CAD Standards – Defining Scope

How much will you cover?

Defining how in depth your standard will be will assist you in knowing when you have enough to publish.  You want enough to make it effective, but not so much that people don’t read it or know what is in it.  It is a delicate balance.

We discussed the overall plan

Now we turn to what will be included.

Here is what I posted before and I don’t want you to miss the list on what I think the standard should contain.

There are 10 Basics that all CAD Standards should have, 29 critical items for Basic AutoCAD and 37 critical items for ADT (the vertical tools need more coverage)> I have not included 2010 issues yet since I have not fully thought through what you may need to include for this version. I hope to post on this later.

Each of these topics needs to be covered at some level.  Show your team the entire list.  Make sure you add or take away what you think needs to be done.  Don’t be afraid to take a stab at it.  You can change it later if needed.

Your team can help work through the list.  Solicit input.

Once you have your list, you are ready to start…