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C. Fekete is a registered architect, an AIA member and a LEED Accredited Professional. He specializes in developing construction drawings for architects and builders. Based on hand sketches, programmatic and building code requirements and budgets, he develops a project in CAD (Autocad, Vectorworks, Sketchup among others) and produces all the drawings for the completion of design documents necessary for client review and approvals, bids, building permit submission and construction management. During this process, he typically prepares floor plans, elevations, details, notes, and 3D views. In addition, he can mine the data in the drawings to produce various kind of schedules, including door and window schedules, space and surface reports (for heating, cooling and energy needs), material takeoff for cost budgeting, 3D analysis for informing the design and finding areas where building systems and structures come in conflict. Versed in financial analysis and construction economics, he also advises clients with respect to value engineering, life cycle cost, return on investment, and feasibility studies for institutional and commercial projects. As a registered architect, he can review existing conditions or a set of drawings and determine the need for updating and any changes necessary to satisfy the requirements of the building codes and local officials.

C. Ong is currently an independent design and CAD consultant, and has a degree in architecture. Mr Ong advises clients on preparing schedules (from design stage to construction documentation) and getting city permits. He is an expert in the use of Autocad, Sketchup Pro, Illustrator, and Photoshop. He has extensive experience in the development of drawings for custom homes, track homes, commercial buildings, and multi-family residential buildings.

S. Sebastian is currently an independent CAD consultant, a role she has performed since 2011. Ms. Sebastian was previously the CAD Manager at System Electric Co., an electrical design/build construction company based out of Palm Springs, CA with offices throughout the United States. Ms. Sebastian has worked in the construction field for more than 10 years, and has managed the BIM Coordination on hospitals, universities, data centers, and more. She has also been deeply involved in the design & construction of several high rise condo/hotel buildings. Additionally, she has coordinated with the prefabrication department of System Electric to create layouts, wiring diagrams, build sheets, and more to assist in streamlining the pre-fabrication process. She has experience in converting old drawings in hard copy, TIF, PDF to ACAD.

B. Goossens is an independent CAD consultant. He started his career as a CAD support technician, and gained experience working on a host of architectural and engineering related projects. He has also served as a CAD cartographer, and has deep experience in the use of CAD/GIS and topographic mapping and worked on a host of engineering related projects. He provides services in CAD/GIS (geographical information system), and is an expert in piping and its use in the residential and commercial industry. He is also a CAD designer, and is an expert in the preparation of piping and instrumentation diagrams, PFD’s (process flow diagrams) and engineering related projects. As a piping designer, he has extensive experience in working on piping layouts, 3D modeling, detail piping design and piping drawing production for process piping. He has deep experience working on PDS (piping design system) 3D equipment modeling, PDS 3D piping design, PDS interference manager, PDS isometric pipe spool extraction, squad checking and marking of vendor drawings, and quarterly meetings with chief engineers using visualization technology for review of design areas. As a CAD piping designer, he has been responsible for the detail design and drawing production for process piping. He has extensive experience working on PDS 3D equipment modeling, PDS 3D pipe routing, PDS drawing generator, and PDS isometric pipe spool extraction, plant designs, plot plan developments, piping layouts, P&ID’s, PFD’s, interfacing with vendors, project review meetings, and field surveys. He also has extensive experience in providing engineering support, developing standards for best practices, project management, and construction management.

Mr. M. Tatum has extensive experience in the design and drafting of PCB fabrication and assembly drawings. He is an expert in Solid Modeling and PCB software, as well as AutoCad (10 to 2011, 2D & 3D), Revit Architecture and Google 3D Sketchup. He is a graduate of the University Of Northern Colorado, Front Range Community College Tech School and the Denver Institute of Technology Architectural Drafting & Design.

M. Fitzgerald is a consultant and trainer in the area of CAD, Drafting and Illustration. He specializes in the following activities:

1. Architectural & Mechanical Drafting, including plans/elevations/sections/details, sketches to working drawings, as built surveys of existing structures, or mechanical parts using AutoCAD Scan to PDF, JPG, or TIFF for mark-up, or true reverse engineering, (i.e., re-drawing existing plans to AutoCad-dwg files).
2. Architectural and Mechanical Renderings: traditional 2D, or 3D renderings of plans/elevations, or pen and ink illustrations.
3. Site Visits (New York, or New Jersey) for onsite measurements of existing conditions and digital photography of sites.
4. Providing AutoCad layouts, for “Retrofit jobs, new designs, and “As-Built drawings”.
5. Providing “Graphic Conversions” for use in dynamic linking software, required on customer sites and for sales presentations.
6. Assisting Design Engineers & Field Technicians by providing them with AutoCAD, drawings and “As-Builts”.
7. Graphic conversions of Acad drawings to Windows Metafile drawings and to Micrographic Designer drawings and conversion from Bentley MicroStation to Acad drawings.
8. Assisting Account Managers (Sale force) by providing them with full size printouts of project, & pre-bid drawings.
9. Providing training in architectural terms, drafting techniques, AutoCAD skills for architectural work, technical writing skills, & minor mathematics for use in the architectural /engineering fields.
10. Providing manual/hand drawings and CAD drafting (Personal Designer Cad software) working with concrete construction layout drawings.
11. Manual drafting (pencil layouts), working with mechanical drawings from engineering and field personnel.

J. Warren is a Mechanical Engineer with 10 years of experience in Product Design in the Aerospace, Automotive and Medical field. Mr. Warren specializes in Product Design, Project Management, and CAD. Mr. Warren has experience with Solidworks and Pro Engineer in both the modeling and drafting of components. He is well versed in GD&T and drawing standards such as ASME Y14.100 AND ASME Y14.5.

J. Brouwer has over 40 years of engineering experience as a contract engineer with a wide variety of defense and aerospace companies. Since being introduced to CAD in 1982 he has accumulated over 54,000 design hours on 3-D CAD, 10,000 on ComputerVision’s CADDS 4X and the remainder on IRONCAD, ZW3D and variety of other PC based CAD programs.

He also provides the following services:

1. Engineering Services, including Engineering Design, 3-D modeling, drafting, CNC programming and complete integrated system management.
2. Plastic Product Design: Providing fully 3-D wireframe, surfaced, solid models and detail drawings if required.
3. Mechanical Design: 3-D design of mechanical assemblies.

Interview with Mr. J. Brouwer

1. What kinds of clients do you serve?

   I support companies that do not have an engineering department. I provide mechanical and plastic product design.

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

   It was a project for Boeing. They were making models for testing. We did the F-22 and Osprey — who gets to work on project like this? It was a few years ago and we had to make 3D prints. Just making sure the solid/surface models were complete. The work was done in Ironcad and a Hybrid CAD system.

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

   IronCAD is my tool of choice because of its ease of use and great flexibility, but I also use a hybrid CAD system when a project has to be broken down to wireframes and surfaces. I have used most of the Pro/E paradigm systems: Pro/E, SW, Inventor and Solid Edge, but never have really got proficient with the Pro/E paradigm.

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?

   Much of my work is reverse engineering requiring working from scanned data. It requires a Hybrid CAD systems to work with this data. I also get called in when the project is a mess and they need it cleaned up and get the parts made.

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

   The freedom it offers.

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?

   I started telecommuting years ago when we used phone handset modems. Using CADKEY, I would sent the files back and forth. I use all of the programs you have mentioned. Most of the problems can be handled remotely. Face to face is always important at every milestone, even though I have done projects where I have never met face to face.

Mr. Raileanu has over twenty years’ experience in CAD-based solutions designing aluminum and steel machinery, fabrication drawings, processing and part designing.

He creates designs for HVAC systems. He has designed in the following areas:
• metal fabrication
• processing and part design
• drafting and MS Office
• 2D & 3D geometry creation and manipulation
• mechanical & sheet metal structural design
• product engineering and mechanical design

He has been working with AutoCAD since college days, however he works mainly on SolidWorks to design heat and ac frames, sheet metals and enclosures. He has worked with AutoCAD since 1989, however in 2004 he discovered SolidWorks and since then he has been designing 3D models and drawings only with SolidWorks. As a proficient user of SolidWorks, he believes SolidWorks has the best user interface and intuitive, reliable FEA (Failure Effects Analysis) features.

Since 2017, he has been working with a world-class manufacturer of dehumidifiers in Georgia. He has been designing and developing innovative products and production systems to support engineering requirements. He has been using SolidWorks extensively for all product designs, weldments and frames, work assemblies and subassemblies and creation of job fabrication binders for manufacturing team members. This includes all necessary part files, bend drawings, appropriate dimensional data, general overview layout, exploded views of critical component assemblies.

Since 2016, he has been working in another company, in development of anatomically-precise 3D and 4D surface imaging systems. He works with R&D products, responsible for creating and maintaining any CAD documentation required by sales, and developing detailed engineering drawings for system design, components, cabling, and prototyping 3D printing products.

From 2015 to 2016, he also provided CAD support for a pallet rack manufacturer in Georgia that offers a full range of services from design to installation of storage solutions for many industries and materials. He designed layouts and drawings for estimating, approval, permitting and fabrication.

One of his most challenging projects was one that required him to design and build a video electronic enclosure that had to be light and also appeal to specific customers in that field (medical devices). The challenges were to make it less heavy than the previous design, to fit all electronic components required, to have a good maintenance access and to look visually appealing.

He built a mobile dehumidifier unit with a small footprint to fit other competitors design, easy maintenance access, sturdy, structurally safe, outdoor proof and easy to maneuver. He also brought some new concepts to the design to challenge the competitors’ design, such as less energy consumption (less welding) and ability to stacking during shipping or storage.

He feels that the best thing about working as a CAD draftsman is that he gets to work from home.

He uses Skype and phone to communicate with clients. He shares his screen with clients for a variety of different purposes. He also uses Webex and GoToMeeting as he finds these tools to be very effective between people at different locations. He thinks they solve most of the issues related to projects. When required, however, he also meets clients face to face. He does not believe that issues can be solved only by face-to-face meetings, but in certain situations where a personal approach is required face-to-face meetings may be more appropriate.

T. Wilen is a CAD Technician with many years of experience in creating detailed, precise and highly technical drawings using AutoCAD. He has worked extensively with AutoCAD and EaglePoint and is also skilled in Revit Structure and Civil 3D. Mr. Wilen oversaw the drafting in an 8-person office as well as some design and some construction activities. He has significant experience in the commercial (medical) architecture field.

J. Earnest has developed detailed design drawings and specifications for mechanical equipment, dies/tools and controls, using Computer-Assisted Drafting (CAD). He has extensive experience in laying out and drawing schematic, orthographic and angle views to depict functional relationships of components, assemblies, systems and machines. He has coordinated with and consulted other workers to design, lay out, and detail components and systems and to resolve design and other problems. He has also designed specialty items, such as valves, and has modified and revised designs to correct operating deficiencies and to reduce production problems.

C. Dela is an expert in using AutoCAD in the area of HVAC, plumbing, water and fire protection (e.g. reticulation piping layout, infrastructure piping layout for an automated vacuum waste collection system). She has extensive experience in the area mechanical drawings for oil and gas clients, including preparing mechanical data sheet for refinery projects and the drawing/design of platforms for tanks and vessels.