"I have looked at all the software available for measuring floor surfaces and FloorEstimate Pro is by far the most accurate and easiest to use. Their technical support and willingness to make modifications is second to none."
Sheldon Fortenberry - Carpet Direct, Castle Rock, CO
"It double checks for estimates, make sure qty is right, it eliminates lots of mistakes, show it around customers with different materials, saves me lots of time"
Tim Steffen - Steffen Furniture and Flooring, IA
"The program is very intuitive, simple to use, create lots of efficiency in reducing waste factor and necessity to draw a diagram by hand."
FEP6 Onsite Measuring and Drawing with Leica
Disto Laser Meter
Quick Guide
FloorEstimate Pro 6 is integrated Blue-tooth enabled
Leica Disto A6 and Disto Plus. It enables
the blue-tooth enabled Disto meter to draw into FEP6 with
current Disto measurement:
Speed up floor measurement process
Eliminate potential measuring errors from reading or
entering inaccurate sizes
Wireless Transfer of
Measurement Data The plug-in
automatically creates a new Estimate or Invoice in QuickBooks
and adds items in QuickBooks item database if necessary.
Supported Disto Models: Disto A6, Disto Plus
A
Typical Measuring Process with Disto:
1. Click on "Draw by Disto"
button on FEP6 toolbar to connect to a Disto meter >>
2. Locate a starting point , then wall
direction to start drawing >>
3. Move to next room until all
rooms are measured.
Quick User Guide:
Step 1: Make
sure your tablet PC or laptop PC blue-tooth is turned
on. You should see a Blue-tooth icon in the system tray.
Then turn on Disto, press Blue-tooth key, then
press 2nd key.
Step 2: From
FEP6, Diagram Tab, click on Draw by Disto
button.
When Disto is connected, a notification window pops up,
and a starting arrow shows at FEP6 drawing window.
Step 3: Locate starting
point for room drawing, measure and draw all walls of a
room. Proceed to add additional rooms.
(1) If arrow is in black color, Disto is in
non-drawing mode. You may use Left, Right, Up, Down
keys to shift its starting point location. Click on
Lower Left key, to enter drawing mode, now the arrow
turns Red.
(2) Now in drawing-mode, use Left, Right, Up, Down
keys to set drawing directions, or use Upper Right
key to toggle into any 45 degree angles. Press on
Bluetooth button to enter a measurement.
(3) While in drawing mode, click on Upper Left
to enter special editing mode, press Down
key to back up (UNDO) one more multiple steps, press
Left to rotate drawing direction by +1 degree, press
Right key to rotate drawing direction by -1
degree. Press Upper Left key again to return to
normal mode.
(4) To close a room, click on Lower Left key.
To start a next room, click on Lower Left key
again.
Shortcut Tip: To create an rectangular room,
enter two wall measurements with right angle, press
Lower Left to close the shape, the program automatically
creates a rectangular shape.
Step 4:
When done with all rooms, to quit
Disto Draw mode, press Lower Right button.