Well Preserved: Latimer CAD provides a range of software tools, based on AutoCAD, that dramatically reduce the cost of surveying and recording data from buildings for preservation, redevelopment or purely historical interest

摘要

English Heritage, the National organisation that has direct responsibility for around 450 heritage sites, from Stonehenge to Osborne House in the Isle of Wight, owns the rights to a surveying package, TheoLT, which is being distributed and supported throughout the UK by its developers, Latimer CAD, This remarkable turn of events perhaps needs a bit more explanation, English Heritage, you see, needs to preserve the historic buildings and sites under its protection for the future enjoyment and appreciation of the public, One particular structure, the Iron bridge at Coalbrookdale which ushered in the industrial revolution, defied traditional attempts at establishing how it was designed, how its parts were made, and how it was constructed - fundamental knowledge required to enable them to keep it in shape.