CADDManager on April 9th, 2009

Autodesk is helping out those who may need help… Check this out and tell you friends… From the site… Invest in Yourself In these uncertain economic times, many companies have had to let good people go. If you were one of them, you might be wondering how to advance your career in this challenging global […]

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CADDManager on April 7th, 2009

Gathering the team that actually is involved with generating the input and holding the discussions about CAD Standards is critical to the success of your efforts. Don’t just let the team develop itself. You have to work at creating a positive team. There are two kinds of teams that you may work with. Created and […]

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CADDManager on April 6th, 2009

When you start thinking of creating or reviewing your CAD standards, it has to be done through teams. Not many firms will just let one person define the standard without talking to anyone. Even if the group is small, it still needs to be defined. If you have a small firm, you can keep things […]

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CADDManager on April 5th, 2009

The poll posted for April involves the discussion topic that I have been blogging on for the past several posts. Some may think that their standard is the best, some may think it is okay and others may take the perspective that it needs work – a lot of work. So let us all know […]

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CADDManager on April 2nd, 2009

Liaison with the Management Team Talking to the managers at your firm takes another level of conversation. These discussions will be one on one at most times, since getting a group of higher level employees in one place at one time is tough. If it is an overhead or non client billable time –it will […]

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CADDManager on April 1st, 2009

Define the process of discussion and approval You will be working with many people to create and maintain a CAD Standard. Some of these will be done in teams. Teams need guidelines. One thing that needs to be done is for you to define the process of how things are discusses and approved. Do not […]

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