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The Last Gasp of CAD? Stand Up Meetings
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The Last Gasp of CAD Technology transitions usher in new software, but the older technology may exhibit a resurgence or “Last Gasp” before it goes under. A “Last Gasp” is a valiant attempt to revitalize a technology that appears to be reaching the end of it’s useful life. A recent example of one such technology that might be nearing it’s last gasp is the standalone GPS devices like Garmin produces. They produce a lot of differing devices, but the consumer level products lit the in car navigation are being impacted immensely by the GPS enabled Smart phones. iPhones, Droids and the like have fully enabled GPS turn by turn directions that make the Garmin’s less needed. Why buy a single purpose device? Garmin is now trying to produce GPS devices that also make phone calls. Too little, too late? Last Gasp of CAD - What made me think of this? Here is the article that started me thinking about the Last Gasp of CAD. It was an article in Harvard Business Review and one more in HBR. In the article, Daniel Snow warns of a surge in old technology as new technology threatens to overtake it. | |
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Last Gasp of CAD - Maybe not... Here are some reasons that CAD may not be closing in on end of life. 1. The developers of CAD software are still making strides in adding tools to the 2D world of CAD. Each new release brings improvements. They may seem small to most, but out there somewhere is a very happy user (many of them) that the new release does this or that. And sometimes there are major upgrades that bring new functions. 2. The trickle down of functions end up in the base CAD products. There are many items that use to be part of the advanced tools in the past that are now resident in the newer releases. These improve the basic CAD functions and provide greater productivity. Last Gasp of CAD - The Final Nail What will make it the last gasp for CAD? What will be the final nail in the coffin of 2D CAD? Will there be one final function that will move everyone to 3D? Here are some events, items of functions that could make CAD be gone forever… 1. We move away from hard copy deliverables. As long as we push out designs out to flat 2d hard copy then 2D CAD will remain. 2. 3D fabrication for all objects becomes a reality. There are many trades that have pressed toward 3D fabrication. Manufacturing has made leaps and bounds in this direction. They have always been 3D in fabrication and finally the tools have caught up with their desire for them. Stand Up Meetings Working collaboratively means boosting communications. One way to do that is with quick – short meetings. I personally call it a “Stand Up Meeting”. I have heard it called “The Huddle” or other things.
Here are some basic ground rules for the meeting. Stand Up Meeting Reports I mentioned that the four questions each person should answer were:
Here is what you might hear in a report…
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June - 2010 Totally missed May this year. No journal, as I focused in other directions. Back in the saddle - but late - for June Mark W. Kiker, Editor |
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