Guides to Good Practice
CAD: A Guide to Good Practice#
Harrison Eiteljorg II, Kate Fernie, Jeremy Huggett and Damian Robinson#
with an additional contribution by Bernard Thomason#
Revised by Stephen Dobson, Ruggero Lancia and Kieron Niven (2011)#
Section 1: A Brief Introduction to CAD#
- 1.1 An Introduction to the CAD Guide
- 1.2 The Development of CAD
- 1.3 Common Features of CAD Programs
- 1.4 Two and Three-dimensional Drawings and Models
- 1.5 CAD and GIS
- 1.6 Data Visualisation: Rendering Techniques & Analysis Methods
Section 2: Capturing Data for CAD Projects#
- 2.1 Data Acquisition: Precision and Accuracy
- 2.2 Data Capture and Field Survey for CAD Modelling: Procedures and Techniques
- 2.3 Digitisation: Retrospective Conversion to CAD from Maps, Plans and Drawings
- 2.4 Conclusions
Section 3: CAD Systems#
Section 4: Documenting Data from CAD Projects#
- 4.1 Why Document Your Data?
- 4.2 Project Documentation
- 4.3 Documenting the Conventions
- 4.4 Documenting Field Data Capture
- 4.5 Documenting Data Sources
- 4.6 Documenting CAD Models
Section 5: Archiving CAD Data#
- 5.1 Planning the Curation and Preservation of CAD Data
- 5.2 Data Selection and Retention
- 5.3 Preservation Formats
- 5.4 Metadata for CAD Assets
Appendices#
- Appendix 1: Accuracy and Instrument Tests
- Appendix 2: The CSA Layer-naming Convention
- Case Study 1: Deansway
- Case Study 2: Symon's Castle
- Case Study 3: Planning the Survey for the Pompeii Forum Project
- Case Study 4: Modelling the Older Propylon in Athens
- Case Study 5: A GPS Survey of Hambledon Hill
- Case Study 6: Symon's Castle Documentation