The CAD Management (a.k.a. The Conductor)

In my last June AUGIWORLD article Engineering Implementation vs. Installation, I talked about how good Engineering is all about good control and I hope you agreed with me, and it provided you with a change in perception and maybe a little revelation. A revelation is that moment of truth that hits you like a freight train and changes your perception of forever. My life and career are littered with them and brought me to this moment, CAD understanding and place in time. Like a Meme; the world lovers Meme, why?

Because they can be so many things: humorous, insightful, hard-hitting, and even very ironic, often providing a degree of change of perception. They often hit a chord in our minds and speak the truth to us. Here are two of my most favorites (because one is never enough). One is my own revelation from 2016 and one from the internet and seen by millions no doubt.

When it comes to Engineering Management; and since we are in AUGIWORLD magazine, therefore specific to CAD, then we are naturally talking about CAD Management. This seem to be an endless topic with no real solutions and/or answers (so some believe). One positive is, it should keep us all fully employed and busy until the end of time trying to solve it.

Why is this though?

Probably because it is a very complex, technical, diverse, and varied realm of modern humanity. Because we are talking about the documentation creation of EVERYTHING humanity has, is, and will ever create.

Ok, so with these new revelations covered, let’s get down to the nitty gritty of what and/or who is a real CAD Manager. Because, as I talked about in my last article, it is a highly skilled profession without a formal certificate of qualification. It is born out of the ‘School of Hard Knocks’ often perfected by people with an insatiable thirst for knowledge, perfection and someone who thinks ‘outside-thebox’ so to speak.

This is why so many good CAD Managers are often fully functioning autistic, asperges, and/or dyslexic types. Such types often learn quicker through virtual ques rather than the written word. This is evident in so many famous and successful people throughout history and present from Leonardo da