Choosing from an Ocean of CAD Services

Posted in July 16th, 2008

If you\’re an architect or engineer thinking of outsourcing your CAD drawings, you would no doubt have been confronted with a question at some point in time. And that question is: How do I find a good provider of CAD services?

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Which CAD Services are the Good Ones?

Posted in July 15th, 2008

by Lucky Balaraman in Entrepreneurs

If you\’re an architect or engineer thinking of outsourcing your CAD drawings, you would no doubt have been confronted with a question at some point in time. And that question is: How do I find a good provider of CAD services?

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Filtering Good CAD Services from the Mass If you’re an architect or engineer thinking of outsourcing your CAD drawings, you would no doubt have been confronted with a question at some point in time. And that question is: How do I find a good provider of CAD services? And probably, MOST PROBABLY, what would have come to mind is, “Go to the search engines and type in ‘CAD Services’”. Yes, going to the search engines when you’re looking for something is a smart idea, but you’d be surprised to know that nowadays it isn’t the strategy of choice. It has a shortcoming, and that is Search engines rank a site based on how good the website is, not on how good the website’s company is. After all, for the most part, websites are like ads. Now you tell me: if an ad looks good, does it mean the company being advertised is good? Of course not. What you need are the opinions of others. Others who have actually used CAD services. That way you’ll see the good, the bad and the ugly. Say about 10 years ago, being able to find the opinions of others would be a pipe-dream. But today it’s a reality. You CAN do it, and you can do it easily. How? By going to user forums. If you’re into engineering, go to engineering forums. If you’re into architecture, go to architectural forums. Ask about CAD services and get the naked truth. To see the URLs of some good engineering forums and architectural forums, just follow the link given at the end of this article. Once you get to a forum, what you have to do is register (that only takes 2 minutes and zero expense), then ask the question: “Can anyone recommend a good CAD service, based on first-hand experience?” You might also want to ask for a service dealing with your particular platform (AutoCAD, MicroStation, SolidWorks, whatever). Gather about 10 CAD service provider names using this method. Then carefully evaluate these 10 companies, by messaging them and evaluating the responses you get. Rank the providers and keep only the top three.(We’ll explain more on how to evaluate them in a subsequent installment of this training). Divvy up your CAD drafting work amongst these three CAD service providers. Of course if you don’t have volume drafting requirements, maybe you could use them in rotation. But ALWAYS have more than one provider on hand. Stay tuned for Part 2 of this training, which will start to explain how to evaluate the names you got from the forums.

Posted in July 11th, 2008

by Lucky Balaraman in Entrepreneurs

by Lucky Balaraman
ering Good CAD Services from the Mass
If you’re an architect or engineer thinking of outsourcing your CAD drawings, you would no doubt have been confronted with a question at some point in time. (…)

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Choosing from an Ocean of CAD Services If you’re an architect or engineer thinking of outsourcing your CAD drawings, you would no doubt have been confronted with a question at some point in time. And that question is: How do I find a good provider of CAD services? And probably, MOST PROBABLY, what would have come to mind is, “Go to the search engines and type in ‘CAD Services’”. Yes, going to the search engines when you’re looking for something is a smart idea, but you’d be surprised to know that nowadays it isn’t the strategy of choice. It has a shortcoming, and that is Search engines rank a site based on how good the website is, not on how good the website’s company is. After all, for the most part, websites are like ads. Now you tell me: if an ad looks good, does it mean the company being advertised is good? Of course not. What you need are the opinions of others. Others who have actually used CAD services. That way you’ll see the good, the bad and the ugly. Say about 10 years ago, being able to find the opinions of others would be a pipe-dream. But today it’s a reality. You CAN do it, and you can do it easily. How? By going to user forums. If you’re into engineering, go to engineering forums. If you’re into architecture, go to architectural forums. Ask about CAD services and get the naked truth. To see the URLs of some good engineering forums and architectural forums, just follow the link given at the end of this article. Once you get to a forum, what you have to do is register (that only takes 2 minutes and zero expense), then ask the question: “Can anyone recommend a good CAD service, based on first-hand experience?” You might also want to ask for a service dealing with your particular platform (AutoCAD, MicroStation, SolidWorks, whatever). Gather about 10 CAD service provider names using this method. Then carefully evaluate these 10 companies, by messaging them and evaluating the responses you get. Rank the providers and keep only the top three.(We’ll explain more on how to evaluate them in a subsequent installment of this training). Divvy up your CAD drafting work amongst these three CAD service providers. Of course if you don’t have volume drafting requirements, maybe you could use them in rotation. But ALWAYS have more than one provider on hand. Stay tuned for Part 2 of this training, which will start to explain how to evaluate the names you got from the forums.

Posted in July 10th, 2008

by Lucky Balaraman in Entrepreneurs

by Lucky Balaraman
sing from an Ocean of CAD Services
If you’re an architect or engineer thinking of outsourcing your CAD drawings, you would no doubt have been confronted with a question at some point in time. (…)

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The Online Data Storage Craze: What’s Behind It

Posted in June 20th, 2008

by Lucky Balaraman in Real Estate

Online data storage has been, for many years, a topic that most of us hardly thought about. But with many computer functions moving online from your desdtop, the subject is now assuming increasing significance. This presents the latest overview of current technology.

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Update on Online Files Storage

Posted in June 15th, 2008

by Lucky Balaraman in Computers

It\’s time you started going online to get your computing work done rather sitting at your desktop. \”Computer Work\” includes data storage. Forget about backing things up on your hard drive, back up and store online for pennies on the dollar!

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Important Aspects of Using CAD Services

Posted in May 2nd, 2008

by Lucky Balaraman in Marketing

When it comes to engineering and architectural drafting, it can be difficult to find a quality full-time CAD drafter. Of course, even if you do locate such a person you will be required to pay accordingly, and they do not come cheap. This can be problematic for a company that may need to save costs and expenses.

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