CAD : a guide to good practice / Harrison Eiteljorg ... [and others]

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Eiteljorg, Harrison.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Archaeology--Data processing.

Archaeology.

Digital humanities.

Computer-aided design.

Physical Description:

vi, 103 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxbow ; Oakville, Conn. : David Brown Book Co., 2003.

Contents:

Section 2 A Brief Introduction to Cad for the Humanities 5

2.2 How CAD developed 6

2.3 CAD programs and important CAD features 7

2.4 Two-dimensional models 8

2.5 Three-dimensional drawings and models 9

2.6 Multiple CAD files 18

2.7 Connected data tables 19

2.8 CAD, virtual reality and other drawing programs 20

2.9 CAD and GIS 21

Section 3 Capturing Data for CAD Projects 27

3.1 Common sources of CAD data 27

3.2 Precision and accuracy 27

3.3 Survey, data density and CAD 29

3.4 Field survey for CAD models 32

3.5 Direct object scanning 38

3.6 Retrospective conversion to CAD from maps, plans and drawings 38

Section 4 CAD Systems 44

4.1 Choosing CAD software 44

4.2 Choosing CAD hardware 45

4.3 CAD layers, naming conventions and drawing colours 46

4.4 Indicating precision on drawings and in CAD 48

4.5 CAD data formats 49

Section 5 Documenting Data from CAD Projects 50

5.1 Why document your data? 50

5.2 Documentation for projects 51

5.3 Documenting the conventions 53

5.4 Documenting field data capture 54

5.5 Documenting off-site data capture 56

5.6 Documenting CAD models 57

5.7 Documentation case study: Symon's Castle 59

Section 6 Good Practice in Managing CAD Models for Digital Archiving 66

6.2 The archival need 67

6.3 Planning for the creation of digital data 67

6.4 Storing digital datasets 68

6.5 Digital archiving strategies 70

6.6 Metadata for resource discovery 72

6.7 Metadata case study 74

Section 7 Depositing Data from a CAD Project in a Digital Archive 76

7.1 Possible digital archive facilities 76

7.2 Requirements for depositing data with archives 76

7.3 General considerations when depositing data 77

7.4 Depositing CAD data with the Archaeology Data Service 79

Appendix 1 Accuracy and Instrument Tests 89

Appendix 2 The CSA Layer-Naming Convention 90

Appendix 3 The English Heritage Layer-Naming Convention 93

Appendix 4 Standards in Archaeology 100.

Notes:

At head of title: Archaeology data service

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1900188724

OCLC:

51737797