- ICON Quote System
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name = IQS
caption =
sponsor =
latest_release_version = 3.x
latest_release_date =
operating_system =Windows
genre = Metal Building Quoting System
license = Free, Proprietary
website = http://www.iconbuildings.com/The ICON Quote System or IQS is a web-based
ClickOnce program that allows individuals to design their own metal buildings online, view a Real-time3D rendering , and retrieve a cost estimate viaPDF , developed and distributed by ICON Technology. Released in 2005 as QuotePlus, IQS is now the only onlinesolid modeling quote system for metal buildings. Using aparametric feature based modeler the software createsshop drawings based on the real-time calculations.In mid 2008, IQS was released worldwide for public use. Stefan Schumacher of Metal Construction news states you can "design and price an array of PEMB box buildings, including airplane hangars" [cite web|url=http://www.metalconstructionnews.com/Default.aspx?PublicationID=2&ArticleID=221&Title=ICON+Building+Systems%3a+A+high-tech+metal+building+supplier+with+a+human+touch|title=ICON Building Systems: A high-tech metal building supplier with a human touch|last=Schumacher|first=Stefan|date=2008-04|publisher=Metal Construction News|accessdate=2008-08-26] .San Antonio Business Journal lists IQS as the program that sets ICON apart in the metal building industry [cite web|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/sanantonio/stories/2008/07/21/smallb1.html?page=2|title=Web Gives Entrepreneur the Metal to Succeed|last=White|first=Torrence|date=2008-07-18|publisher=San Antonio Business Journal|accessdate=2008-08-26] , by allowing users to create their own buildings without architects and designers, on their private computers. Cecilia Bahlmann, wrote "IQS, an advanced technology with user friendly functionality, designed to satisfy customers who want instant pricing" [cite web|url=http://transworldnews.de/NewsStory.aspx?id=50465&cat=9|title=IQS – the most advanced metal building design and pricing system on the planet!|last=Bahlmann|first=Cecilia|date=2008-06-13|publisher=Trans World News|accessdate=2008-08-26] .
IQS allows users to easily view, manipulate, expand, add components, add bays and openings, add canopies, add parapets, select desired colors, and along with other option to tailor a building to the user’s needs. IQS also includes support for multiple video rendering types to keep pc limitation low and usability high. (
DirectX ,Graphics Device Interface ,OpenGL ) IQS is used publiclly to rapidly gain an accurate price of a metal building with the desired dimensions.External links
* [http://iconbuildings.com/iqs/default.aspx Download IQS]
* [http://iconbuildings.com/pricebuilding/default.aspx IQS Web Edition]References
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