Effective management - not technical wizardry - is the key to maximizing the benefits of AutoCAD. In Managing AutoCAD in the Design Firm, Karen Vagts, a trained interior designer with a graduate degree in management, guides you through a careful examination of the issues involved in successfully implementing AutoCAD in your design practice.
Managing AutoCAD in the Design Firm focuses on the relationship between CAD and the specific standards and procedures that architects, interior designers, and other members of the architecture/design community apply in their normal practice includes a user-friendly, comprehensive discussion of configuring and customizing AutoCAD for design offices and guidelines for incorporating AutoCAD into the design process; presents a detailed analysis of the specific uses of AutoCAD in architecture and interior design, including: ADA compliance, area takeoffs, government work, historic preservation, international projects, desktop publishing with AutoCAD, and 3-D modeling; provides hard-to-find information on the impact of AutoCAD on crucial management issues like project scheduling, design fees, marketing, liability, copyright protection, and personnel policies; formulates guidelines for AutoCAD administration and the management of AutoCAD data; and includes a valuable glossary and an extensive guide to AutoCAD resources.
Managing AutoCAD in the Design Firm provides you with a practical general framework for incorporating AutoCAD, or any CAD program, productively and profitably into the overall design process.
Written for managers in architectural and design firms who are responsible for overseeing computer aided design. The guide is not an instruction manual, and can be used by readers even if they are not program users. Coverage includes CAD use in various design situations: when to use it, configuring CAD for the firm, customizing, scheduling and staffing for the CAD project manager, the design process, administration, and potential applications. The appendices include configuration and customizing details, and CAD resources for information and education. No bibliography. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
