Once complete, a fresh set is then printed out for another round of reviews, this time by both the engineer and the client. This working set is then passed to a structural technician who revises it in an AutoCAD® software program based on the engineer's redlines. On a typical project, initial design drafts are created by the principal engineer, printed out in full-size sheet sets, and handed off to a staff engineer for review and markup. 'So when we heard that Autodesk Design Web Format (DWF) and Autodesk DWF Composer could digitize design review, we decided to take a closer look.'īased in the heart of the wine country in the city of Santa Rosa, California, MKM handles the full range of structural engineering projects, including residential, commercial, and public works.

'Our design review process had always been completely paper-based,' recounts Mark Douglas, one of MKM's structural technicians. For the firm's five principals, 17 engineers, and nine structural technicians, this heavy workload has necessarily involved enormous amounts of paper. Like any busy structural engineering firm, MKM & Associates works on numerous projects simultaneously, typically more than 50 at any given time.

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