CAD Manager's Guidebook
Helps Managers Run CAD Departments More Efficiently and Effectively By Helping Anticipate Problems and Devise Solutions

First Edition
Ralph Grabowski

There's one thing CAD managers agree upon: running a CAD department is a difficult job.

This edition of CAD Manager's Guidebook helps readers anticipate problems and devise solutions within their daily jobs. Complete with a companion CD-ROM, this guidebook's convenient, 3-part organization explains the role of the CAD manager; details how to create and institute your own CAD standards, policies, and procedures; and offers tips and suggestions for maximizing CAD efficiency.

This book reflects the current state of CAD, with coverage of topics such as networking, the impact of the Internet, plus the future of CAD and the drawing file.

A must-have reference for novice and experienced CAD managers alike!

Benefits:

• CAD-specific information benefits shops that use AutoCAD, as well as firms that inevitably find themselves working with clients who've created drawings using other popular PC drafting and design tools such as MicroStation, GraphiSoft, TurboCAD, and Revit.
• Coverage explores the limitations and solutions to scanning paper drawings for input into CAD
• The DWG file format is explained in detail, along with a discussion of changes CAD managers can expect to see in storing drawings in files.
• Strategies for defending spending on hardware, software, networking, and personnel in the face of technology innovations and organizational resistance are presented.
• Appendices, as well as the accompanying CD-ROM, provide quick and immediate access to the latest information on CAD layer standards, resources, and standards organizations.

320 pages - 7-3/8 x 9-1/4 in. - with CD-ROM