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I was offered an apprenticeship at 16 as a trainee draughtsman for an engineering company that designed ground support test equipment for the aerospace industry. As mentioned in previous blogs I really didn’t know what I wanted to do after leaving school but as I...

When I was 15 I had no idea what career path to choose and the only subjects I did reasonably well in were Art and technical drawing.  For work experience we had to select a subject that we found interesting and would enjoy as a career. I chose graphic design as a few...

In 2001 I was employed as a design engineer for a company that manufactured air cargo handling equipment for airports. The company were using AutoCAD for all their CAD work but had recently invested in Solid Edge V10. Although my primary role was to design new...

There are many different careers to pursue in the CAD industry but regardless of what role you choose at some point you may question whether it is worth taking that leap into contracting as opposed to having the security of a permanent position. I stayed with...

In the computer aided design world there is frequently the debate about which 2D software is better, AutoCAD or MicroStation. There really is no right or wrong answer here as they both do the same thing very well, so often it just comes down to personal preference or...

In the early days of CAD most companies had pen plotters and the pens for the plotters where generally black. There were other colours available for the plotter but just like hand drawings the use of multiple colours wasn’t really a sensible option. Back in the 90's...

So on my first day at work as a trainee draughtsman I’m shown my drawing board and seat. Behind the seat is a desk where upon lays some drawing implements. There’s a T-square, protractor, a few technical pencils, a rubber, erasing shield, ruler, compass, some circle...

Back in 1993 the company I worked for invested in their first workstations with AutoCAD R12 installed, this was MSDOS based as opposed to Windows. The company designed ground support test equipment for aircraft and was keen to explore all the advantages that CAD had...