Reference

Tools and notes for reading drawings.

Small things we needed and could not find for free. They run in the browser, they are not gated, and nothing you open is uploaded anywhere.

• toolDXF layer inventoryOpen a DXF and list every layer with the number of objects on it. Runs in the browser; the file is never uploaded.
• toolCAD layer name decoderRead a layer name like A-WALL-FULL against the AIA / National CAD Standard convention.
• toolUniFormat and MasterFormatLook up either classification, and see which MasterFormat divisions usually carry a UniFormat element.
• noteProducing a bill of quantities from CAD drawingsWhat the drawing file already contains, the ways people get quantities out of it today, and where each one stops.
• noteHow UniFormat and MasterFormat differElement versus work result, when each is used in a project, and why a crosswalk between them can only be approximate.