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1. Reduced Cost of Revisions |
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Revisions done in CAD may be 2-8 times faster than the same revision done by
manual methods. And converting drawings to fully vectorised files (instead
of just raster images) increases the ease of editing since the user no
longer needs to switch back and forth between raster and vector files.
Conversion allows the full capabilities of a CAD system to be utilised. And
what's best, CAD conversions are low-cost, usually less than $50 per
drawing. |
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2. Increased Drawing Value |
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Once drawings are in CAD format, the uses for it increase dramatically. For
instance, intelligent CAD files can be used with cost estimating software,
facilities management applications such as area calculation and inventory
tracking as well as engineering design and analysis software or numerically
controlled machining in manufacturing. Intelligent CAD drawings can also
significantly reduce the time required to extract data from drawings and
enter it into databases which are used for such things as project
management, quality assurance, maintenance and material control. Time
savings are estimated to range from a few days to even a few months for
large projects. |
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3. Reduced Drawing Life Cycle
Cost |
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Since conversion is a one-time cost, the second and third revisions to a
drawing produce even greater savings, reducing the overall cost of
maintaining a drawing throughout its useful life. This saving also results
in earlier payback for conversion projects. In addition, since physical
drawings tend to be huge, cost-effective storage become major issues if
drawings need to be kept for a substantial length of time. Electronic CAD
drawings can easily be kept on a single hard-disk.
Most building control authorities require
professionals to maintain copies of all project drafts and drawings for
a substantial period of time (sometimes as long as 10 years!!). For a
medium-sized firm, compulsory storage of these physical drafts have been
found to take up as much as 2,000 sq ft of space annually. That's enough
space to house an additional 20 staff, or the equivalent of paying an
additional $10,000 every month. All these can be stored electronically
on a single box of CD-ROMs. |
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4. Reduced Storage Requirements and Creation of a Standard Filing
System |
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Establishing CAD as the standard filing procedure will decrease the amount
of engineering time spent looking for drawings, and also the number of lost
drawings. Filing more drawings electronically may also reduce square footage
being used to store paper drawings.
Typically 9 filing
cabinets (20,000 pages) or over 3,000 large format drawings can be stored on
a single CD-ROM disc and any individual file, word, phrase or drawings can
be located within seconds via anyone with appropriate network access. |
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5. Obtain a Competitive
Advantage |
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Converting drawings to CAD allows a firm to project a consistent,
progressive and high quality image to their clients by eliminating the use
of outdated manual drafting methods. CAD is recognized as the industry
standard in technical drafting and can now be used for drawings which were
created before CAD. |
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6. Maintain a Consistent Level of Quality for all Your Projects |
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Begin the commitment of quality at the very first stage of any project, even
those projects utilizing old and tattered paper drawings. With CAD
conversion, company standards such as text fonts, line weights and other
drafting standards are enforced. CAD drawings offer a much higher and more
consistent level of quality. |
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What's more, it only costs as little as $50 to convert your paper drawings
to CAD. So why not
contact us now to find out more! |
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