GDM Software

Quality Assurance Manifesto

We Hold These Truths To Be Self-Evident

First

Graphic Attributes should never be set by hand.

Manually selecting level, color, weight, etc. is slow, tedious and error prone. For any standard graphic product, software can accomplish that task both more quickly and more accurately.

Second

Every Operator Must be able to Easily Check for Correctness.

Feedback to the operator is essential. It is most useful when it is quick, easy, early, and direct. Don't wait until project completion to check your design files for compliance to specified levels and symbology.

Third

Proofreading is the Only Way Many Errors Can be Found.

Proofreading design files is not easy, but it is essential for the production of quality drawings. Our software lets you sequentially focus on specific aspects of the data, and visually spot anomalies which are otherwise difficult or impossible to find.

Fourth

Quality Assurance Tools must Correct, not just Check.

Finding errors is less than half the job. Corrections must not only be possible, but easy. All QA/QC tools from GDM Software provide efficient error correction.

Fifth

Consistency and Efficiency are Essential.

Our software uses one file containing your drawing standards to accomplish all of these tasks: setting attributes, checking for errors and correcting them. Only GDM Software has Quality Assurance/Quality Control tools that will take you from the First Element to Final Project Completion.

What's New ?
This month we are featuring Ref_Edit. Do you work with reference files? Wouldn't it be great to be able to easily fix that little problem you noticed, but were in the wrong file to change?

With Ref_Edit make that change quickly and easily! The commands in this tool bar work on any file you have write access to. The V8 version has been recently expanded and enhanced.

Ref_Edit is part of the Standard Download.