Product Updates

Communicating with team members is key to getting the job done. On BaseStone you can now assign issues to team members making it easier to manage work & ensure issues get resolved!

We built this feature to help you:

• Improve information flows and allocate tasks
• Get work done faster
• Have better visibility of issues

When you assign an issue to someone, they will receive an email letting them know. This new feature is a huge advance in the BaseStone workflow and is flexible to suit many construction processes:

Snagging

If you’re snagging for handover,  assign tasks to the team members responsible for rectifying them.

Design Review

Mark up drawings showing design changes to be made. Then simply assign them to the responsible designer.

Site Observation

Create issues from the field, add photos and markup to describe observations. Assign them as tasks to the engineer or project manager that needs visibility of the issue.

Reporting and visibility

Team members can filter for the issues assigned to them, showing them a list of work they need to do. This information is also included in the CSV report.

How do I use it?

Check out this guide on how to use the Issue Assignment feature.

 

We’ve just released a new, greatly improved user experience on the BaseStone web application. After listening to your feedback, we’ve made some changes which will help you work more productively on the BaseStone web app. See the changes below and let us know what you think.

 

New side panel

 

When you go onto a drawing, you’ll see an panel on the left hand side. This is where all issues, reports, revisions and the file details will be displayed. We’ve added the ability to collapse the panel, so you can see the drawing in its entirety.

 

New issue layout

 

You will notice that issues look slightly different, but contain the same information and work in exactly the same way.

 

Improved drawing tool layout

 

When you create or edit an issue, the drawing tool panel will appear on the right hand side of the screen. From here you can add markup and photos to issues.

 

As always we love to hear your feedback so let us know what you think! Email support@basestone.io or just press the red feedback button.

 

iPad 2.5 released!

• Additional colours to make your day even better with BaseStone
• Simpler and more detailed editing of markup including point editing of polylines and freehand drawing
• Integrated support for google forms – create and update form data within BaseStone
• Added the ability to create a freehand sketch and add to an issue to illustrate an idea or problem
• Edit project settings from the app. Archive or update projects on the move.
• Map information for markup, update and clear location information as required
• Reduce the number of points in freehand drawings for easier editing
• Add support for project level editing controls allow other users to edit markup if required
• Update support for user initials to 2 characters so you know who you are 🙂

Bug fixes in 2.5

• Fixed a crash that could happen when deleting tags
• Fixed a source of random crashes when downloading files in the background
• Fixed an out of memory error when generating large PDF snapshots locally

iPad app features planned for upcoming releases

• More detailed photo markup
• Support multiple tag filters
• Improved workflow support
• Team support
• Select projects to keep in sync

Web Application updates

• Print directly from the web
• Download CSV of all files – go to settings and select export
• Add photos from the web

Head over to the Help Centre to learn how to use BaseStone. Click here to go to the app store to download the latest version of the app.

We’re building BaseStone as a tool for the industry and strive to really build around your needs and feedback. We aim to make it super simple for you to upload your files into BaseStone and have an exciting update to announce to you today.

You can now import files to BaseStone seamlessly from Dropbox!

• Login to your account from the web browser
• Create a project or select an existing project
• Click the ‘Import’ button

• Select ‘Dropbox’ from the sidebar and then click ‘Choose from Dropbox’

• This will take you to your Dropbox where you can select files to import.

Login to your BaseStone account to try it out

Please let us know any feedback you have!