Custom Activity Examples

Activity Center Name

Description

Action

Action Definition

AutoCAD LT

2D CAD design authoring application by Autodesk

Launch a Windows application

C:\Program Files\AutoCAD LT 2006\aclt.exe

Newforma Community

Newforma's Customer Community

Open a website

https://customercommunity.newforma.com/s/

Project Summary Report

Access to weekly update of summary report for this project

Launch a Windows Application

C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 6.0\Reader\AcroRd32.exe

Command-line: [ProjectFolder]\Financial\Project Summary Report.pdf

Google Earth

Identify project location on surface of earth

Launch a Windows application

C:\Program Files\Google\Google Earth\Client\GoogleEarth.exe

Command-line: "[EarthLocation]"

[EarthLocation] uses the Longitude and Latitude in the project settings to locate the project in Google Earth.

MicroStation

CAD design authoring application by Bentley

Launch a Windows application

C:\Program Files\Bentley\Program\MicroStation\ustation.exe

My Project's Info Exchange website

Info Exchange website for this project

Open a website

https://[InfoExchangeDNSServerName]/UserWeb/projecthome.aspx?pn=[ProjectName]

First Source

Access building product information from Reed Construction Data

Open a website

http://www.reedfirstsource.com/

Google Maps

Identify project location

Open a website

http://www.google.com/maphp?hl=en&tab=wl&q=[MapLocation]

[MapLocation] uses the project longitude and latitude. If they aren’t specified, it uses the project address.

McGraw-Hill Construction Network for Products

Access to building product information from McGraw-Hill

Open a website

http://products.construction.com

My Company's Info Exchange website

Access to project information via Info Exchange website

Open a website

https://[InfoExchangeDNSServerName]/UserWeb

Newforma Company Website

Access Newforma's website

Open a website

www.newforma.com