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Looking for 5 most important traits in a CAD Manager  Please help.

RE: CAD Management

Common Sense
Attention to Detail
CAD Expertise
Desire for Standards
Patience

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RE: CAD Management

-MUST know the CAD software
-work with people well
-good at training
-knows OS/PC well
-knows networks/servers well

Chris
Systems Analyst
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AutoCAD 05
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RE: CAD Management

I am going to play "devil's advocate", and ask, what do you want the CAD manager to do.

In a well established CAD/design group, where everyone is expereienced, senior and good, training may not be a top priority where most people are doing it on their own initiative already. In a young/inexperienced group, training may be more important.

Is the intent to trim cost? If so, a CAD manager will need to have more financial/managerial expertise. Knowledge of the current CAD software revision (and I like to highlight "currently") is less important. The last time I CADed, the version I belive was AutoCad 9.

A trait is only important if it is needed. If you evaluate what it is you need your CAD manager to do, the important traits should fall out of your evaluation.

RE: CAD Management

Define what you mean by CAD Manager.

Someone who manages the design process and the people who use CAD?

Someone who does CAD administrator things like load and upgrade software, maintain standards and maintain the CAD database(s)?

These have vastly different criteria for what knowledge is needed.

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