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Tips and Tricks 

Tips & Tricks are provided to help you get more out of ETemplate Photo. 

The best part is that the tips and tricks come from you, the users.  To encourage participation and make it more interesting, a prize will be awarded to a winning entry.  Here is how it works:

 

·      Winners will be awarded a $200 credit toward future purchases for supplies or systems from ETemplate Systems.

·      One winning entry will be chosen monthly.

·    At least two qualifying entries must be received for a winner to be declared, otherwise, the enty will be carried to the next month.

·      Participants are limited to one win per calendar quarter.

·      Eligible entries can be a special “jig”, a software procedure, or a job.

·      A tip or trick used for any project, either past or present is eligible.

·      A specific job, procedure, or “jig” can be submitted only once. 

·      A submitted job must contain all photographs, the PMR file, and if available, a photograph of the finished and installed project.

·      A submitted “jig”, photographing technique or software procedure must be with a full written explanation and photographs as applicable.

·      The monthly winner will be prominently posted on ETemplate website along with the tip or trick and full explanation.

·      ETemplate Systems retains full rights and privileges to retain and post all tips and tricks that are submitted without compensation to participants.  ETemplate employees are ineligible to received awards.

 

No one knows better than you how to create solutions to field situations or redundant processes that you must deal with every day.  We at ETemplate Systems are considered the experts but we don’t have all of the answers.  This is why the new page will contain tips and tricks that we receive from you.

 

So, start now by reviewing the tips and tricks that have been submitted so far, then submit your Tips & Tricks, share your solutions, and compete for the prize!  In the end, everybody wins by getting more out of ETemplate Photo.

 

How to Submit Your Entries:


For a simple text tip, send it to: info@etemplatesystem.com with Tips & Tricks in the subject line.

For full projects, zip the folder and upload to: www.filesdirect.com/etphoto.  When submitting through files direct you should enter Tips & Tricks in the comments section of the upload page.

Tips & Tricks Submissions 

 

1.  Measuring walls as a 2D contour (Example provided by ETemplate Technical Staff)

 

For some jobs, walls just need to be measured as 2D contours and not 3D surfaces.  This may be for the layout of cabinets, casework, countertops or other items.

 

For this type of job, you are typically measuring the profile of the wall(s) at a fairly constant height.  The point data will then create the desired contour design.  When doing this type of measure, you need to put the XY markers on the floor so that the wall contour becomes an XY shape.  You can also put the scale/constraint bars on the floor. 

 

When shooting a project like this, it is important that there are points that span both the horizontal and vertical aspects of the photos.  This can be done by making sure you have points at the contour height (maybe 36”) and on the floor (XY and scales).  Depending on the size of the job, additional markers may be needed on the floor or wall at floor level (cardstock) to create this important dispersion of data in the photographs. 

 

2. Measuring in a tight area? (Example provided by ETemplate Technical Staff)

 

Measuring an area too small to accomodate a scale bar?  Use a strip of your coded labels as your constraint.  Tear off the middle strip and place them on a flat surface (vertically on radius wall).  The distance between each point is 4.125 inches, so a strip of 5 codes would be 16.50 inches.  This same type of constraint can be used for very large jobs where your 3 scales just isn't enough, simply use several of them.

3. Searching for unmarked points? (Example provided by ETemplate Technical Staff)

When looking for an additional photo with an unmarked point that matches one that is marked but has a low angle: Highlight several points around the object point in a photo where it is marked. Then hit the “W” key to expand the highlighted points to all photos. Look in the photos that have red highlighted points to see if your object point is there. This helps to find points that may be obscured in the light or dark corners of photos.

 

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