Thanks Edward. You and fellow Frame Templars have given me a bit to go on.
The procedure is there....that's not the void....it's the "why" behind it. Why am I doing it? Is there a regulatory requirement? Is this "auditable" (is that a word?) Is there a Return on Investment (ROI)? Again, so many thanks....still open to suggestions All the best Eduardo On Tue 22/06/10 17:49 , "DeRosier, Edward" [email protected] sent: > Hi Eduardo, > > Seems like the answering messages got hijacked with wistful desires for > features and specifications... > > To get back to your request, I intuit that you are documenting standard > work policies, either already existing or possibly needed. To support > the creation of your library, you can imagine various uses in the near > future. Your own list included: > > Traceability > Locating Graphics > Documentation Mapping > > If a Writer needs a compound image with existing parts or with a > combination of existing and new parts (parts = the widgets your writers > are documenting), what is the most economical and the most convenient > way to get started? > > For consistent documents and also for ease of building a drawing, > havinga stock of drawing building blocks makes a lot of sense. In my > currentjob, we write maintenance manuals with various test setups. The test > instruments and the test components are collected in a library as we > create them (while drawing a new test setup). When we add a new > instrument to a standard test, we can collect standard drawings and > symbolic components so that all of our test descriptions in all of our > manuals have a similar style. This is intended to give the customers a > comfortable feeling while following our instructions. > > Our test instruments are fairly complex signal generators, power > meters,spectrum analyzers, and vector network analyzers. We create outline > drawings in Adobe Illustrator that show the connections, buttons, and > display panels. We find our library of images both convenient and cost > effective. It certainly saves time by having many drawing components > already available for copy and paste. > > I can image a procedure that describes: > > General formatting and styles for drawings > Storage locations, names, and groupings (folders/subdirectories) for > convenient search > Grayscale drawings and color images for different document purposes > Photos versus drawings > > A new team member would want to know what style is required and where > tofind examples. Your SOP could answer such questions and serve as a > reminder to the whole team for both storage and recall of new and > existing images. > > I hope this is helpful. Auditors seem to have a need to justify these > things. > > Ed DeRosier > > > > _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to framers as [email protected]. Send list messages to [email protected]. To unsubscribe send a blank email to [email protected] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [email protected]. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
