Comments on: Starting a CAD Standard http://thecadgeek.com/blog/2007/10/starting-a-cad-standard/ By: Donnie Gladfelter Sun, 13 May 2012 23:36:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Donnie Gladfelter http://thecadgeek.com/blog/2007/10/starting-a-cad-standard/comment-page-1/#comment-976 Donnie Gladfelter Thu, 10 Apr 2008 20:39:53 +0000 http://thecadgeek.com/blog/2007/10/28/starting-a-cad-standard/#comment-976 Your typical CAD user will quickly voice their complaints about a standard, but rarely praise it. It's the thankless job of CAD management. Towards the end of last year my company rolled out a new layer standard. To shed some light on the dynamic of my company, we are divided into sectors (ie residential, site development) and our sectors are then divided into groups. In all we have some 20-30 different engineering groups in my company. At the start of our layer standardization process we had some 20 mini-standards. After some 6-9 months in development, we combined those many standards into 1. The result has been a roll-out that has been rather successful. Granted there have been some bumps in the road, but they have been mild speed bumps, not car swallowing pot holes. Your typical CAD user will quickly voice their complaints about a standard, but rarely praise it. It’s the thankless job of CAD management. Towards the end of last year my company rolled out a new layer standard. To shed some light on the dynamic of my company, we are divided into sectors (ie residential, site development) and our sectors are then divided into groups. In all we have some 20-30 different engineering groups in my company.

At the start of our layer standardization process we had some 20 mini-standards. After some 6-9 months in development, we combined those many standards into 1. The result has been a roll-out that has been rather successful. Granted there have been some bumps in the road, but they have been mild speed bumps, not car swallowing pot holes.

]]> By: Donnie Gladfelter http://thecadgeek.com/blog/2007/10/starting-a-cad-standard/comment-page-1/#comment-3832 Donnie Gladfelter Thu, 10 Apr 2008 20:39:00 +0000 http://thecadgeek.com/blog/2007/10/28/starting-a-cad-standard/#comment-3832 Your typical CAD user will quickly voice their complaints about a standard, but rarely praise it. It's the thankless job of CAD management. Towards the end of last year my company rolled out a new layer standard. To shed some light on the dynamic of my company, we are divided into sectors (ie residential, site development) and our sectors are then divided into groups. In all we have some 20-30 different engineering groups in my company. At the start of our layer standardization process we had some 20 mini-standards. After some 6-9 months in development, we combined those many standards into 1. The result has been a roll-out that has been rather successful. Granted there have been some bumps in the road, but they have been mild speed bumps, not car swallowing pot holes. Your typical CAD user will quickly voice their complaints about a standard, but rarely praise it. It’s the thankless job of CAD management. Towards the end of last year my company rolled out a new layer standard. To shed some light on the dynamic of my company, we are divided into sectors (ie residential, site development) and our sectors are then divided into groups. In all we have some 20-30 different engineering groups in my company.

At the start of our layer standardization process we had some 20 mini-standards. After some 6-9 months in development, we combined those many standards into 1. The result has been a roll-out that has been rather successful. Granted there have been some bumps in the road, but they have been mild speed bumps, not car swallowing pot holes.

]]> By: Aug the Murauder PIA http://thecadgeek.com/blog/2007/10/starting-a-cad-standard/comment-page-1/#comment-975 Aug the Murauder PIA Thu, 10 Apr 2008 20:08:56 +0000 http://thecadgeek.com/blog/2007/10/28/starting-a-cad-standard/#comment-975 Donnie, Your points are all well taken. The is a storm on the horizon in the basics of Cad Standards as the wolrd migrates into 3D. Layer conventions no longer make sense or apply. Internal design standards become much more important. Company file management standards and standard library maintenance become larger thasn life. During the transision to 3D the resistance to change will make the up front development of a new standard that much more important. Of all factors the issue of file management and standard part libraries (or lack there of) will be a whole new arena needing forethought. Donnie,
Your points are all well taken. The is a storm on the horizon in the basics of Cad Standards as the wolrd migrates into 3D. Layer conventions no longer make sense or apply. Internal design standards become much more important. Company file management standards and standard library maintenance become larger thasn life. During the transision to 3D the resistance to change will make the up front development of a new standard that much more important.
Of all factors the issue of file management and standard part libraries (or lack there of) will be a whole new arena needing forethought.

]]> By: Aug the Murauder PIA http://thecadgeek.com/blog/2007/10/starting-a-cad-standard/comment-page-1/#comment-3831 Aug the Murauder PIA Thu, 10 Apr 2008 20:08:00 +0000 http://thecadgeek.com/blog/2007/10/28/starting-a-cad-standard/#comment-3831 Donnie, Your points are all well taken. The is a storm on the horizon in the basics of Cad Standards as the wolrd migrates into 3D. Layer conventions no longer make sense or apply. Internal design standards become much more important. Company file management standards and standard library maintenance become larger thasn life. During the transision to 3D the resistance to change will make the up front development of a new standard that much more important. Of all factors the issue of file management and standard part libraries (or lack there of) will be a whole new arena needing forethought. Donnie,
Your points are all well taken. The is a storm on the horizon in the basics of Cad Standards as the wolrd migrates into 3D. Layer conventions no longer make sense or apply. Internal design standards become much more important. Company file management standards and standard library maintenance become larger thasn life. During the transision to 3D the resistance to change will make the up front development of a new standard that much more important.
Of all factors the issue of file management and standard part libraries (or lack there of) will be a whole new arena needing forethought.

]]> By: AU 2007 - The Training Trinity http://thecadgeek.com/blog/2007/10/starting-a-cad-standard/comment-page-1/#comment-339 AU 2007 - The Training Trinity Sat, 01 Dec 2007 11:45:37 +0000 http://thecadgeek.com/blog/2007/10/28/starting-a-cad-standard/#comment-339 [...] a month ago I made a post centered on “Starting a CAD Standard“.  I’ll paraphrase for those of you who may not have read that post.  My [...] [...] a month ago I made a post centered on “Starting a CAD Standard“.  I’ll paraphrase for those of you who may not have read that post.  My [...]

]]> By: Dermot http://thecadgeek.com/blog/2007/10/starting-a-cad-standard/comment-page-1/#comment-330 Dermot Thu, 15 Nov 2007 00:12:20 +0000 http://thecadgeek.com/blog/2007/10/28/starting-a-cad-standard/#comment-330 Thanks for the info Donnie, or should I say the heads up. I have just been contracting with a company that use Data Cad & the boss (3 man company) wanted me to not spend much time, ("a couple of hrs at the most") on setting up a cad standard for me working with ACA to look like their DataCad. I got very frustrated & he eventually said that my drafting was too expensive. I am a bit slow drafting but it is not really my forte, I am more of a small project manager/draftsman tah a strait draftsman. Any how I have to go back to hussling up more of my own work & perfecting/starting a good standard for myself so that I can be more productive. Can you put me onto any recsources as to how to set up standards for ACA 08 Cheers Dermot (Australia) Thanks for the info Donnie, or should I say the heads up.
I have just been contracting with a company that use Data Cad & the boss (3 man company) wanted me to not spend much time, (“a couple of hrs at the most”) on setting up a cad standard for me working with ACA to look like their DataCad. I got very frustrated & he eventually said that my drafting was too expensive. I am a bit slow drafting but it is not really my forte, I am more of a small project manager/draftsman tah a strait draftsman.
Any how I have to go back to hussling up more of my own work & perfecting/starting a good standard for myself so that I can be more productive.
Can you put me onto any recsources as to how to set up standards for ACA 08
Cheers Dermot (Australia)

]]> By: Dermot http://thecadgeek.com/blog/2007/10/starting-a-cad-standard/comment-page-1/#comment-3830 Dermot Thu, 15 Nov 2007 00:12:00 +0000 http://thecadgeek.com/blog/2007/10/28/starting-a-cad-standard/#comment-3830 Thanks for the info Donnie, or should I say the heads up. I have just been contracting with a company that use Data Cad & the boss (3 man company) wanted me to not spend much time, ("a couple of hrs at the most") on setting up a cad standard for me working with ACA to look like their DataCad. I got very frustrated & he eventually said that my drafting was too expensive. I am a bit slow drafting but it is not really my forte, I am more of a small project manager/draftsman tah a strait draftsman. Any how I have to go back to hussling up more of my own work & perfecting/starting a good standard for myself so that I can be more productive. Can you put me onto any recsources as to how to set up standards for ACA 08 Cheers Dermot (Australia) Thanks for the info Donnie, or should I say the heads up.
I have just been contracting with a company that use Data Cad & the boss (3 man company) wanted me to not spend much time, (“a couple of hrs at the most”) on setting up a cad standard for me working with ACA to look like their DataCad. I got very frustrated & he eventually said that my drafting was too expensive. I am a bit slow drafting but it is not really my forte, I am more of a small project manager/draftsman tah a strait draftsman.
Any how I have to go back to hussling up more of my own work & perfecting/starting a good standard for myself so that I can be more productive.
Can you put me onto any recsources as to how to set up standards for ACA 08
Cheers Dermot (Australia)

]]> By: Jose Guia at cadkicks.com http://thecadgeek.com/blog/2007/10/starting-a-cad-standard/comment-page-1/#comment-320 Jose Guia at cadkicks.com Sat, 10 Nov 2007 19:42:50 +0000 http://thecadgeek.com/blog/2007/10/28/starting-a-cad-standard/#comment-320 You've been kicked (a good thing) - Trackback from CadKicks.com http://www.cadkicks.com/adkautocad/Starting_a_CAD_Standard You’ve been kicked (a good thing) – Trackback from CadKicks.com
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]]> By: Jose Guia at cadkicks.com http://thecadgeek.com/blog/2007/10/starting-a-cad-standard/comment-page-1/#comment-3829 Jose Guia at cadkicks.com Sat, 10 Nov 2007 19:42:00 +0000 http://thecadgeek.com/blog/2007/10/28/starting-a-cad-standard/#comment-3829 You've been kicked (a good thing) - Trackback from CadKicks.com http://www.cadkicks.com/adkautocad/Starting_a_CAD_Standard You’ve been kicked (a good thing) – Trackback from CadKicks.com
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