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The CAD and BIM Users of the Future – Part 3

The User of the future will interact with other users in ways that are not seen now.

Users will be more connected to other Users

The overabundance of information that overwhelms the user now will continue to expand. The sheer volume of information now outstrips our ability to take it all in. Blogs, Wiki’s, Forums, Discussion Groups, and so much more. The good thing about this is that you can find information on just about any topic that you may need at any time. The bad thing is that this information is scatter all over the place and is often not formatted for searching or buried in a long thread.

In the future, there will need to be a better way of uncovering the meat of a conversation on the web. There will need to be an aggregator of all this info in some searchable form. I am talking beyond Google style searches. Since many of the inputs are opinion related and offering suggested solutions, there needs to be some way of sifting through it all for the answer you need. Some are better at getting good hits on their searches now. But it is an art that many do not share.

In the future, the search tools will be imbedded in the tools that we use. The help files delivered with the software will also include searches that extend beyond the understanding of the developers and the ones that write the help files. These tools will scour the internet for the best and brightest rated information. Ratings will be provided by those that find the information useful. Sites will gather and refine the information into easily digestible chinks or related information. This will assist not only the end user, but the development teams that cannot keep up with the volume of questions on how their tools could be used.

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