Comments on: Outdated CAD Standards http://www.caddmanager.com/CMB/2009/11/outdated-cad-standards/ Practical, proven insight into CADD Management from Mark W. Kiker Sat, 27 Feb 2010 20:31:10 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Sean Doughtie http://www.caddmanager.com/CMB/2009/11/outdated-cad-standards/comment-page-1/#comment-8773 Sean Doughtie Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:41:22 +0000 http://www.caddmanager.com/CMB/?p=1261#comment-8773 Speaking of Customization, now that Autodesk is on a 12 month development cycle customization has gone out the door. Gone are the days of custom menu systems and using dialog boxes for your libraries. It makes upgrading way too painful. We started using the DesignCenter for our block libraries and scaled back the use of lisp routines. From a personal standpoint, I prefer using a unmodified install of Autocad now. It keeps me efficient no matter what company I work for. In other words, you're not tied to a custom setup if someone gives you a test at an interview... Speaking of Customization, now that Autodesk is on a 12 month development cycle customization has gone out the door. Gone are the days of custom menu systems and using dialog boxes for your libraries. It makes upgrading way too painful. We started using the DesignCenter for our block libraries and scaled back the use of lisp routines.

From a personal standpoint, I prefer using a unmodified install of Autocad now. It keeps me efficient no matter what company I work for. In other words, you’re not tied to a custom setup if someone gives you a test at an interview…

]]> By: Jeff Koellman http://www.caddmanager.com/CMB/2009/11/outdated-cad-standards/comment-page-1/#comment-8765 Jeff Koellman Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:20:38 +0000 http://www.caddmanager.com/CMB/?p=1261#comment-8765 Again you are on target. New releases always bring new tools to be applied. I would also add that if you have customized your software and not documented it as part of your standards, upgrading becomes more traumatic. It also never hurts to review a procedure and improve it. CAD standards are never 'done'. Again you are on target. New releases always bring new tools to be applied. I would also add that if you have customized your software and not documented it as part of your standards, upgrading becomes more traumatic. It also never hurts to review a procedure and improve it. CAD standards are never ‘done’.

]]> By: Sean Doughtie http://www.caddmanager.com/CMB/2009/11/outdated-cad-standards/comment-page-1/#comment-8760 Sean Doughtie Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:01:02 +0000 http://www.caddmanager.com/CMB/?p=1261#comment-8760 Thank you for posting these and the 'personal CAD standards'! Whenever I see CAD standards or CAD Management I get this sickening feeling that someone is trying to control. When I managed a CAD department many years ago, I paid special attention to not encroach on individualism. Our standards always spelled out corporate expectations (ie: layers, line weights, colors, nomenclature, etc) so that others could also work on the project and suggested procedures; however, they never required CAD Technicians to do things a certain way. People are individuals, they know the most efficient way that they do things; in other words, do it anyway you want just deliver me the product that I want! Thank you for posting these and the ‘personal CAD standards’!

Whenever I see CAD standards or CAD Management I get this sickening feeling that someone is trying to control. When I managed a CAD department many years ago, I paid special attention to not encroach on individualism. Our standards always spelled out corporate expectations (ie: layers, line weights, colors, nomenclature, etc) so that others could also work on the project and suggested procedures; however, they never required CAD Technicians to do things a certain way. People are individuals, they know the most efficient way that they do things; in other words, do it anyway you want just deliver me the product that I want!

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