Category Archives: CAD Management

I’ve used AutoCAD for a long time and just like any long term relationship with an inanimate pile of 1’s and 0’s it is deep love/hate relationship.  Below is my list of the top 10 items that I love about AutoCAD.  Some of them … Continue reading →

I am by no stretch of the word old; unless of course you ask my children who may have a different opinion.  But I will admit that I have lost a step or two to old man time.  In years … Continue reading →

In my career I have been asked to take surprisingly few CAD tests.  There is only one that I can remember.  The engineer interviewing me asked what was the best method to fill an irregular shaped area in AutoCAD.  He … Continue reading →

Don’t know everything. In CAD Manager Mistake #1, I talked about how dangerous it is to be too valuable to your CAD users and how they are more than willing to let you do their work for them if you … Continue reading →

I don’t know about you, but I tend to keep an eye on a lot of tech projects that don’t currently affect me, but have the potential to do so, directly or indirectly, sometime in the future. One of them is the Mono Project.  … Continue reading →

Don’t make yourself too valuable. When I took my current position we had a small corporate staff, less than 10 designers and drafters.  I was supporting nearly 50 users, but most were in satellite offices, many of which had senior … Continue reading →