The engineering colleagues Daniella Castro and Alyssa Schorer decided it was time to start their own business about 18 months ago. Now Castro and Schorer have achieved an efficient way to run DNA Detailing & BIM, LLC and gained freedom to create their own schedules.
Castro and Schorer work in different places and time zones, mostly in the Western part of the USA. At the start of their business, they tried collaborating via a VPN connection but it proved simply too slow. They also tried taking turns when working, then zipping results and emailing the work to each other. After trying these methods, they chose Tekla Model Sharing as it allows them to work efficiently together on the same Tekla Structures model at the same time regardless of their locations or time zones.
“As soon as we put Tekla Model Sharing in action, we've just been using it ever since. Now we both are on the model all day. It works really well. For several hours a day we work at the same time,” Castro and Schorer say.
Collaborating efficiently with BIM
Both the partners report that using Tekla Model Sharing and Tekla Structures has been problem-free. They only need to know what area the other one is working on. “At first we supported our updates with emails,” Schorer admits. However, after a trial period double-checking became unnecessary. “Now we just use the Model Sharing. At the end of the day we might shoot an email, that’s all.”
