Electronic Signing & Sealing

[cwlodyka]

How does one go about signing and sealing a drawing electronically? I understand the simplest parts of inserting a seal into a CAD drawing etc, what about signatures? Aren't there control regulations on signatures? How would one go about 'signing' a drawing electronically, are there programs out there for this?

 

[knight1fox3]

How does one go about signing and sealing a drawing electronically? I understand the simplest parts of inserting a seal into a CAD drawing etc, what about signatures? Aren't there control regulations on signatures? How would one go about 'signing' a drawing electronically, are there programs out there for this?

The company I work for has purchased a number Adobe Digital Signatures for various employees. These are mostly used for signing compliance documents and/or test procedures in PDF. When ordering your engineering seal stamp, you can also usually get a digital seal as well (*.jpg or *.bmp) that can be inserted in PDFs or CAD drawings. Thereby eliminating the need to go through and stamp multiple pages. A digital seal could be combined with that engineer's signature but wouldn't really be practical because to officially seal a design, one must sign and date their seal.

 

[momech]

I asked this same question a little while back, but didn't get a really good answer. http://engineerboards.com/index.php?showtopic=15293&hl=

 

[MA_PE]

How does one go about signing and sealing a drawing electronically? I understand the simplest parts of inserting a seal into a CAD drawing etc, what about signatures? Aren't there control regulations on signatures? How would one go about 'signing' a drawing electronically, are there programs out there for this?

The company I work for has purchased a number Adobe Digital Signatures for various employees. These are mostly used for signing compliance documents and/or test procedures in PDF. When ordering your engineering seal stamp, you can also usually get a digital seal as well (*.jpg or *.bmp) that can be inserted in PDFs or CAD drawings. Thereby eliminating the need to go through and stamp multiple pages. A digital seal could be combined with that engineer's signature but wouldn't really be practical because to officially seal a design, one must sign and date their seal.

Here we have the engineer stamp, sign, and date a hardcopy. Then we scan it and insert it into the dawing file. We do not send out the cad file with the attached stamp image. We print to a PDF and issue that.

Each state will have rules about acceptable stamping/sealing practices. Check ther before doing anything. They may not accept electronic stamps.

 

[Exception Collection]

How does one go about signing and sealing a drawing electronically? I understand the simplest parts of inserting a seal into a CAD drawing etc, what about signatures? Aren't there control regulations on signatures? How would one go about 'signing' a drawing electronically, are there programs out there for this?

Depending on the state, they may accept a file with an electronic PGP-style signature. Basically, it's a multi-factor encryption, with two keys used - the master key that originally encrypts it, which is only in the hands of the engineer, and the public key, which others can use to decrypt it.

I know some jurisdictions in Oregon accept them.