Construction Digitizers Were an Innovative Advancement
Are you a construction industry veteran who remembers the excitement you felt getting your first construction digitizer? Back in the day, construction digitizers were quite a step forward from performing a totally manual takeoff using a ruler and calculator, saving estimators quite a bit of time.
A construction digitizer was also known as a blueprint digitizer, takeoff digitizer, quick ruler digitizer, digitizer mat, digitizer board, gtco digitizer or planimeter. But just like seldom-used pay phones and cassette players, construction digitizers are rarely used anymore. Why did construction digitizers disappear from the construction industry? Simply put, better alternatives have made them obsolete.