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CADD Standards

Preface: The acronym 'CADD' stands for Computer Aided Drafting & Design. However, in this short description of the checking and automation of standards, we focus on the drafting component. Specifically, the objects and their properties which make up an AutoCAD drawing. So herein, we refer to 'CAD Standards'. Please call if you have design standards you wish to automate. For more information see our programming and contact pages.

We provide CAD Standards design, automation and implementation services to municipalities and constructors. Often states, provinces, cities, architectural and engineering firms receive an abundance of data, from various sources, in the form of drawings. There is a need to standardize the incoming data as it is added to a library of drawings, or included in a GIS map. The intent is to design a system of naming conventions, symbols and drawing object relationships that is both comprehensive and easy to follow. CADD Productivity has the experience and imagination to help you design and implement such a system.

Standards may include, for example, layer names (with full descriptions and properties), block definitions, dimension styles, line types, line weights, layouts, system variables, plotting and scales. The scope of the standards is determined by the client, and may include in-house conventions and formulas, as well as those set by industry or government.

Using your blocks, dimension styles, layers, layer states, layouts, templates, title blocks and conventions, we can design a custom software solution which checks for, and facilitates the production of, drawings which adhere to your CAD Standards.

We design software which records drawing data and compares it to database tables, defined relationships, and formulas. Blocks, layers, lines, text, elevations and relationships can be listed and assessed via a configurable (SQL driven) read/write GUI, producing quick (printable) summaries. The result is a configurable software solution which can flag, zoom to, color code, plot and create reports from, data found (or not found) in a drawing.