Field notes
Field notes from a working sign shop
Comparisons, checklists and straight answers about takeoffs, permit sets and AI workflows for sign companies. Written by Max Seay, owner of Zealot Signs, from real jobs.
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- ComparisonSignAgent vs. CorelDRAW and Illustrator vs. a custom AI workflow: an honest comparisonThree ways sign shops get takeoffs, proposals, permit sets and shop drawings out the door, step by step: what each one automates, what a person still does, and what it costs.Read it
- ChecklistHow to do an ADA sign takeoff from a floor plan: a 12-step checklistWhich rooms need a tactile sign, where it goes on the wall, what the schedule has to say, and the open items to send back before you price. With examples from two real takeoffs.Read it
- ChecklistWhat goes in a sign permit set: a checklist, sheet by sheetThe research to do before you draw, the sheets a reviewer expects, and the numbers that have to agree from the cover to the details. With two real permit sets as examples.Read it
- FAQAI for sign companies: 16 honest answersWhat AI can and can't do for takeoffs, proposals, permit sets and shop drawings, from a sign shop that uses it on its own jobs. Where it falls short, we say so.Read it
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