Drawing Reproduction

Reproduction of existing drawings if you hold the copyright we can reproduce them and load them on to a CD or USB.

 

 

Scanning Services

Scan your old drawings so you can email them. We can scan your old drawings to catalog them on to a CD or OSB

RSM Drafting Services will knowledgeably and efficiently meet your scanning and archiving needs. With the shift from hand rendered to computer generated drawings there is a great space-saving benefit in scanning older documents for archiving. RSM Drafting Services will efficiently meet your scanning and archiving needs.

Send us your old blueprints or original renderings, we can handle any document up to 36” wide by any length, and output it electronically to a numbers of formats. We can find effective solutions to complete any of your archiving projects, just give us a call.

 

Photocopying

(1) The use of photocopying is one key to simplifying the Installation support process. As-built/record drawings for location maps, site plans, and building drawings should be photo reduced to copying machine sized drawings metric sheet size A4, 210 mm x 297 mm (8-1/2″x11″)or A3 280 mm x 430 mm (11″x17″) and used as contract drawings, provided they are legible and accurate when reproduced.(2) Another way to simplify the process is to use existing floor plans,(as long as you hold the copyrights exterior elevations, and cross-sections photographs reduced to copying machine sized drawings metric sheet size A4,210 mm x 297 mm (8-1/2″x11″) or A3 280 mm x 430 mm (11″x17″) to show the annotations(e.g., modification work, repair work, and/or maintenance work) by pencil/pen and ink changes and notes.(3) When floor plans, exterior elevations, and cross-sections are photo reduced, a graphicscale should be included on the drawings to show the reduction so that the dimensions can be”scaled off” if necessary.3b. Scanning. An alternative to the photocopying process is the graphic scanner. Scanned drawings of existing location maps, site plans, and buildings as-built/record drawings can often be reused quickly and effectively. The quality of the final drawings will often depend on the quality of the drawings being scanned (copyrights). If necessary and appropriate for fast turnaround, scanned drawings can be vectorized and modified on CADD.

3c. Photographic Drafting. As BUILT. The use of photographic drafting should be maximized whenever possible. Photographic drafting provides instant visual information for the contractor, cost engineers, and design agency field personnel. Photographic drafting can reduce disputes and claims by contractors because photographs superbly portray original conditions.

Photographs of existing conditions can be reproduced by a photocopying machine and notes can be added to the photographic drawings to provide instructions for the required work. Since the photographs will not be to scale, dimensions may have to be provided on the photographic drawings and/or additional drawings may have to be prepared, depending on the required work.