CADDManager on July 27th, 2010

New Users learn the best and worst from others. What are you passing on? People seem to pick up the bad habits and not the good habits.  Some get the good habits and define the bad ones that they do not want to mimic.  Which ones are you passing on to others – the good […]

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CADDManager on September 4th, 2008

Standards are a compilation of rules… But some things need to float free for a while until you have enough information to make a call on the best practice.  When a new tool or feature presents itself, let users fiddle with it until they figure out some optional ways of using it.  Let them play […]

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CADDManager on August 27th, 2008

Tools – Talent – Technology – Training These four T’s can be used to define your efforts in you job. Combine these four and you get a balanced approach to CAD. Turning now to the technology of CAD Technology is your approach to using the tools and the talent. Who gets to use what? What […]

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CADDManager on September 16th, 2005

Bentley Systems Inc. to Create NCS Plug-in September 12, 2005 National CAD Standard, Version 3.1 Since I am involved in developing the NCS… Alexandria, Va., Bentley Systems Inc., makers of MicroStation, are getting ready to develop an “NCS plug-in” for their products. Bentley Systems, Inc. is the first CAD vendor to officially accept the July […]

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