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How CCTV CAD Tools Are Changing the Way We Design Security Systems

When I first started designing security systems, the process was almost entirely manual. I would walk a site with a clipboard, sketch camera positions on a printed floor plan, and then try to explain coverage gaps to a client using nothing but hand-drawn arrows and notes. It worked, but it was slow. And if the client wanted a revision, I had to redraw everything from scratch. That is why the shift toward using a dedicated design tool, especially one that incorporates cctv ca

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When I first started designing security systems, the process was almost entirely manual. I would walk a site with a clipboard, sketch camera positions on a printed floor plan, and then try to explain coverage gaps to a client using nothing but hand-drawn arrows and notes. It worked, but it was slow. And if the client wanted a revision, I had to redraw everything from scratch. That is why the shift toward using a dedicated design tool, especially one that incorporates cctv ca

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