Every dimension.
Every sheet. Every time.
A checker reading a sheet by eye reads most of the dimensions, most of the time. Dimension Check reads all of them back against the model and marks each one green, amber or red. The checker reads only the amber and the red.
- Greenthe sheet agrees with the model
- Amberwithin a sixteenth, or a rounding; a person confirms
- Reddoes not match the model; shown on the sheet with the reason; a person looks
- Readevery dimension, mark, hole and length on the sheet
- Prooferrors are planted on every run; if the planted ones are not caught, the run fails
- Recordwhich items were read, against what, who signed, kept with the sheet
How a sheet
is checked
The check runs when the sheet is drawn, before anyone outside the detailing team sees it.
Read
The sheet is read: every dimension string, mark, hole, bolt and note, and where on the sheet each one sits.
Compare
Each item is matched to the member in the SDS/2 model and compared: overall lengths, minus dimensions, hole gauges and counts, marks.
Mark
Green, amber or red on the sheet itself, with a reason, so the checker goes straight to the few that need a decision.
Decide and sign
The checker decides every amber and red, corrects the sheet or the model, and signs. The record shows which items they looked at.
Caught before
cutting
From live jobs. Jobs are described, not named.
- 6¼"A beam length 6¼" out.The sheet and the model disagreed on one overall length. Red on the run, corrected before the sheet reached the shop.
- 0Planted errors, every run.Each run carries dimensions we know are wrong. If any planted error comes back green, the whole run is thrown out. The check is checked.
- —Not yet.It does not judge weld symbols. Those are listed for the checker to read, never marked red by the software.
What a person
still does
The software reads and sorts. The decisions stay with the checker.
Every amberConfirms
A sixteenth off is sometimes a rounding and sometimes a mistake. A checker who has detailed steel decides which, every time.
Every redCorrects
Whether the sheet is wrong or the model is wrong is a judgement. The checker makes it and sends the fix to the right place.
Every sheetSigns
No sheet is issued on a green run alone. A person signs it, and their name and the check record stay with the sheet.
Watch a sheet go green.
Send one package. Every sheet in it comes back with its check visible, and you can open the record on any one.
Start a package— contract drawings and specs
— your shop standards
— the sequence or phase
— the date you need it