builts.   I still use Pen & Paper, but am looking to streamline & reduce paper.  Are E-ink Tablets a viable option?   What other tools do you use? 

Thanks,

I haven't heard great things about the accuracy of Matterport Scans.  I am curious how much work it is to remove all the furniture and other Clutter that is common in the types of projects I frequently work on. Is able to automatically tell what is furniture and remove it from the model?

I am curuious if anyone has experience using e-ink tablets for As-Builts.   I still use Pen & Paper, but am looking to streamline & reduce paper.  Are E-ink Tablets a viable option?   What other tools do you use?