H. DeMayta is a BIM expert and architectural designer with over 15 years of professional experience. Her background in construction combined with education in business administration and architecture has given her a wide range of experience across the AEC industry. This cross-discipline experience has led to an intimate knowledge of building design and construction that has proven to be invaluable in her more recent years as a BIM implementation strategist and manager. In these roles she enjoys helping a wide variety of firms and project teams with BIM integration, training, and best practices as well as coordinating their projects with engineering and design counterparts to ensure that the full potential of varying BIM technologies are utilized in their projects. She is fully versed in construction techniques, industry standards, and applicable local and national building codes and how to incorporate these in to BIM models to ensure that compliance and construct-ability is achieved.

D. Cardines is an expert in Revit Architecture, Autocad Lumion, Sketchup KCL, Photoshop, Architectural Design, Architectural Plan Detailing and Presentations, Photorealistic Renderings Construction Drawings, 3D Exterior and Interior modeling, Parametric Revit Families, Electrical, Mechanical, Plumbing and Building Works Detailing and Layout.

J. Roche is a chartered and licensed Civil Engineer. He studied Structural Engineering as a graduate student and has significant experience in architectural design, structural design and construction of Concrete, Steel and Timber residential buildings. He has been trained both in Mexico and in the United States, at the University of Florida.

M. El-Nahas is a Design Architect and Interior Designer, and is experienced in architectural design, interior design and architectural visualization. Producing architectural concepts, preparing architectural drawings, sketches, drafting, working drawings. Providing Interior and Exterior Architectural design for all kind of projects. He is expert in AutoCad, 3Ds Max, Revit, Impression and other graphics software. He has worked on a wide range of projects, including resorts, malls, all kind of residential and commercial projects. Mr. M. El-Nahas received a BSc in Architectural engineering and Diploma in Project management.

M. Tayyab is currently working as independent CAD and Mechanical Design Consultant since 2009.

J. Kocoj specializes in 3d shape design for the automotive industry, including 2D drafting , CAD conversions, project management and part development. He has extensive experience in injection mold tooling design.

V. Gainoutdinov is currently an independent CAD consultant, a role he has performed since 1993. Mr. Gainoutdinov was previously the head of design at Lambda Research optics, a mechanical engineering design company based in the United States, from 1993 to 2013.

Mr. Gainoutdinov oversaw all design activities for the company and managed a team of 2D and 3D designers (focusing on Autodesk Inventor SolidWorks, AutoCAD and CATIA 5). Mr. Gainoutdinov started his career as Mechanical Engineer at Sure Fire LLC., where he was responsible for implementing the use of CAD tools in the company. He also worked directly with the company’s customers, including military personnel and engineers. Mr. Gainoutdinov received a BMES in Mechanical Engineering/Aerospace from MATI.

Comments

1. Describe a project that was particularly challenging. What was challenging about it? What was the solution and what results did you achieve?

   All projects which I managed were challenging . Challenges differ from material of the product to customer requests. Solution is simple: do what customer required.

2. Which CAD software programs do you find the most useful for the kind of work that you do? What are the pros and cons of the various CAD software programs that you use?

   I use different CAD software, such as Solid Works,Autodesk Inventor, CATIA V5, Pro-E CREO. All software are different in way of operation and speed

3. How do you keep yourself up-to-date with the various developments in your field of work?
   Which new skills have you acquired in the past year?
   What new skills do you plan to acquire in the future?

   I do update my skills by keeping myself informed by checking Engineering Websites, company new product development announcements regarding material properties and product design based on new modern materials. I do have some plans.

4. Are there any kinds of activities that you feel are better to outsource or subcontract than to do yourself?
   Why or why not?
   What are some of the risks, in your opinion? Benefits?

   I prefer to do jobs myself because I am not sure that anyone else can make my project better.

E. Comer completed his degree in BEng, Energy Systems Engineering (Mechanical) and is a specialist in 2D and 3D design, including the modeling of 3D parts and their subsequent 2D drawings, and compliance with ISO standards. Mr. Comer also has experience in the aerodynamic design sector, and is proficient in both Autodesk Inventor and the CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) package Ansys FLUENT.

Prajapati has been working on CAD-based projects since 2003. He is skilled in both 2D drafting as well as 3D modelling.

He has mainly been handling commercial building projects for clients. He has worked on projects for corporate clients, registered NGOs and international organizations that focus on school construction projects. From 2015 he has been working for an international NGO involved in projects related to agriculture, forestry, health, education, disability, renewable energy, construction, environment and poverty reduction in Nepal.

His favorite software for 2D drawings is AutoCAD and for 3D visualization he prefers SketchUp, but also creates models in Revit. For 3D visualization, he makes use of SketchUp and Autodesk 3DS Max. For creating animations, he uses Lumion Architecture along with Adobe After Effects and Adobe Premiere Pro. He has drafted and put together raster to vector conversions in the past but has been focusing mainly on 2D modelling since 2015.

His favorite project was a cable car project in Nepal. The project aids tourists visiting a temple near Mount Everest. The challenge here was to design standard machinery drawings and to include every detail of the cable car supplier. This involved a great amount of coordination.

He uses Skype, Viber and WhatsApp to communicate with clients when working on a project at a location far from his client.

P. Hegde is a Lisenced Architect specializing in Designing, Master Planning, Working Drawings, Municipal Drawings and Presentation Drawings. Her skill set includes Autocad, Revit Architecture, Photoshop, Architectural Design and Drafting.

M. Shaikh is an independent CAD consultant. He specializes in AutoCad 2005 and has extensive experience in the areas of G.A. Drawings, Designs, Pattern Checking, Casting Checking.

D. Psarros is a project engineer/manager of industrial projects with extensive experience in the oil industry. He has a Mechanical Engineering degree from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Polytechnical School. He also holds an MSc in Automation and Control Systems from National Technical University of Athens. His academic research was focused on machine design, structural simulation and mechatronics-robotics design, using CAD/CAE modeling and simulation tools. He is also a Dangerous Goods Safety Advisor (DGSA), servicing road transportation companies. He is experienced in conceptual and detailed design (2D/3D), drafting, 3D modeling and simulation of structures varying from small scale equipment like NDT sensors and robotic tools/manipulators, to larger scale structures including road tanker equipment, oil storage tanks and piping.