It is most often the case that the CAD Manager is planning for software purchases, rollouts, migrations and expansions. They are the forward thinkers that take the time to strategically look toward the future. CAD Managers are most likely to be the first adoptors of new releases and new tools. They drive the firm toward […]
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A great post by Mark Douglas on his blog “In the Dynamic Interface” He may be the King of DWF! Read the post There is another good DWF blog posted by Scott Sheppard called “Beyond the Paper” You should be reading these, if DWF is in your future!
Take the latest CAD Manager Survey! It concerns CAD Manager Longevity… How long have you been a CAD Manager? How long have you worked for your current firm? How long do you expect to remain a CAD Manager? Do you expect to move higher in the company than CAD Manager? Give us a feel for […]
I think that the most promising development in the 2007 suite of tools from Autodesk may be the DWF “Underlay” which allows you to display a DWF file under your DWG file. You can adjust the display of the DWF and Clip the display and even snap to the geometry. They even included it in […]
Habit #1 was reading – reading whatever you can get your hands on. Now we move on to other forgotten habits. Forgotten Habit #2 – Looking Backwards Many of us find that we are constantly moving forward and trying to embrace the “new features” of each release of the software. We strain to understand the […]
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I went back and created links to all the CAD Management Articles I have written on my web site. Take a look
Here is the tool I used to read the CTB and STB files. http://www.noliturbare.com/TablePrintGUI.html See the rest of my CAD related Tools… https://www.caddmanager.com/Management/MyTools.html
It is very hard to maintain a consistent level of expertise in your users ability to use CAD. You should be constantly seeking to have a fairly consistent understanding of your CAD tools by all of your users. There will obviously be those in your firm who are superstars in CAD. These users should be […]
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Quick Tip – Zooming to an object with AutoCAD. Highlight the object you need to zoom to, type in the zoom command and use the Object option by typing in “O”. Or you can select the “Zoom Object” tool on the Zoom Toolbar I like to think of it as Zoom Extents on an Object […]
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