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    Default Starting company standards from scratch... Ideas? Tips?

    Any ideas? Tips? Are there any basic outlines that are followed that I could flesh out to fit my company? Any help is appreciated.

    Thank you!!!!!!

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    This book has help me to understand Cad Standards

    http://ca.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTi...fContents.html

    There are also some links somewhere here for military Cad Standards based on the national cad standards that could help?

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    well, of course, just reading through the threads in this forum. You'll find ideas, and even a couple standards packets themselves. But, all of these things will only be a place to start. The most important thing(s) is what you are doing with a drawing, and what those who will be using that drawing will be using it for.

    For example, my cad standards barely mention dimensions at all. Why? Because we just don't use them in our day to day work. But, I do specify things like piping and it's labels have to be on the same layer (instead of say all pipes and/or pipe labels on a single text layer) because the guys that I work with need to isolate the things that they need rather quickly and without a lot of other clutter.

    So, figure out what the most important items are that demand consistency to you.
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    Any ideas? Tips? Are there any basic outlines that are followed that I could flesh out to fit my company? Any help is appreciated.

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    Default Re: Starting company standards from scratch... Ideas? Tips?

    Hy,

    You also can take a look at this.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CAD Dawn
    Any ideas?
    Keep it simple.

    When you've finished, look it over again and ask yourself does it do what you set out to do.

    Then get feed back from the end users, if necessary incorporated it into the final document.

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    If you're doing it for a group of users, try sitting down for a discussion as to what is needed and what isn't. You'll get a lot of ideas from them especially if they have come from different companys. Each of them will more than likley have some good ideas that can be used. Then when you've put them all together do the same thing again to see what the reaction is.

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    Another thing to think about is whether you do a lot of work for a specific client, and if so why not adopt his standards as your own (why re-invent the wheel?)
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    Two things come to mind...have the boss totally support you and the standards and make sure s/he's prepared to do battle if necessary with users, and keep your fridge at home stocked with plenty of ...you're gonna need it!
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    I have just written the CAD standard from scratch for my work, but it was quite easy, as I am the only CAD!! I have written it so when the company grows, the standard will be in place for when new CAD start, to get them in to good habits straight away. My advice is, write your first draft quickly, making sure you have got all the basics that you want to tie down in the document. Then, when you do your second draft, you can start to flesh out your plan a little, knowing that you already have all the main points captured already.

    Good luck!

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    Quote Originally Posted by abertigger
    I have just written the CAD standard from scratch for my work, but it was quite easy, as I am the only CAD!! I have written it so when the company grows, the standard will be in place for when new CAD start, to get them in to good habits straight away. My advice is, write your first draft quickly, making sure you have got all the basics that you want to tie down in the document. Then, when you do your second draft, you can start to flesh out your plan a little, knowing that you already have all the main points captured already.

    Good luck!
    In addition: let it live and breathe for 6 months, then do a 3rd draft. It will be amazing
    how much new stuff and/or changes that will get captured.

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