(Not really this aloof, just the best to hand)

David Moore
AutoCad IRL

About

I'm a former Cad Manager, now consultant, based in the UK

I've a geeky passion for visiting offices, seeing and hearing what's needed, then working with Directors, IT, Leaders, and Teams to improve their Cad systems.

A better system means less pain for the team and more profitability for the business.

This site is to introduce what I can do for you - administrating your system independently or in collaboration with your Cad manager.

Wisdom

Knowledge of the best (and worst) from various practices

Back in the day as an architectural technician, London was very open to contractors coming in for specific projects. It allowed me to experience the pros and cons of many systems, from all angles throughout a business.

Teaching Cad techniques to colleagues quickly became parallel to my core job of technician, then strategist, then manager. I signed off my last full-time role of Cad Manager in 2010 to improve my teaching skills as an integral part of management.

Revit was coming into use, and many thought AutoCad would fall by the wayside.

But here we are in 2022 and AutoCad ploughs on as the main workhorse for many offices UK and worldwide. For whatever reason - be it available talentpools, costs, project types, or clients - AutoCad continues to be the mainstay.
(I myself still use AutoCad to produce simpler drawings to be outsourced to Asia for finishing drafting.)

So at an enterprise level for many practices, there's still a need for AutoCad systems and I'm glad to bring my expertise to businesses looking to improve.

Approach

Tried and tested, not theory

I call what I do AutoCad IRL (In Real Life) because I take a real-world, empirical approach to AutoCad - how the team will actually use it -

Finding tools which will help,
seeing how the team will use them,
then engineering back to a solution

This may sound obvious, but is often done the other way round.
It's tempting to go chasing rabbit-trails of methodology, and naming protocols, and operating within strict rules.
Forums and committees abound with this kind of stuff which often results in a bloated monster demanding more administration than actual work itself.

I prefer to come back to the principles of getting the job done.
Just enough control to stop things running amok, but enough freedom to let your team get on with the job.

Faster drafting, fewer tickboxes, and increased profitability for every project.