Also a do-it-yourselfer here and I've tried both the power point and visio path however it's as you said - very labour intensive and this is a massive 4 year, lots of moving parts project that we just would not have the resources to manage. I do like the looks of the link you sent - just emailed them. Thanks for the link!
As a do-it-yourselfer, I've done these things in the past with animated PowerPoints, but they quickly breakdown and get more labor-intensive as the schedule evolves. For the next one, I'd be looking to a) drop the layout into an MS Visio file, b) parse the P6 schedule into MS Excel, then c) use vba (a macro hosted by Excel or Visio) to create and manipulate shapes based on the dates. I imagine this is similar to what Flipbook does.
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Submitted by Santosh Bhat on Wed, 2019-01-30 00:27
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18 years 11 monthsGlad you found it useful.
Glad you found it useful. Good luck.
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Also a do-it-yourselfer here and I've tried both the power point and visio path however it's as you said - very labour intensive and this is a massive 4 year, lots of moving parts project that we just would not have the resources to manage. I do like the looks of the link you sent - just emailed them. Thanks for the link!
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6 years 9 monthsThanks for the suggestions -
Thanks for the suggestions - I will look into both our your suggestions and update if I've created something!
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6 years 9 monthsThanks for the suggestions -
Thanks for the suggestions - I will look into both our your suggestions and update if I've created something!
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18 years 11 monthsDuplicate
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18 years 11 monthsAlso check out Hito's
Also check out Hito's Flipbook: https://hito.management/services/flipbook/
As a do-it-yourselfer, I've done these things in the past with animated PowerPoints, but they quickly breakdown and get more labor-intensive as the schedule evolves. For the next one, I'd be looking to a) drop the layout into an MS Visio file, b) parse the P6 schedule into MS Excel, then c) use vba (a macro hosted by Excel or Visio) to create and manipulate shapes based on the dates. I imagine this is similar to what Flipbook does.
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20 years 6 monthsLook up a package called
Look up a package called Phase Manger: https://www.phasemanager.com/en/ - but I can't seem to get their English site version working. There is a partner of theirs in Germany who may also be able to help: https://planavista.de/en/construction-phase-maps-with-phase-manager-animated-samples/
Let Thorsten know I referred you!