Originally Posted by
2bjenny
I know tech talk - but I’m hoping someone can give me a little guidance, that why I’ve posted in PR. Sorry for the long explanation
I found out yesterday I need an AutoCAD 14 or higher background map for a utility project. The engineers are requesting the map to put into their system for designing the utility. I do not have anything of this sort. My first reaction was to hire a contractor to map the place from scratch. The map only needs to include the roads and buildings with building dimensions
I found a facility plan map today in some old building plans that was done by an engineering firm in 1978. It’s not 100% accurate - meaning that some buildings/structures are no longer here, a few have been added/changed, but it is to scale. I have accurate dimensions of all the buildings from an unrelated project last year.
1. Can the facility plan I have from 1978 be scanned and imported in to AutoCAD? Does having this map help/speed up the process? It’s maybe 95% accurate with the buildings.
2. Am I better off starting from scratch?
3. How long would something like this take? Of course, since the utility company just told me, I needed it two weeks ago.
I also have easy access to ArcGIS maps of the facility, not sure if that gains me anything.
I’m having to figure this out on my own since our own engineer is in another state, has been useless to date and does not use AutoCAD. This is so not my area of knowledge. Sorry for being a bit vague. I can PM more details.
Any advice is appreciated, even if it is typical TGR sarcasm. I need a laugh today. Sadly, nuking from orbit is not an option.