CAD Manager's Newsletter #145
22 Feb, 2006 By: Robert GreenCAD Manager Productivity Hints, Part 2
Arm yourself with these tips and tricks to ease standards enforcement
In the last edition of the CAD Manager’s Newsletter (click here to view the archives), I began my productivity hints series by giving you some ideas on how to get yourself organized and maximize your personal effectiveness. I heard back from quite a few readers who said they were starting their own diaries in various electronic formats to facilitate greater personal efficiency. Bravo!
In this installment, I’ll pass along some tips and tricks you can use to ease the enforcement of standards. Here goes.
Tip 1: Document Your Standards Electronically
If you’re going to have CAD standards, you need to write them down at some point, right? Rather than printing them out in a book form that people can continue to ignore as they always have, why not create your standards in an electronic form that people can use?Read more >>You've recommended that I learn Visual Basic. What are some resources to help me get started?
Robert Green responds: The answer depends on your level of programming expertise.
For those with no programming experience: I highly, highly recommend taking a classroom-style course over several weeks or even months so you can learn not only Visual Basic syntax but the general approach to structured programming. …
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Submit your questions to Robert Green atrgreen@greenconsulting.com.
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May 8-12, 2006
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Event combines PLM World and UGS’ Solid Edge Summit user group meetings for product lifecycle management.
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May 24-25, 2006
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