English manual
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Nov 17th, 2009: The Presto Interface
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Soft S.A. is a software developer established 1980 specializing in the architecture / engineering / construction (AEC) industry. Our main product is Presto, an application used in estimating and subsequently tracing the cost of any construction project, which includes CAD take-off, monthly certificates, job cost control and project management modules.

Presto is used by over 33,000 contractors, engineers, architects, estimators, quantity surveyors and project managers in over 13,000 companies in Spain (where it has a 48% market share) and also in Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay.

Presto is a construction estimation software. It allows you to build an estimate very quickly. It will import price databases through several ASCII formats but is excellently suited to create your own databases from previous estimates.

Presto allows you to build up the take-off the traditional way, measuring drawings on paper, or to measure DWGs on a monitor in a fully automatic way (it recognizes entities and layers), or to import take-off files from most AEC CAD software's (Autodesk ADT, Nemetschek Allplan, Graphisoft ArchiCAD etc.).

Presto includes a fully-Windows report generator, very similar to that used by Microsoft Access: fully customizable with any of the records and tables, calculated fields, expressions, true type fonts, color, .bmp and .wmf allowance, etc

A project management module allows to create basic bar charts in seconds, which can then be reworked graphically and/or exported to other project management software's using .mpx files

Site cost control modules allow contractors to evaluate work advance and compare actual on-site construction costs with estimated costs and with prices paid by the customer.

The basic configuration (estimates, take-offs and certificates) is priced at EUR 570 plus VAT. Presto is fully Windows standard, supports drag-and-drop, contextual right-button menus, standard cut- or copy-and-paste etc.

Presto is available in Spanish, English, Portuguese and Catalan to different extents -menus and options, reports, help...- and is technically prepared to be easily translatable into other languages.