How do you reduce blueprints down to a usable size?

[Rudy Canoza]

I call the architect and have them email a TIFF file. Most have the capability onsite and usually already have the TIFF in their database. I drop the TIFF into the report...

/Works about 75% of the time out here...

 

[Dave Fitch]

Kinkoes will reduce them to legal size for about a dollar or two per page.

 

[Lobo Fan]

I take them to a blueprint place where they scan them down to 8-1/2 x 11 an put them on a CD. Costs abou $3.00 per page.

Countrywide is requiring the floor plans and elevations ans spec sheets for all new construction. They want a copy of the land contract too.

 

[Mike Boyd]

I have the perfect solution. I give it to Greg. We used to have a copier that would do the job. If I had to I would take them to Kinkos. The actual plans are not ideal to send along as part of the appraisal file. Too much info on them to be readible when shrunk.

Unless it's a really complicated sketch I make my own drawing. I look at the plans, use my scale and write the measurements in red so they are easy to see, then draw it just as I would a field sketch. Usually, I will sit at the dining room table or spread the plans out on a breakfast bar.

 

[Dave Smith]

No Kinko's in your area?

Nope. Seventy five miles away!

 

[Anthony Troutt]

I place the plans on the floor, using paper weights to hold the plans flat. I stand over the plans and take digital photos using zoom. The results are surprisingly good/readable.

 

[Mountain Man]

I've used my camara. It has a setting for taking close up pictures like that.