Robert Green

Over the past few months I've received a number of reader requests for strategies to use in keeping the CAD environment clean, efficient and standard. Therefore I've decided to put together a tips and tricks issue of the CAD Manager's Newsletter to address reader concerns.

Outsourcing: The Finale -- Keep in mind what you've learned from this series when you are confronted with the issue of outsourcing

Is my company the only one that isn't using 3D design, or are there a lot more CAD managers in the same 2D boat that I'm in?

In the previous four issues of CAD Manager's Newsletter I broadly covered the overall topic of outsourcing.

In the previous four issues of CAD Manager's Newsletter I broadly covered the overall topic of outsourcing.

Protect data and projects against future loss.

Outsourcing, Part 4: Looking at the Bigger Picture; Do the advantages of outsourcing outweigh the pitfalls? Doing your research is the only way to find out

I know that outsourcing is a touchy subject, but even I am surprised by the amount of mail that I've received on this topic, how global the responses are and how uniformly negative the tone of that mail is.

Outsourcing, Part 3: Knowing what costs to expect can help avoid budget-busting surprises.

Now that engineers are designing and can CAD their own work, what's the future for CAD technicians? Are we on the brink of extinction, or do you see a future in CAD still worth pursuing?