Adding to a printed Mylar sheet

[Chowdur]

We are dealing with a city that wants us to add our new projects driveways into their mylar record set for the existing street. Normally we would hand draft this onto the mylars but I was looking for an easier solution. Has anyone found a better way to do this? Back in the day we used to have this product called sticky backs. Basically 8.5X11 clear self adhesive sheets that we would print onto and stick onto the mylar sets, I don't think they exist anymore.

[duhvinci]

A blast from the past. This is a big part of how cut & paste got its name. I've always known them as appliques and a quick Google search for "drafting applique film" shows that they are still obtainable.

[Wanderer]

A blast from the past. This is a big part of how cut & paste got its name. I've always known them as appliques and a quick Google search for "drafting applique film" shows that they are still obtainable.

Whadya know... I guess it's all about the search terms. We've always called them sticky-backs here, too.

[duhvinci]

Whadya know... I guess it's all about the search terms.

Well sometimes it's about more than that, but I'm picking nits now.

[kimlance]

We used sticky-backs here also. We would use them for our lighting & panel schedules and notes. The old days.

[cadtag]

sticky back, probably available at an art supply store locally if you're lucky, else online, would have the advantage of making it easy to tell what was original,and what was added to the record set. Durability on the other hand, is more questionable. Since they are using mylar for their archival sets, durability may matter a lot, in which case i'd suggesty breaking out the rapidographs, french curves, triangles, scales, and circle templates.

fun times ahead...

[Hammer.John.J]

I doubt a sticky back on a mylar will fly with the city, i don't think that makes it "fixed line". You could use the sticky back and make a mylar original copy from it... then again, fixed line toner mylars don't exist because the developer can flake off, thats a tough one, you might have to scan it and reproduce it on an inkjet mylar.

[dkoch]

I recently moved desks and came across a stack of unused sticky-backs that I had not seen in years. I tossed them.