Our Design and Drafting Procedures

Here at CAD Nepal, we have highly specialized wing of Civil Engineers and Architects as we are most experienced with CAD Design and Drafting we are sharing our methodology and the procedures that our CADD department follows. These steps are not only simple but have been derived from a proven experience of over ten years that we possess. They are as follows:

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  1. First we receive paper or TIF/PDF or other image formats form the clients. Along with the special requirements if provided. In most of the case the special instructions are also provided by the clients to follow a specific standard which varies with each country.
  2. Such requirements are then reviewed by our engineers and architects. These requirements include layering guidelines or standards; title blocks; blocks, fonts; hatching; file naming conventions, etc. If the requirements are not understood properly by our staff, we follow-up on this and contact the client immediately.
  3. After the requirements are understood our head engineer assigns a CAD operator based on the project type and complexity involved. The operator is informed with written guidelines describing the project details and requirements.
  4. The CAD operator manually scales the actual dimensions, bearings, distances and coordinates from the original document and then draws each entity into CAD. During the conversion, each entity is placed on the appropriate AIA, LITE or CUSTOM layer, and any blocks supplied by the client are incorporated into drawing. The result is a dimensionally accurate, full-scale, layered, AutoCAD (DWG), Revit (RVT), Architecture (DWG), or Microstation (DGN) file.
  5. The CAD operator performs Level 1-QA to assure that the converted CAD file matches the original document.
  6. The CAD file enters Level 2-QA where the CAD manager plots the DWG/DGN file and compares it to the original document for accuracy. Errors and omissions are noted and the CAD manager works with the CAD operator to assure that all errors and omissions are corrected as necessary.
  7. The CAD file enters Level 3-QA where the CAD manager reviews the corrected document for 100% accuracy. Spelling checks, layering standards, file x-refs (when applicable) are verified.
  8. The CAD file enters Level 4-QA where it is visually compared to the hardcopy original document. Additional files are created based on the final CAD file: PDF-color, PDF-black/white, TIF, CTB (color table files for client plotting). Once Level 4-QA testing is completed the files are ready to be shipped to the client.
  9. The completed electronic files are written onto a DVD disk and shipped off through a courier service or uploaded to a password protected FTP Site.

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CAD Nepal Engineering

 
Computer Aided Design and Drafting Services (CADD)

We offer highly efficient and qualitative drafting CADD services to different clients of all types of CAD drawings. In the past, we have been involved (as Consultant) in different infrastructure projects such as roads, airports, hydropower, transmission lines, buildings, and water supply projects, and a large number of our drafters/CAD operators have now gained vast experiences in preparing drawings through use of AutoCAD and GIS software.

In addition, our CAD drafters have been always guided by senior engineers/architects who lead the project studies, detailed designs, and implementation of different infrastructure projects.

Thus CAD Nepal offers the outsourcing of computerized CAD drafting jobs which will save your costs at least 30% to 60% on the drafting costs depending upon various factors to be considered. While saving the costs and the time on the time consuming CAD drafting job of your office, you will also receive the high class quality service as per your specifications and standards from our distance office that could also function as your own Branch office if needed by you.

In the course of carrying the drafting CAD services, our professionals have also vast experiences in using a number of commonly used software such as AutoCAD, ARC/VIEW, MXROAD, 3D Civil, Civil CAD, ORDM, CREDO, Land Development, Revit, Micro Station, Vector Works, Turbo CAD and many more.

Generally speaking, we work with all types of CAD drawings such as

  • Drawings of buildings (plans, structures, 2D, 3D view)
  • Mechanical and electrical drawings
  • Hydro-power drawings (plans, topography, sections, sub-stations, transmission lines, and structures)
  • Road drawings (plans, alignment, sections, structures, and bridges
  • Other types of civil-engineering drawings such as drainage, site plans, floor plans, cabling layouts, elevations, details, survey maps, electrical process flow diagrams, and many more.

In principle, our CAD drafters can do almost all types of drawings for which we provide efficient and cost-effective services to our clients globally.

Paper to CAD/GIS Conversion (Raster image to Vector)

We also provide services of digitizing the paper drawings into CAD conversion drafting by using automatic or semi-automatic tolls as per the quality and complication of drawings. In fact, the paper to CAD conversion services starts with a simple scanned image all the way until we deliver a CAD perfect file which might be either 2D or 3D as per client’s specifications and standards. We also work with all types of drawings as it is described above. Our experiences on multi-purpose engineering projects allow us to provide you with the highest quality of output into CAD or GIS files at the considerably low costs. In this context, we have also two separate sections; CADD and GIS. Both share the experiences, skill, and know-how while vectoring the raster images into vector files of AutoCAD or GIS formats.

2D and 3D CAD Drafting

We offer the drafting services of all kinds of 2D and 3D drawings which include Civil and Architectural CAD drafting, structural CAD drawings, counter maps, utility plans, site plans, topographic maps as well as all other types of drawings of any infrastructure or industry as per the needs of different clients. We also understand and convert hand sketches, and complex scan (paper) drawings into the complete civil or architectural drawings on the basis of utilizing the drawing standards required by our clients.

Our professional staffs are also well-experienced in converting the CAD files into other compatible formats files (as needed by clients) so that our clients could use most of the globally used software in general. Based on the specific requirements, we can also produce renderings and perspectives that have a digital, high-definition effect as well as an artistic hand-sketched effect. The only inputs required for such jobs are the either input data (X, Y, Z, or string surface) or house plans (CAD Drawings) and example elevations, if real elevations are not prepared or available.

We also offer the CAD services to the needs of Mechanical Engineers, Fabricators, Production Engineers, and Design Engineers whose work involves regular use of 2D and 3D CAD models. We also specialize in preparing manufacturing and production drawings, parts lists and BOMs (Bill of Materials), conversion of paper sketch drawings into mechanical CAD, mechanical CAD design and drafting, 3D modeling, sectional views, perspective view, and assembly drawings.

Resource Strength

CAD Nepal’s core, full-time professional staff with various backgrounds have specialized experiences in the different infrastructure projects such as roads, airports, housing, hydro-power, irrigation, water supply and IT-based software development projects.

Our services also include manual re-drafting and digitization. We have the experiences of converting various types of drawings such as mechanical (mechanical drafting/design and mechanical conversions), cadastral and architectural (architectural drafting / design and architectural conversions) and electrical drafting. We also offer cost effective map scanning services for which our manpower will digitize into CAD files for use of planning, designing and implementation.

We perform digitization/data extraction & attachment to all types of maps (integrate common database operations such as query and statistical analysis with the visualization and geographic analysis benefits offered by maps) including cadastral maps, topographical data drawings, mining drawings, parcel tax mapping, road distribution network maps, underground/over ground cables in power utility, cartography, DTM, sewer drawings maps, building heights, geological survey drawings, watershed maps and city maps.

Thus we offer outsourcing services in a wide field of civil engineering/infrastructure projects for which the inputs of highly specialized engineers and skilled CAD drafters can be utilized to conduct the engineering and CAD tasks through the computer-aided design and drafting at a relatively lower production costs.

Terms of Services
We offer outsourcing in CAD/GIS services as per the TOR listed as follows:

  • Lump-sum on tasks basis
  • Man-power involvement basis
  • Function as your branch office
  • Hourly basis

Exact costs break-down could be provided upon request and it can be agreed mutually depending upon the depth of project and work needed by the clients.

For more information visit our website www.cadnepal.com or email us at info(at)cadnepal.com