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[Scott Maxwell <smaxwell(--nospam--at)engin.umich.edu>]

Thor,

Others have pointed to some options.

Another one is to use something like WebEx (www.webex.com).  Our company
has used it in the past.  Someone said that it was on the expensive side,
but it worked really well.  I am sure that there are other services out
there like it.

In addition, there are programs that you can buy to do it.  One that has
been around for quite a while (originated on the Mac, I believe, but is
now cross-platform) is Timbiktu Pro by netopia
(www.netopia.com/software/products/tb2/win/).

The advantage of a service like WebEx is that you can get it when you need
it and you can use it easily with ANYONE.  So, if you work with a large
variety of people, it potentially would work better.  The advantage of
something like Timbuktu Pro is that it is largely a onetime cost.  So, if
you need to set it up with just one or two people that would will want to
"view" on a regular basis, it might be better.

And as others have said, Micro$oft has some built-in function in some of
their OS/programs.  WinXP does have remote desktop.  Prior to that, there
was some remote desktop features in MS Messanger/NetMeeting, I believe.

HTH,

Scott
Adrian, MI


On Thu, 17 Nov 2005, Avicpeng wrote:

> Thanks for the replies on the tilt-up panel connections.  It looks like we'll have to dream up our own flexible connection ...
>
> On another topic.  Monitoring drafting/other tasks.  Does anyone know of any software that I can use (through a dedicated server) that allows for real-time monitoring of drafting (where I can actually see the drawing happening), and possibly other tasks that I may assign to distance contractors?  I have an idea to be able to be interactive with my at-a-distance draftspersons and subcontractors on a real-time basis.
>
> Thor Tandy P.Eng MIStructE
> Victoria, BC
> Canada
> vicpeng(--nospam--at)telus.net

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