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TILOS Software Version 10 Just Released; Updates Further Speed Up Linear Project Scheduling

TILOS  just got even better; with TILOS software version 10, available now!

Already the fastest, most intuitive and easy to understand linear project management software on the global market today, TILOS wows with even more intuitive functionality in version 10.

TILOS Software Version 10

The TILOS new release streamlines a plethora of user experience functions, making them faster, easier to use or providing additional options for a better overall experience.

TRIMBLE TILOS was very careful about the TILOS new release, listening to their customers, test driving new features and tweaking the update until they got it just right.

Now available to new TILOS customers or at no cost to all existing TILOS 9 customers on a maintenance plan. TILOS 10 offers a total of 35 major updates to almost all functionality including mass haulage, the Time-Distance chart, GANTT charts, Rescheduling, Progress Management, Help Section, Printing and more.

TILOS version 10, the newest TILOS Software release offers users a superior experience:

The updated TILOS Software Wiki makes getting help easier:

The Table of Contents and Help Section have been restructured to make it far easier to search for and find the information you need. The TILOS version 10 update includes an expanded list of training and reference resources, including TILOS Training Videos to help you get started and make you more productive.

Enhanced viewing options makes using TILOS even easier:

  1. You can now quickly show a Gantt chart or Task List selection in the time-distance view. This can be helpful when you are editing tasks in non-graphical formats.

  2. In a mass haulage diagram, you can now add space vertically between the zero line and cut/fill mass areas to make room for horizontal haulage lines and labels.

  3. You can now use buttons at the top of the new tabbed Task List pane beneath the TILOS Explorer to expand/collapse the list structure, as well as to switch it to a flat list that can be sorted.

  4. You can now control the horizontal positions of source and destination link arrows between mass areas. This can help you declutter the view when multiple links converge at a single balance point.

  5. You can now include a first column with row numbers in list views, such as the Task List, Link List, and Resources List. For instance, if you open a Task List, the first column now indicates the number of the records in the list. This makes TILOS lists more familiar and similar to Microsoft Excel and other spreadsheets.

  6. TILOS User Interface Adds Color: Use of color coding has been enhanced in a major way in TILOS version 10. You can now color summary task rows to make the task hierarchy in the chart easier to understand as well as color the hierarchy based on each task’s indent level using a color code (predefined set of colors; same as those used for the Gantt charts). And if you don’t wish to use color coding you can also override the color code at the individual task level.

TILOS software version 10 makes presenting at project status meetings even better.

  1. You can now format the default Duration format and token used for various performance values (e.g., Baseline, Done, Earned value, Remaining, and At completion durations) in other time units, e.g., days. This makes it easier to customize and read Gantt chart text tables and time-distance chart dashboards.

  2. When your project contains many sub-projects, you can now open a list (in the time- distance chart’s cell properties) and show/hide just the ones you want to see in the chart.

  3. Control the Expand/Collapse of Levels: Now when you import a project with a deep hierarchy (from Microsoft Project, for example), you can more easily control how many levels are shown (expanded/collapsed) in a time-distance view. There are now options to toggle summary and details to show in either or, both or both with specific viewing requirements such as: Show summaries and details just down to a specific level; deeper levels are collapsed. Save and load a specific set of display attributes (such as what levels are expanded/collapsed) for a time-distance cell so you can return to that state at any time and show/hide individual levels by checking boxes in the Display details column.

  4. In a mass haulage diagram, you can now group all mass areas of the same mass type on one line; one line is created for each unique type.

  5. To make printing functions easier to access, you can now find the Print command on the File menu (as well as on the Main toolbar, View toolbar, and context menus from various views).

  6. The Print dialog now shows a real time print preview pane. The Print pane has been rearranged so you can more easily define and preview what content is  within the printable area for each page. The zoom level of the print preview is automatically set so that all active views are shown, along with pagination lines indicating what content will be printed on each page. A new Print on one page option allows you to quickly for your content to a single sheet.

TILOS software version 10 makes planning projects even faster:

    1. Enhanced automation includes relevant data when creating tasks. You can now select a default summary task for each task template in the Preset toolbar so that each task is automatically associated with a summary when it is created.

    2. Now when you use the CTRL + C and CTRL + V shortcuts to copy and paste tasks into the Task List, the copied tasks are inserted above the task you select (in the natural order/task sequence). In addition, each inserted task is automatically assigned a new Task ID.

    3. You can now right-click in a list cell, select Incremental Search, and enter a specific text ‘string’ by typing the characters. Previously, this function was only enabled by pressing CTRL + I, this makes searching that much faster.

    4. The interaction between a time-distance view and a task list has been enhanced; when you are in a time-distance cell, you can now click the tab to see a list of all visible tasks in the cell. When you select tasks in the list, the same ones are then selected in the view. If the task is outside the extents of the view’s visible area, you are prompted to change the extents. If the task is within the extents, the view is scrolled to it. These features make it easier to select tasks and change them in the time-distance view using the task list.

    5. Reuse Cell Display Settings: In a time-distance view, you can now copy settings (display attributes and the expand state of levels) from an existing cell to your active cell.

    6. You can now filter a mass haulage diagram to show/hide object

TILOS version 10 makes updating and rescheduling projects even faster.

  1. Automatically Calculate a Successor Task’s End Date: When using a Finish to Finish link between two tasks in a time-distance chart, you can now base one or more successor task end dates on their predecessor task’s end date.

  2. Synchronize Predecessor and Successor Task Quantities (Material Volumes) When linking two tasks in a time-distance chart, you can now base a successor task’s quantity on its predecessor task’s quantity, e.g., you can synchronize a mass haulage’s cut and fill material volumes. When you change the quantity of the predecessor task (making the task longer), when you reschedule, the quantity of the successor changes and you get a new duration calculated from the task’s updated quantity. This enables you to quickly update tasks that are all working with the same quantity.

What is TILOS Software?

TILOS software has long been a favorite with construction planners, schedulers and managers as well as engineering and planning professionals.

Specifically designed to make linear project planning easier, faster and more accurate, TILOS combines technical and scheduling data in an easy to understand, one page visual diagram.

TILOS is the globe’s preferred software solution for  linear infrastructure construction project management . TILOS is used for  pipeline project management, highway project management ,  railway project management  bridge project management , tunnel project management, and power line project management.