Failure to pass on the Principles of your CAD Standard to those who join your team will eventually cause your environment to fall apart. You begin by defining your principles and share them with others. As you begin to create your CAD Standard everyone is on board. They all agree with the general concepts that […]
Users want to know what is required of them and they want a logical, easy to understand, Standard that provides the answers to the questions that they will ask about producing drawings. By developing your Standard based on the Principle that you have developed, you are off to a good start. Principles help you pass […]
I am convinced that developing Standards should start with Principles and move from there to Standard Concepts to Methods to Content and finally to Action Principles -> Standard Concepts -> Methods -> Content -> Action By starting with the Principles you can get everyone on the same page from the beginning. It is best to […]
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I work in the Architectural industry. The process of design and construction is a partnership between owner, designer and builder. The role of the architect is to place into the construction documents enough information to define the design, provide performance and material specs and to determine constraints. The role of the contractor has been to […]
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I have found that many firms may get tied up in trying to make a perfect standard. They try to get everything just right and think through every last option before they publish the standard. This can get tedious and put a damper on momentum. Once you are on a positive progressive path, the trick […]
Okay – Happy New Year – now get back to work…!!! (har har) Reviewing your CAD Standard should be something that you do constantly. Changing things that are outdated. Adjusting things that need some work. Expanding things that need more clarity. Here are a few things that you may want to review… Think of the […]
I think that what is written in your CAD Standard says a lot about your firm and whoever put together the standard. A good solid standard will garner respect. One that is haphazard and confusing or incomplete will cause concern. Take a quick look at your CAD Standard… What does it say about you and […]
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Republished from my article in AUGI Hot News for November 2006 Many companies have not grabbed firmly onto the need for CAD Standards or for keeping them current. I was looking through some boxes of CAD Standards I have. Yes, that’s “Boxes,” plural. I have collected CAD Standards over the years and have seen just […]
I was looking through some boxes of CAD Standards I have. Yes “Boxes” – plural. I have collected CAD Standards over the years and have seen just about everything from “War and Peace” volumes to one page standards. Now most of these were from clients that I had to follow to work on the projects. […]
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