PWGSC National CADD Standard

9.0 Annex E - Glossary

As-built: shall mean a set of construction drawings reflecting on-site changes required during the project as well as the original design intent.
AutoCAD^®: shall mean the CADD software developed by Autodesk^® Inc.
Base plan: shall mean a clean, two-dimensional floor plan of a building drawn from field surveys containing all pertinent graphic information. The intent is to use base plan files for project drawings, then update them once a project is complete and the area affected is re-measured.
CADD: shall mean Computer-Aided Design and Drafting.
CLSR: shall mean Canada Lands Survey Records.
Layers: shall mean the AutoCAD^® system of dividing drawing elements.
Legacy drawings: shall mean older hardcopy drawings, microfiche aperture cards not in digital format, or older CADD files not produced to the present standard.
PWGSC: shall mean the Department of Public Works and Government Services Canada.
RPB: shall mean Real Property Branch, a branch of PWGSC.