[AccessD] OT: Visio / web UI question

Actually, depending on the version of Visio, there are templates for all
kinds of equipment, including shelving, by  manufacturer, even down to
brand names and nuts and bolts.  I wouldn't call Visio enterprise low
budget, though, except perhaps compared to AutoCAD.  I've never tried it
over the net, but you can create html pages using it, so I suspect there
are ways.
 
Charlotte Foust

	-----Original Message-----
	From: Arthur Fuller [mailto:artful at rogers.com] 
	Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 9:17 AM
	To: AccessD
	Subject: [AccessD] OT: Visio / web UI question
	
	

	I have been asked to think about building a low-budget CAD-like
interface, very primitive, in which the components you might consider
are rectangles, basically, that you can assemble in various
configurations. You could think of it as the layout for a shelf system.
You can make L shapes and extend a shelf linearly by abutting two
shelves and so on. Doesn't need to be 3-D, just needs to correspond
visually to the dimensions of the selected units. The user could select
any combination of units and position them this way and that, move them,
save that version, move them again, copy selected L-shaped object and
then paste it over here, save that, print quotes for both
configurations, log off and revisit previous configurations, and
ultimately perhaps, buy one.

	Can Visio work over the net? I can see Visio filling the bill,
we could just create shapes corresponding to the shelf units from the
various manufacturers, and you could position them any way you want. We
already have a license for Visio, an important consideration.

	If not Visio, can you suggest some other way of approaching this
problem with minimal investment in software? 

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