The Rules of CAD

I have been thinking about some of the spoken and unspoken rules of CAD and thought I would share some of my list with you.

Rule 1 - Production is your first priority. Getting the design to the client on time is critical. Everything takes a back seat to meeting deadlines, budgets and quality standards.

Rule 2 - Protect the data.  Backups are important. At times even production can be interrupted to get a clean backup.

Rule 3 – CAD Standards Matter. Getting everyone on the same page and understanding how, what and why we build our files in a certain way is to be constantly nurtured.

Rule 4  - Standards can go out the window in order to fulfill Rule #1. Standards and procedures are a tool to enhance production. If they get in the way, we may need to abort them to get the job out.

Rule 5 – When you break Rule #4 – go back and fix it as soon as possible.