Fifth Edition Upgrade & Training Considerations With Fifth Edition now officially released, we wanted to provide you with some information to help you prepare for the… Customer Satisfaction Team, Newforma, Inc. 05/20/2008 - 7:59PM 1 Comment(s) 804 View(s)
Animating illustrations of design changes using Newforma Project Center In the AECbytes of March 27, 2007, Gould Evans Associates Project Team Leader Tamara Shroll shows how her Phoenix office… Tamara Shroll, Gould Evans Architects 02/26/2008 - 3:51PM 470 View(s)
How do I set the order of the files that are printed or combined into a single .PDF? When printing files or combining files into a single .PDF, you can set the order for publishing by dragging and… newforma 06/28/2009 - 11:08PM 11 View(s)
How do I enter a meeting/appointment from Outlook to the Newforma Project Timeline Calendar? In Outlook, You can file meetings/appointments as a new Timeline event that will appear on the Project Timeline Calendar. When… newforma 06/28/2009 - 10:59PM 18 View(s)
How do I remove files off Info Exchange before the expiration date? Maybe you posted the wrong files or maybe the files have been revised and you want to remove the previous… newforma 06/28/2009 - 10:39PM 19 View(s)
How do I add my Submittal Responses so they appear in the action menu? In the Project Setup, on set 6 of 8, at the bottom of the page you can map your submittal… newforma 06/28/2009 - 10:05PM 15 View(s)
How can I get rid of the generic Headers and Footers printing out on my Newforma Forms? To Edit these settings, you should do into Internet Explorer and change the Header and Footer options in Page Setup… Dana Beck - Technical Services, Newforma, Inc. 06/19/2009 - 2:32PM 31 View(s)
How do I go about Requesting a New Feature in Newforma? Send Us a Suggestion........... Go to the Help Pull Down and select “Send a Suggestion” Dana Beck - Technical Services, Newforma, Inc. 06/19/2009 - 2:20PM 3 Comment(s) 56 View(s)
Project Naming – Special Characters When creating a new project the Project Name is a required field. When creating the list of your projects, the… Dana Beck - Technical Services, Newforma, Inc. 06/19/2009 - 2:19PM 30 View(s)
What do all of the Icons next to things Represent Do you know what all those Icons stand for?  Dana Beck - Technical Services, Newforma, Inc. 06/19/2009 - 2:15PM 23 View(s)
Basic Automated File Items Troubleshooting Currently, one of the more common questions coming into the Newforma Support team revolves around Project Email; more specifically Automated… Steve Burri - Client Support Manager, Newforma, Inc. 04/17/2009 - 9:07AM 1 Comment(s) 341 View(s)
How to Search a set of Search Results in 6th Edition Did you know that you can search a set of search results in Newforma Project Center 6th Edition?  In the… Christine Kallock, Technical Trainer, Newforma 03/27/2009 - 3:08PM 163 View(s)
How to Filter the Project Folders by file type Do you know that you can filter the Project Files by the file type?  In the Project Files activity center,… Christine Kallock, Technical Trainer, Newforma 03/27/2009 - 3:06PM 137 View(s)
How to File an Email to an Existing Action Item Did you know that you can file an email to an existing action item?  If you receive an email that… Christine Kallock, Technical Trainer, Newforma 03/27/2009 - 3:04PM 208 View(s)
How to use Wildcards to Search your Data Did you know that you can use wildcards to search your data?  Putting an asterisk behind a word replaces 0… Christine Kallock, Technical Trainer, Newforma 03/27/2009 - 1:06PM 75 View(s)
Did you know that you could change Project Settings across all or selected projects at one time? To complete this you would edit these specific settings on one project, export this project to a Template Dana Beck - Technical Services, Newforma, Inc. 03/19/2009 - 4:20PM 76 View(s)
How to customize your own Form Templates What is a Form Template?  Where are the files and how can I customize them? A Form Template is the… Dana Beck - Technical Services, Newforma, Inc. 03/19/2009 - 1:31PM 83 View(s)
How to print the notes and your Markups for a Markup Session Go into the Markup Sessions Activity Center.  Filter the log to view the Sessions you would like the report to… Dana Beck - Technical Services, Newforma, Inc. 03/19/2009 - 1:30PM 84 View(s)
How to Setup a Custom Logo for your Form Templates To point to your custom logo for your InfoPath forms please edit the logo style call in your standard form… Dana Beck - Technical Services, Newforma, Inc. 03/19/2009 - 12:38PM 70 View(s)
Newforma Project Center on a Macintosh Dave Plunkett, VP Engineering, Newforma 03/18/2009 - 1:01PM 141 View(s)
SWBR Architects shows their CAN Do attitude with The Biggest Loser Newforma is pleased to present SWBR Architects with our inaugural Creative Adoption of Newforma “CAN Do” award. We appreciate SWBR’s… Dan Conery, Newforma 03/17/2009 - 9:37AM 350 View(s)
Sharing Work Between Offices Using Newforma Project Center The team working on a single AEC project is often spread between multiple offices of a company. Our customers often… Dave Plunkett, VP Engineering, Newforma 03/12/2009 - 6:51PM 294 View(s)
Sixth Edition Upgrade & Training Considerations With Sixth Edition now officially released, we wanted to provide you with some information to help you prepare for the… Steve Burri - Client Support Manager, Newforma, Inc. 03/10/2009 - 9:55AM 215 View(s)
Earn one AIA learning unit at this BSA reception On April 16, 2009, Newforma and Diversified Technology Consultants are co-hosting a user group reception at the offices of the… Dan Conery, Newforma 03/03/2009 - 11:45AM 126 View(s)
Newforma Project Center Performance Characteristics Dave Plunkett, VP Engineering, Newforma 03/02/2009 - 4:24PM 271 View(s)
What’s New in Newforma Project Center Sixth Edition? Newforma Project Center Sixth Edition incorporates dozens of enhancements and new features that you, the user, submitted as ways to… Mike Petrovick, technical marketing manager, Newforma 01/22/2009 - 4:21PM 1077 View(s)
Did you know you can see an entire email thread from the Project Email activity center? Go to Project Email and select the email in which you are interested… then Right-Click and select View Conversation.  Newforma… Renee VanDyne, Services Program Manager, Newforma 12/29/2008 - 4:18PM 256 View(s)
Dissolving “Project Move” myths Introduction Newforma is finding that more and more of our customers want and need to move project data either in… Steve Burri, Newforma, Inc. 12/29/2008 - 3:15PM 4 Comment(s) 493 View(s)
How do I generate an action item report for all the projects a team member is on? You can accomplish this in 5th Edition… 1.  On the My Project Center page, down in the Project Activity Summary… Renee VanDyne, Services Program Manager, Newforma 12/29/2008 - 3:06PM 139 View(s)
SQL Template.xls Did you know that there is a topic in our Help system that will assist you with embedding your SQL… Renee VanDyne, Services Program Manager, Newforma 12/29/2008 - 2:49PM 1 Comment(s) 223 View(s)
InfoPath Training Videos Did you know that we have a nice set of InfoPath training videos to assist you in customizing your own… Renee VanDyne, Services Program Manager, Newforma 12/29/2008 - 2:36PM 81 View(s)
Earn AIA continuing education units for Newforma Project Center training Did you know that many Newforma Project Center training sessions qualify for continuing education units (CEUs) through the American Institute… Renee VanDyne | Services Program Manager, Newforma 11/18/2008 - 9:38AM 372 View(s)
Determining Newforma Version Newforma Fifth Edition requires that the Info Exchange Server and Project Center Server be on the exact same version to… Steve Burri - Client Support Manager, Newforma, Inc. 11/14/2008 - 5:14PM 153 View(s)
Newforma and Riverbed Newforma has noted some recent issues with Riverbed of which we wanted to make this forum aware.  There is a… Steve Burri - Client Support Manager, Newforma, Inc. 11/12/2008 - 9:40AM 284 View(s)
Boston: balanced eating, IPD and a school without lockers Newforma Director of Customer Satisfaction Dan Conery tells how to serve Chilean sea bass, describes how firms are moving toward… Dan Conery, as told to Patrick Gillam, Newforma 11/10/2008 - 3:43PM 256 View(s)
Newforma Fifth Edition – Hotfix 2 As the result of our ongoing customer support follow-up, we have identified three issues that we believe warrant a HotFix… Steve Burri, Newforma, Inc. 11/05/2008 - 1:19PM 484 View(s)
Newforma Fifth Edition – Hotfix 1 In our ongoing effort to continuously improve our products, Newforma has developed an update of Newforma Project Center® Fifth Edition… Steve Burri, Newforma, Inc. 09/26/2008 - 8:02PM 1 Comment(s) 412 View(s)
Filing Project Email Did you know that there are five (5) ways to file your email through Newforma?  All of them utilize Newforma’s… Steve Burri, Newforma, Inc. 09/19/2008 - 11:19AM 666 View(s)
Project Center Server service shutting down? Newforma’s support team has identified an occurrence happening at some of our customer sites.  There is a requirement that the… Steve Burri, Newforma, Inc. 09/19/2008 - 10:18AM 1 Comment(s) 245 View(s)
Fifth Edition Take 5 Tutorials - 9/12/2008 Newforma Take 5 video tutorials demonstrate real-time solutions to everyday questions. Each tutorial takes about five minutes to introduce you… Marni Hoyle - Newforma Marketing, 09/12/2008 - 3:23PM 906 View(s)
Kansas City: carbohydrates vs. proteins, Fifth Edition surprises and the valley of despair In his travels across the United States talking to customers and seeking sustenance, Newforma Director of Customer Satisfaction Dan Conery… Dan Conery, as interviewed by Patrick Gillam, Newforma 08/22/2008 - 1:10PM 375 View(s)
Read Receipt and Delivery Receipt in Newforma Project Center Emails and Notifications I was recently asked the question, “When a Newforma Project Center user sends out an email or a notification email… Mike Petrovick, AIA, Newforma, Inc. 07/25/2008 - 2:32PM 320 View(s)
Manageing InDesign Files with Newforma Project Center We are often asked about support for Adobe InDesign files in Newforma Project Center.  Of course, if you double-click on… Bob Batcheler, Newforma, Inc. 07/24/2008 - 3:57PM 286 View(s)
If an Ant Can Do It…10 best practices for remote team management Can you believe it? Ants are in the news again. And once again, if you’ll pardon the expression, it’s relevant!… Patrick Gillam, senior marketing manager, Newforma 07/03/2008 - 9:26AM 222 View(s)
Using Newforma to Quickly Save Files to Any Project Location Looking for a way to quickly save any file to a standardized project location on your Network? Let Newforma help!… Brad Hartnagle, Newforma 06/23/2008 - 10:10AM 189 View(s)
Forget your password? Change your password? The pictures tell you how to get a new password and change it to something you’ll remember. Patrick Gillam, Newforma 06/18/2008 - 2:52PM 135 View(s)
The classic 'what the customer wanted' tire swing cartoon has its own website Surely you’ve seen it: a series of simple line drawings showing a children’s swing hanging from a tree branch. The… Patrick Gillam, Newforma 06/09/2008 - 1:56PM 580 View(s)
Deploying Fifth Edition via Active Directory Newforma has made some significant efforts for Fifth Edition to make deploying Newforma Project Center (client) to your user’s desktop… Steve Burri - Client Support Manager, Newforma, Inc. 06/06/2008 - 10:45AM 1 Comment(s) 546 View(s)
Two Steps Forward, No Going Back: How Our Firm is Using Technology to Gain a Strategic Advantage Read “Two Steps Forward, No Going Back” at AECbytes Patrick Gillam, Newforma 05/15/2008 - 9:30AM 403 View(s)
What’s New in Newforma Project Center Fifth Edition PowerPoint overview of the new release of Newforma Project Center. Here’s the file: Fifth Edition Highlights Visit Mike Petrovick, Newforma Product Management 05/12/2008 - 1:57PM 305 View(s)
Searching All Projects: Using Newforma as an Enterprise Project Knowledge System Do you ever get the feeling while working on a specific project activity that someone else at your firm (or… Allen Preger, Newforma 05/05/2008 - 12:58PM 346 View(s)
Related Items in Fifth Edition You are probably familiar with the use of “sticky notes” on filed drawings and documents to alert the team of… Allen Preger, Newforma 05/04/2008 - 11:00PM 289 View(s)
Electronically Reviewing Submittals in 5th Edition The process of reviewing, marking up and processing a digital submittal has been vastly improved in 5.0 with the introduction… Allen Preger, Newforma 04/28/2008 - 11:45AM 598 View(s)
The New RFI Activity Center in Fifth Edition OK, so the excitement may pale in comparison to some other new product announcements on your radar screen (anyone else… Allen Preger, Newforma 04/23/2008 - 7:10PM 1 Comment(s) 522 View(s)
The New Markup Sessions Activity Center in Fifth Edition The new Markup Sessions Activity Center in Fifth Edition allows each Project Center user to easily browse, preview, add comments… Allen Preger, Newforma 04/22/2008 - 6:47PM 268 View(s)
Webinar: What’s new in Newforma Project Center Fifth Edition Mike Petrovick, Newforma 04/21/2008 - 11:18AM 1034 View(s)
Virtualization of Newforma Servers April 2, 2008 - Server virtualization is a promising technology that is interesting to nearly every Newforma customer.  Virtualization promises… Dave Plunkett, Newforma Engineering 04/18/2008 - 11:12AM 620 View(s)
New in Fifth Edition - Track Phone Calls, Meeting Minutes and other activities in Project Timeline In Fifth Edition, you can use the Timeline Activity Center to log phone calls, meeting minutes, tasks and any other… Allen Preger, Newforma 04/02/2008 - 4:07PM 809 View(s)
Using Info Exchange Folders to Streamline Design Coordination In Fifth Edition, “internal” Newforma Project Center users and “external” Info Exchange users can easily share, revise and coordinate their… Allen Preger, Newforma 04/01/2008 - 3:54PM 1 Comment(s) 211 View(s)
Deborah Gordon: How do ants know what to do? (from TED Talks) Patrick Gillam, Newforma 03/26/2008 - 1:40PM 200 View(s)
Construction videos Construction industry consultant Roger Pickar has teamed up with cartoonist George Buchanan at a website called New Wit and Wisdom,… Patrick Gillam, Newforma 03/11/2008 - 1:00PM 276 View(s)
Join the Chicago Newforma User Group (this is just an example) Join other project managers for beer and pizza at....... Marni Hoyle, Newforma Marketing 03/06/2008 - 4:31PM 1 Comment(s) 56 View(s)
How to synchronize Newforma Project Calendars with your personal Outlook Calendar New in Newforma Project Center Fifth Edition: If you have ever used one of those web-based project collaboration calendars, you… Allen Preger, Newforma 03/05/2008 - 5:34PM 368 View(s)
Drawing Milestone Quality Control with Newforma Project Center This article reviews how Newforma Project Center can be used to mitigate the cost, schedule and litigation impact of unintended… Allen Preger, Newforma 03/03/2008 - 5:11PM 2 Comment(s) 419 View(s)
Searching scanned documents in Newforma Project Center If your firm regular scans paper documents and drawings for archival purposes and you would like to make these scanned… Allen Preger, Newforma 03/03/2008 - 4:27PM 165 View(s)
How can I show the logo in my email notification forms? In Fourth Edition, the logos were removed as they have been a cause for the email notifications to be blocked… Steve Burri, Newforma 02/28/2008 - 12:26PM 172 View(s)
How to get technical support Technical support is primarily managed by your company’s I.T. team.  If you have issues or problems with Newforma Products, contact… Steve Burri, Newforma 02/28/2008 - 12:12PM 102 View(s)
How much project data can be searched by a single Newforma Project Center server? A Newforma Project Center Server maintains a search index that allows fast searching of project files.  This index is a… Dave Plunkett, Newforma 02/28/2008 - 9:56AM 145 View(s)
Why ants? Why ants? A very relevant question!! Basically, ants have an incredible work ethic just like you, our customers. By necessity… Ian Howell, Newforma 02/27/2008 - 3:58PM 175 View(s)
Newforma Support Team offline If you’ve ever wondered about the face behind the voice, check out the Newforma Support Team as they survive the… Patrick Gillam, Newforma 02/27/2008 - 3:18PM 330 View(s)
Managing Submittals at LMN Architects, before Newforma Project Center and after The employees of LMN Architects have always prided themselves on the rigor of their contact administration process, but that thoroughness… Tim Rice and Art Haug, LMN Architects 02/27/2008 - 3:09PM 226 View(s)
Holiday tree plans Check out “Mitigation Notes”. Jenn Hoyle, Arcadis 02/27/2008 - 2:33PM 142 View(s)
Ants up close and personal Ants are very sophisticated beings, as one Newforma employee has observed: “Let’s just say I spent MANY HOURS watching them… Marni Hoyle, Newforma 02/27/2008 - 1:54PM 127 View(s)