CAD layering standards.(letters to the editor)(Letter to the editor)

From: Engineered Systems | Date: March 1, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

In response to Howard McKew's "Tomorrow's Engineer" column about construction CAD layering standards (April 2005, page 78), it seems to me that the AEC industry as a whole would benefit from having such standards, although this would likely be difficult to achieve. With each company having their own standards, the transfer of information becomes infinitely more difficult, and it would be interesting to watch how the use of building information models might force such a change. What are your thoughts?

Marcus D. Hale, CEng MIMecNE, LEED[R] AP

Project Engineer

McGuire ...

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