Custom Activity Examples
Custom Activity Examples
The following activities are examples of custom activity centers that can be added to the Project Home activity center. Some of these examples may already be listed in the Unused Activities field in the Edit Project Home Contents dialog box.
Activity Center Name |
Description |
Action |
Action Definition |
AutoCAD LT |
2D CAD design authoring application by Autodesk |
Launch a Windows application |
C:\Program Files\AutoCAD LT 2006\aclt.exe |
Newforma Community |
Newforma’s Customer Community |
Open a website |
https://customercommunity.newforma.com/s/ |
Project Summary Report |
Access to weekly update of summary report for this project |
Launch a Windows Application |
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 6.0\Reader\AcroRd32.exe Command-line: [ProjectFolder]\Financial\Project Summary Report.pdf |
Google Earth |
Identify project location on surface of earth |
Launch a Windows application |
C:\Program Files\Google\Google Earth\Client\GoogleEarth.exe Command-line: “[EarthLocation]” [EarthLocation] uses the Longitude and Latitude in the project settings to locate the project in Google Earth. |
MicroStation |
CAD design authoring application by Bentley |
Launch a Windows application |
C:\Program Files\Bentley\Program\MicroStation\ustation.exe |
My Project’s Info Exchange website |
Info Exchange website for this project |
Open a website |
https://[InfoExchangeDNSServerName]/UserWeb/projecthome.aspx?pn=[ProjectName] |
First Source |
Access building product information from Reed Construction Data |
Open a website |
http://www.reedfirstsource.com/ |
Google Maps |
Identify project location |
Open a website |
http://www.google.com/maphp?hl=en&tab=wl&q=[MapLocation] [MapLocation] uses the project longitude and latitude. If they aren’t specified, it uses the project address. |
McGraw-Hill Construction Network for Products |
Access to building product information from McGraw-Hill |
Open a website |
http://products.construction.com |
My Company’s Info Exchange website |
Access to project information via Info Exchange website |
Open a website |
https://[InfoExchangeDNSServerName]/UserWeb |
Newforma Company Website |
Access Newforma’s website |
Open a website |