2) Scan any design drawings or sketches and email them to us along with an order form. Or if you prefer just send the designs you have to us by mail and we will work of of those.

3) Once we receive all of the information for your project we will email you a fixed quote and a lead time for your project.

3) We will start working on your project as soon as we receive your approval on our quote and the initial payment which is typically 30% of the total fee (for a full set of building plans. Maybe higher for smaller projects.)

4) Once we have preliminary drawings completed we will submit them for approval and make any changes as needed before preparing the final drawings.

5) Final drawings are completed on time and within budget guaranteed.

6) Make any final payments due. We will do (minor) corrections at no additional cost to you even after the full payment is received.

1) Your original paper or TIF/PDF documents are logged into the ProDrafters database. Microsoft Project is used to index, manage and track all documents and log each step of the conversion process. Your project's special requirements are reviewed by our staff engineers. These special requirements often include: layering guidelines or standards; titleblocks; blocks, fonts; hatching; file naming conventions. A technical staff representative will contact you immediately if your project requirements are not completely understood.

2. One of our CAD engineers 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 layer, and any blocks supplied by the client are incorporated into the drawings. The result is a dimensionally accurate, full-scale, layered, AutoCAD (DWG) file.

3. The CAD engineer performs Level 1-QA to assure that the converted CAD file matches the original document.

4. The CAD file enters Level 2-QA where the CAD manager compares the new DWG file 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.

5. 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. Once verified the files are ready to be distributed to the client.

7. The completed electronic files are written onto a CD-ROM or prepared for electronic Internet FTP transfer or email.

Compression: CAD files returned to the customer using email or FTP are compressed into a ".zip" format. WinZIP applications are used to compress each file for economical file transfers. For files written onto CD-ROM, the files remain uncompressed for convenient access by our clients.

8. Finally we create a package to be returned to the client. This package includes all documents requested by the client including final electronic files on media, original hardcopies (if requested), invoice, etc. Upon request by the customer, the paper documents can be returned or destroyed. Electronic CAD files can be destroyed or archived by ProDrafters for future needs by the client.