MANAGEMENT

Locating a project

Ensuring that a MicroStation project is accurate and to the correct coordinates...

7th of July 2010

You can’t learn to BIM if you won’t get wet

This month, the soapbox returns to its roots with a good old rant. The whole direction of BIM, the way companies are handling its adoption - or not as the case seems to be - is drowning any benefits that it could provide...

1st of March 2010

Survival Guide Chapter 10: Presentation Skills

You may be required to do a presentation for a monthly reporting meeting; you may be asked to help deliver a technical section of a project bid presentation. Whatever situation occurs, the presentation is something you will more than likely have to face at some point in your career...

1st of February 2010

Working with Real World Co-ordinates

Due to the way MicroStation’s co-ordinate system works, there are some limitations to be aware of in regard to the accuracy of elements if you are working to real world co-ordinates...

18th of November 2009

CAD Format Import/Export Matrix

Ever received a file with a strange extension and wanted to know if you could open it with your CAD system? Check out our table of CAD file formats and which software can import and export which...

20th of March 2009

Survival Guide Chapter 09: Customer Services

There is more to delivering a decent customer service than simply answering support calls. All aspects of our work include some aspect of customer service, from attending meetings, preparing project CAD standards to answering emails...

2nd of March 2009

Seeing is believing

Getting Serious about CAD Management - Nigel Davies of Evolve Consultancy analyses the results of their latest CAD Survey...

by Nigel Davies, 26th of January 2009

People don't know...what they don't know!

The basic psychology of how people learn new skills is pretty fascinating - really!

This blog from Rory Vance, MD at CADsmart is actually fairly fascinating...

12th of December 2008

RE: Schrödinger’s CAD: Thinking outside the box

12th of November 2008

CAD Managers' Survey 2008 Report now available

The results of the UK CAD Managers Survey 2008 have been published by Evolve...

16th of October 2008