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Old 01-07-2015, 11:32 AM   #29995 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Chula Vista View Post
What programs you using? I work with Solidworks for 3D modeling. I then use it to create the basic 2D views and dimensions which then get exported into a PDF file which I further edit using Illustrator.

(be happy to be so busy! It's been super slow around here lately and further cuts are going to be made)
Since 1990, after being on the board for a year or so, I've used Solidworks, ProE, Unigraphics (now called NX), Microstation, and a handful of other CAD programs like BrisCad, but for this job I'm on vanilla AutoCad. It's just easier to keep things simple for what I do here as far as CAD work goes. I helped to start the company 8 years ago, and setup the CAD department on a shoestring budget. I still keep things very low cost, which is why we're still in business. Everything I design is done in 3D first, then I pull the solid profiles, and work them into fabrication drawings all in AutoCad. I package everything up in PDF form for the clients. That's just part of my job here though. I also do some programming in Lisp/.NET for some automation processes in AutoCad. I guess my formal title would be CAD Manager/IT Manager/Marketing Manager, and all around swiss army knife of the company. I do all of the proposals, fabrication drawings, technical drawings, patent drawings, company standardization's, logo's, magazine ads, brochures, websites, trade show banners, IT purchasing, IT consulting, and PC repairs.

Here's a sample of something recent. I can't really divulge anything about this other than a picture:


I am one busy mofo, so letting me go would eliminate quite a few jobs all at once. Hope you're safe there at your job though, Chula man.
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