My seal was stolen from a cadd drawing and used on a plat by an unlicensed dirt-bag.
Creating anyone's stamp in CAD is a pretty simple task, so I don't see any security advantage in wet-stamping unless it comes to a court case.?ÿ That said, I still prefer to use my stamp just because I always have.?ÿ It's about 37 years old now, and a couple of bits of the outer ring have disintegrated, so it leaves an imperfect image, but that's okay with me.
it leaves an imperfect image
As long as it's still legal, that is a distinguishing feature that a forger might not match.
it leaves an imperfect image
As long as it's still legal, that is a distinguishing feature that a forger might not match.
Many (all?) map purveyors like Rand-McNalley deliberately introduce small errors in their maps (like a misspelled town name) so if it's copied and sold they can prove it's their copyrighted work and sue their a**es off.?ÿ
@jim-frame There is value in being able to say with certainty I had nothing to do with a product. No opposing counsel in any type of hearing can shake me on that. I spend a lot of time making money under oath and the value of that can't be overstated.
There is value in being able to say with certainty I had nothing to do with a product.
I would hope that having certainty about what is or isn't one's work product doesn't depend on the character of a stamp.
@jim-frame I'm not talking about my knowledge of my work products. I'm talking about relaying that knowledge to a hearing officer or judge when somebody else is trying to convince them otherwise...
I would hope that having certainty about what is or isn't one's work product doesn't depend on the character of a stamp.
It is one thing to know that a certain work product is not your own. It's another to prove that to others. If a person makes a practice of never, ever using a CAD stamp, and one turns up on a piece of work, that will be strong supporting evidence that the work is forged.?ÿ?ÿ
We all evaluate risk a little differently.?ÿ In my opinion, the risk associated with using a CAD stamp, or a mix of CAD and rubber, is too small to bother with.?ÿ But I'm not knocking anyone's decision to practice otherwise.
The one time my license number was used fraudulently (by a CE, no less) I didn't even have to go to court --?ÿ I was simply asked if I did the work, and when I said "No" that was the end of that.?ÿ (The guy ended up doing jail time, not for submitting a fake elevation survey and damaging my reputation, but for defrauding the county by submitting fake chemical analyses of groundwater samples.)
