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>>>>> As my house projects progresses before I cover things (walls, slabs
>>>>> etc..) I would like to keep a record of where things are.
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>>>>> I already have a floor plan in a DGN file inside MicroStation that I
>>>>> am working on, and all my framing plans are done that way.
>>>>>
>>>>> Now that I have done some major relocation of drains etc...what is the
>>>>> best way to add that detail into CAD?
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>>>>> I am thinking of just getting up to a high ladder and take a picture
>>>>> from high up, then import the image into CAD, find two known points
>>>>> (room corners) and scale/move the image to the right location in
>>>>> relation to the my floor plan, and simply sketch in the drainsand
>>>>> electrical system, won't be accurate but should be close enough for my
>>>>> use, beats measuring every end of every pipe and elbows and fittings.
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>>>>> Is there an easier way?
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>>>>> MC
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>>>> As far as the CAD part goes, the only accurate way is to measure,
>>>> sketch, then draw it on the CAD.
>>>> I'm not sure you need to know where every single angle of pipe is
>>>> located though.
>>>> Drains, vents and that sort of thing, yeah, draw em in.
>>>> But good pictures will go a long way if there's an issue on down the
>>>> line.
>>>> Take as many as you feel comfortable with and pay attention to your
>>>> lighting, then organize them into folders for each room.
>>>> If you then convert your CAD floorplan to a pdf you can put hotlinks in
>>>> each room that will associate with each group of pictures.
>>>> Sort of like interior elevations, but with pix instead of drawings.
>>>> Remember, you can't have too many pictures, and with a digicam they are
>>>> free.
>>>> Also, consider doing a video of the whole thing, with zooms for the
>>>> close detail stuff, etc.
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>>> yes I am taking lots of picture on each stage of the project.
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>>> I think I have enough pictures that I can do a drill down - if I ever
>>> sell this house I can set up a floor plan when the potential buyers look
>>> at a room, then zoom in they see the tile on the floor, further zoom
>>> shows the slab behind it, then the slab removed showing the compacted
>>> sand, then the PVC drains...may freak people out lol.
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>> Im my FL house there is a decorative column in the dining room that is
>> hollow.
>> Inside it is a set of as built drawings as well as the original building
>> permit blueprint and all the permits, material and labor receipts, all of
>> it, in a 6" dia PVC pipe with glued end caps.
>> I never told the new owners about it.
>> Maybe Bob Vila's great grandson will find it someday on *This Old House
>> 2099*.
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> Great!
> In the 60's we were remodeling a Cambridge private school. When some books
> were being removed from a bookcase, the case suddenly opened, inside was a
> room about 8x8, with a chest. In the chest was only a set of original
> blueprints.
> EDS
With each wall I tear out of the bathroom I keep hoping one of the
carpenters put something inside the wall, even if its just a beer bottle.
But alas the last wall was removed yesterday and nothing was there.
As a matter of routine builders should put stuff in the walls of the things
they build for future habitants surprise factor.
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