Fellow Cad'ers,
I have been searching endlessly to no avail, for an explanation or input regarding the NCS Standards.
We are a mid-sized manufacturing company with prehistoric standards, sorely in need or upgrades. As an example, a block was created using three layers - medium, light and hatch - medium being the layer used for primary/major lines - light being the layer used for secondary/minor lines and hatch being the layer used for hatches. Our dimensions are on a dimension layer. All blocks are inserted on the 0 layer. I know, breathe slowly.
That being said, there will be a difficult transition to any other standards system.
My question is: Given the bandwagon jumping towards the NCS standards and the obvious agony for us to jump on board, is it worth it?
Keep in mind that the tools used for construction of our blocks (cosmetic appearance: linetypes, colors, hatches and attributes) do not have specific NCS layers allocated for their construction. Not very difficult to figure out, I agree. But, it would require a complete set of drawing templates for the various drawings - Floor Plans, Elevations and Details due to the specific layering. Yet there is no specific information as to what layers are to be used for example, in our detail drawings vis a vis construction.
So, instead of a "hop" for our design team to adjust to, it would become a full "hop, skip and a jump".
Did I mention there is a conflict between design team and management regarding the need for change?
As well, we are branching into Revit and from what I've seen, this is a catalyst for the NCS jump.
Any information would be greatly appreciated.
David