Having watched the steady decline in 'surveyability' of design drawings over the past 35 years, I have become a steadfast beiever in:
SNERD'S OBSERVATION: The primary benefit of CADD-generated drawings is the ability to scale them accurately.
> SNERD'S OBSERVATION: The primary benefit of CADD-generated drawings is the ability to scale them accurately.
Not always true. Like anything else, it depends on who is behind the wheel.
Maybe you should become a member!
SNARE Membership Drive.
A group of unidentified individuals have gathered together to form the Secret National Association of Re-Engineers, or SNARE for short. Eligible applicants include anyone that is not a Professional Engineer but spend a portion of their time fixing the mistakes and problems caused by Engineers. Although a background with formal training in Engineering may be helpful, only common sense is required.
The existence of the Association shall be public but the identity of it's members will remain secret to prevent the State Engineering Board from hunting them down.
Members on an individual basis will not be practicing Engineering but will be fixing the problems of Engineers that need more practice. As an Association, members will compile evidence on offending Engineers and present it to the proper board for action. They will be SNAREd.
A list of Engineers that need to be SNAREd will be compiled and made available to the members. This will allow members to avoid jobs involving the worst offenders or encourage them to document problems thoroughly as the job progresses in hopes of getting more SNAREs.
Registered Professional Engineers wishing to clean up their profession may join as Associate members. They may take on an advisory role but will not be allowed to vote or have access to the membership roster.
Maybe you should become a member!
I guess most of us are charter members in SNARE. LOL.
Design drawings steve U R assuming
that they even put the correct scale on the plan!
I WOKE UP TO FACT IN 90S TO QUESTION COORDINATE USE AS I CAUGHT ENGINEERS AND ARCHITECTS CHANGING DIMENSIONS AND NOT THE LINE WORK BECAUSE THE PLOT WILL MAKE NO DIFFERENCE ON THE DRAWING!!
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That was just a joke, son...
Unless we are specifically instructed otherwise to use CAD drawings (a very rare occurence), we ALWAYS work from the paper drawings and the dimensions shown, since that is what the builders are working from.
