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O. Medina is an independent consultant with experience in Computer Aid Drafting software, mainly Chief Architect and AutoCad. For the past seven years he has been developing residential Architectural Drawings, HVAC and electrical drawings for residential and commercial projects. As an Architectural residential drafter he had been involved in the complete design process of projects, including schemes proposals through final construction documents. He has generated drawings for floor plans, elevations, sections, structural, electrical, plumbing, site plans and detailed sections. Also he had developed 3D walkthrough video clips for some of the projects. Oscar is currently studying electrical engineering on-line at Stony Brook University in New York. He is a graduated engineer in electronics from Saint Thomas University in Bogota Colombia.

D. Hildebrandt is a CAD Technician with extensive experience in military, residential, municipal and commercial construction. He provides the following services:

• Participates in Civil/Architectural/Electrical/Mechanical design including but not limited to airfield and military site design, Grading, Concrete, Asphalt, Utility, Storm, Sewer, Site layout, Traffic protection, Signage, Utility plan/profile, Concrete construction, and multi-story PEB construction
• Specifies and Implements engineering drawing standards and implemented standards CAD/ detail library/filing/references/Software specification and configuration/AutoCAD and drafting specifics/hardware maintenance, specification, and configuration)
• Maintains existing site database while updating CAD/GIS files and conducting as-built surveys. Maintains GIS databases.
• Conducts as-built and topographic surveys for construction projects
• Rebuilds sites as-built survey using Trimble GPS gear and builds 3d CAD models.
• Uses 3D design software (LDD, Civil 3D and Softdesk) for contour build, pipe and structure
  profile, cross section, grading, sewer pipe design, drainage pipe design, road design, highway design, grading, cut/fill calculation, and survey data manipulation
• Provides design engineering for municipal and private sector construction projects including but not limited to site design, grading, concrete, asphalt, erosion control, retention, detention, stabilization, utility, storm, sewer, traffic protection, traffic signalization, signage, highway construction, ROW improvement, utility plan/profile, jack/bore operations
• Implements, specifies, and maintains CAD hardware, AutoCAD software, and standards
• Structural: Multi-story construction (steel, wood, concrete, masonry, tilt-up, precast), Residential Construction, Municipal and Education facilities
• Architectural: Multi-story construction (steel, wood, concrete, masonry, tilt-up, precast), Residential Construction, Municipal and Education facilities
• Electrical: Grounding, Power distribution, Lighting, Single-line, detailing, and scheduling
• Mechanical: Plumbing and HVAC layout, detail, and scheduling

Mr. Hildebrandt graduated from Porter & Chester Institute for Mechanical Design/Drafting, and has an ACI Certification for Concrete Inspection Field Technician Level 1, and a Construction Management Certificate from the University of Washington (Construction Safety, Project Management, Construction Estimating, and Project Planning and Control).

Interview with Mr. D. Hildebrandt

1. What kinds of clients do you serve? What is your particular area of expertise?

   Civil Engineers, Structural Engineers, Architects, Mechanical Engineers, Electrical Engineers, Environmental Consultants, Geologists, Telecommunications Engineers, and Builders. All phases of construction design and drafting using AutoCad, Civil 3D, and a host of graphical and processing software.

2. What was the most interesting CAD project that you ever worked on? What made it interesting?
   What challenges did you face?

   The JFK International Airport Air Train. I was one of the designers responsible for traffic control, pedestrian control, and crane movements. Time was a crucial factor, as it was near-impossible to design in advance due to construction timelines, change orders, etc. Therefore every inch of the way (a year in the making) required fast-paced engineering and realistic answers to very limiting factors.

3. Of the software tools that you use, which is your favorite and why?

   Civil 3D is my favorite, as it includes all the tools I need to help design including survey data manipulation, earthwork calculations, road design, and profiling tools for utilities and infrastructure design.

4. What trends are you observing in the market for CAD services? How have these trends affected you, and how are you responding to them?

   More dedicated services. A shrinking job market requires dedication and hard work in order to hold on to clients. I’ve got to work harder to keep the work coming. There are many people looking for work who can do what I do for a fraction of the cost so I’ve had to cut corners and make deals that work in favor of my clients. Of course they work in my favor too as I’ve not lost any work and am very grateful to be busy.

5. What do you like about working as an interim CAD draftsman or external CAD consultant working on a time-bound project?

   I’ve always viewed the 24 hours in a day as my time when I’m not required to show up to an 8 to 5 job. I can work any time at my own pace (always very fast) and spend quality time with my family. It is an all-around flexible way to operate. Sometimes it’s difficult to make time for multiple clients, but dedication and superior workmanship are the key.

6. Have you ever provided CAD consulting services remotely, either via phone, the Web or email?
   Do you use any screen sharing tools (like Webex, Skype, or GoToMeeting), and are they effective?
   What kinds of questions and problems could you tackle remotely?
   Are there any issues that you feel are better handled face-to-face?

   Yes. I do work remotely via email and phone. The background I posses enable ease in communication. I’ve been dealing with engineers for 25 years. I haven’t the need to work using screen-sharing. Closely-located clients, email, scanning, phone calls, and travel cover all the bases. Any and all engineering or design projects. Of course face-to-face is easier, but engineers need flexible and experienced designers to make their projects grow quickly and accurately.

V. Gradinaru is employed as Assistant Researcher at INMA Bucharest in 2009. She finished the Polytechnic University of Bucharest, Faculty of Biotechnical Systems Engineering, studied in the field of environmental engineering and mechanics. She has experience in design using Autocad (5 years), AutoCAD Mechanical (3 years), Autodesk Inventor (4 years) SolidWorks (5 years).

T. Makris is a product designer for playground equipment, sports facilities and sheet metal machining. He has designed numerous new products, mainly playground equipment, and is an expert in the programming of CNC wood machines (5-axis and 3-axis). He has also been active in education after having worked with an AutoDESK authorized training center, teaching engineers and students how to use programs such as AutoCAD and Autodesk Inventor. He also provides sheet metal design and CNC programming for sheet metal manufacturing. Mr. Makris is a graduate of the Department of Industrial Design of the Technological Educational Institute of Western Macedonia. He also has a master’s degree in “Advanced Industrial Manufacturing Systems’ from Kingston University in partnership with the Technological Educational Institute of Piraeus.

Dr. A. Ramos is currently an assistant university professor and is an expert in the area of product development. Dr. Ramos handles all design activities for 2D and 3D design (focusing on SolidWorks, SolidEdge, etc).

Sulskis has been working since 2001 on CAD-based projects. He is a qualified mechanical engineer with a master’s degree from Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania.
Mr. A. Sulskis has extensive experience in SolidWork, including 3D modeling of plastic parts, metal parts. He also provides surface modeling services and FEM analysis. He has worked for over fifteen years for a company that develops and produces devices for electricity measurement and control applied in residential, commercial and industrial sectors. He works on electronics and electrical product designs. He designs for small companies who do not have their own mechanical engineer.
He has designed plastic cases (produced by injection molding), enclosures for electronic and electric devices and product conceptual designs. He feels that the most interesting project that he has worked on was creating a finger print access control with touchscreen panel. It represented the latest equipment and technology, and was something new for him. The challenge was to make the device compact and attractive to the consumer.

He is skilled at creating 2D drawings, 3D models and renderings. His passion is aviation and he has an abiding interest in 3D modeling of aircrafts and sailplanes. He has specialized in aviation components, electrical designs, fixtures and furniture designs, machine designs, construction and industrial designs.

He works mainly on SolidWorks because he finds it suitable for modeling, drawing and rendering. He is also competent in AutoCAD, Autodesk Fusion 360 (for 3D), Bentley MicroStation (for 2D and 3D designing), DraftSight for (2D design and drafting), KeyShot (for 3D rendering), Onshape and Parasolid.
Mr. Sulskis enjoys working on time-bound projects as he likes to find the best technical solution and implement it.

He uses e-mail or Skype to provide CAD consulting services to clients located overseas.

S. Gómez is a mechanical engineer, with many years of experience in materials and fluids dynamics. He is an expert in the use of CAD, Finite Elements, CFD, as well as specialized software that helps to predict the performance of a mechanical design. He also teaches engineering to university students.

Dr. D. Shpakov is an expert in CAD packages such as Pro Engineer, Solid Works, Inventor and AutoCAD and has many years of experience in drafting optical devices, measuring tools. He has a PhD in Technology from National Research University ITMO, St. Petersburg.

R. Chanmugam is a Marine Engineer, Mechanical Engineer and Inventor. He has over 30 years experience in the marine and manufacturing sectors working in Asia, Africa, Europe and New Zealand. He provides digital prototyping services to machinery manufacturers, engineers and inventors. Ray’s early career was in Marine Engineering working for companies in Sri Lanka, Hong Kong, and the UK. He has project managed major engineering projects in Sri Lanka, UK and New Zealand. He was also a lecturer and Research Fellow at Middlesex University’s Advanced Manufacturing and Mechatronic Centre in London, UK, where he developed a Retrofit Low Inertia kit for Cotton Ginning machines in Tanzania. Most recently he was a Techlink Consultant to the Foundation for Research Science & Technology (FRST) in Northland. Ray brings together a unique combination of skills, knowledge and industry experience. His innovative qualities are demonstrated in his most recent invention – a fully automated boat gangway. He holds a BEng (Hons) degree in Mechanical Engineering.

A. Pudney is a Product Designer, with extensive experience in design for manufacturing, sustainability and economy. Aran is an expert Solidworks user, with multiple qualifications from Solidworks Corp. He is also an expert in rapid prototyping. Mr. Pudney received a diploma in Plastics Design and Specification from Plastics New Zealand, and graduated from Massey University with an Industrial Design Degree.

M. Sivakumar is a mechanical designer of tool, dies, jigs an fixtures). He is an expert in Autocad and Autodesk Inventor. He is associate Member of Institution of engineers (India). He is trained in tool and die designing by NTTF, and received a degree in computer applications from Anna University.

M. Quindo is an expert in the design of high voltage applications using 2D and 3D CAD. He obtained his Bachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering at Holy Angel University and is a member of the Institute of Integrated Electrical Engineers of the Philippines Incorporated.