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Architectural Drawings - Security of Information

  Architectural Drawings - Security of information Will CAD and security survive   Introduction The information embeded into any Architectural drawing is sometimes a security problem for all of the construction team, including the client if it was ever released to the wrong people. In days before CAD, drawing were printed, folded and sent via post to who ever needed them, along with a distribution list, often many drawings were printed, I know this because as a junior in a practice in 1970, I spent hours on a maching printing folding and organising the distribution. In this article we look at the transition of architectural drawings from paper to digital created an IP and integrity crisis that can only be solved by adopting the Golden Thread of Information. and beyond. This article is intended to create a thread for your Knowledge base research, I have included a link to my conversation with Google Gemini, my prefered AI. There is a lot going on, and the more I read, the more ...