i’ve joined a private office of a senior architect in India, and work for him on auto-CAD (drafting and design). since its my first experience, i wanna know, how much salary shall i ask(or expect) from him. my avg working hours per day are 7 to 8 hrs., in working days, and as required, if required on weekends
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they got to be like clip art type, but at the same time very detail silhouettes. ive looked probably not hard enough. this is for plasma-cam (or cutter).
thanks for helping me
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Architecture cad services.
Architectural CAD drafting that will accurately mean architectural drafting on Computer. receiving your architectural drafting done in Digital format.
This finds application for details and 2D and 3D presentation drawings ,residential, commercial projects, layouts, elevations. These drawings and documents cater to realtors, owners, consultants and contractors. CAD is mostly be used for architectural and structural services .
complete Architectural CAD services will include working on existing, new build developments and planning applications. Architectural drawings can be custom designed for home by CAD process for architects, builders, and owners. Full of CAD drafting services include design development, building plans, construction documents, mechanical and architectural drawings.
Architectural presentations are being widely on the web. Architectural presentation full range of services include models, renderings and animations. 3D animations improve your graphics & gives a better look to your website or to your presentations, which gives your organization an cut above the rest.
Walk through animations have become a regular part in larger architectural presentations. One can get dimensionally accurate, architectural renderings of the highest quality.
Using basic mouse movements one can effortlessly create walk through an AutoCAD model and can feel of actually being there. Renderings includes the latest developments in visualization.
Now Hitech outsourcing Services provide following expert by civil engineer services
Outsource CAD services provides complete residential architectural drafting for :
Complete set of Working/ Construction drawings of Residential And Commercial construction-Floor Plans, Wall Sections, Elevations, Roof Framing And Foundation Plans
Raster to Vector or Microstation Conversion
Landscape, and Architectural Construction Projects
Interior Planning
Development of Working Architectural Drawings from conceptual sketches and blueprints
Detailing of Interiors - Reflected Ceiling, Power and Communications, Plumbing, HVAC etc
CAD Conversion Services/ As built drawings
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I own land and I have an old railroad bed in it. I want to remove it and take the rails to a scrap metal yard. Basically I would like to know how much a section of it weighs. This is a standard railroad bed like they use today. Not one of those old skinny ones. Also if I were to cut through it what kind of saw would I use? I know a plasma cutter would be best but I’m trying to save money. Also does anyone know what you would get per pound for the steel at a scrap yard? Thanks. Appreciate your answer.
*Weighs
Sorry about the typo in the question
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We are just beginning to think of purchasing a cnc plasma cutter for doing the more intricate art designs in sheet metal…..i.e. silhouttes, shop signs…interior artwork etc. We do use a normal torch plasma cutter, welders etc for normal shop fabrication….but dont have much knowledge of the more intricate computerised ways…. can somebody give me a starting point of a make…price range or where to purchase such a machine etc……tried google,.but am lost in too much information and no direction
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Elmo Solutions Inc. (http://www.elmosolutions.com) is the leader in managing CAD/PLM metadata, and provides unique software products such as Elmo Search, the enterprise search engine software for CAD/PLM and other documents; Elmo Link, a CAD companion software application that provides a live, bidirectional, “hot” link between CAD/PLM and MRP/ERP applications; and Elmo BoM, a standalone application that allows batch extraction of the metadata found in CAD/PLM documents in a single operation.
In the current issue of Quality Digest, manufacturing journalist, Thomas R. Cutler profiles Elmo Solutions in a feature article titled, Managing Technical Documents : Less is more. The article can be read in its entirety at http://qualitydigest.com/IQedit/QDarticle_text.lasso?articleid=12013
According to Ricardo Talbot, chief science officer for Elmo Solutions, “The biggest distinction in effective search tools that create and manage engineering documents is the capability to index, retrieve and display a wide range of CAD [computer-aided design] and imaging documents from AutoCAD, other Autodesk-flavored applications, Autodesk Inventor and SolidWorks.”
It’s economically viable to deploy CAD and product lifecycle management (PLM) document retrieval tools because, according to Talbot, “Our original intent was to develop and market a full-fledged technical document management [TDM] system with sophisticated document retrieval and viewing features, revision control, approval control, workflow, really the whole enchilada. However, when we surveyed our potential customers, we discovered that 90 percent of them would be perfectly happy with a lightweight TDM solution that would really focus on retrieval and viewing of engineering documents, as long as it was easy to use.”
With small and large engineer-to-order manufacturers there is often a core business surrounding reverse-engineering CAD and other document formats to produce visualization solutions. Technology solutions are able to turn a general purpose document management system into a full-fledged technical document management system.
The scope of these technologies reveals that even a lightweight document management solution, limited to indexing and retrieval, results in cost-effective lean process improvements. Several TDM technologies are designed for managing CAD and engineering drawings along with associated product documents such as office documents, e-mails, PDFs and photographs. Many technologies provide unique architectures that store all electronic files in a native format, allowing engineers to view drawings without the installed CAD application, and letting anyone share and access documents from anywhere in the world via Internet Explorer.
Elmo Solutions, the leader in extraction and processing of PDM metadata, announces the immediate availability of its Elmo Search software. Elmo Search is the world’s only affordable, enterprise search product designed to meet the distinct needs of CAD Managers, R&D Managers, IT managers, end-users and senior managers. Elmo Search enables searching within AutoCAD, Autodesk Inventor, Word, Excel, PDF files, emails, and many more document types. It is designed to increases employee efficiency and productivity by delivering highly accurate search results, in just a fraction of the time required by other technical document management (TDM) solutions. It also allows the creation of separate groups of documents, or “collections”, each targeted at specific groups of interests within the enterprise, while complying with existing file security permissions. Elmo Search also constantly monitors document changes in a document collection, automatically indexing new and updated documents on-the-fly within seconds.
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3D CAD software from www.emachineshop.com is intelligent software that allows you to create your own design and also check whether the design can be machined. All - at the click of a button. The software has been programmed to be easy to use both for engineers and for those without engineering experience. Informative messages and 3D view of the free CAD software are provided to guide you along. To have various parts priced and processed, the customers need to download the free CAD software from eMachineShop. The software works three in one, it allows the automated machinist expert, instant pricing and ordering system to work.
Interestingly, most CAD packages are designed to create general geometric shapes without regard for manufacturability, price, or setting up real jobs for ordering. eMachineShop makes packages designed from the ground up to serve all these functions in one seamless easy-yet-powerful package. The software download allows multiple delivery time options to choose from along with the price. Even the shipping cost is automatically calculated in the software. Once designs have been made and forwarded to the online machine shop, the countdown to delivery time begins.
eMachineShop does not review designs, but encourages customers to download the easy-to-use software and determine themselves whether eMachineShop can meet specific needs. The free CAD software performs many of the functions normally performed by people. The processes are highly efficient and cost of fabricating the job depends on the design, material selection, quantity, machine used et al. At www.emachineshop.com simple jobs on simple machines generally start at around $150 for setup and as low as $1 per part (or even lower) for simple parts. The eMachineShop is competitive on most types of parts- in small or large quantity, except for large heavy items with minimal machining.
An amazing facet about eMachineShop is that a single command in the software gives you a price in seconds. There is no time wasted with price quotations. Potential customers logging onto the eMachineShop simply draw or import the design, and get an instant price. Pertinently, eMachineShop does not accept emails requesting price quotations. Prices are provided by software download. Only a few moments needed to download the software allows you to discover an exciting new tool which can be used in many ways. The free CAD software allows for ordering by all major credit cards, check or money order. Assistance is just a click away.
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Elmo Solutions Inc. (http://www.elmosolutions.com/elmolink/elmo_link.htm?Ref=070108) is the leader in managing CAD/PLM metadata, and provides unique software products such
as Elmo Search, the enterprise search engine software for CAD/PLM and other documents; Elmo Link, a CAD companion software application that provides a live, bidirectional, “hot” link between CAD/PLM and MRP/ERP applications; and Elmo BoM, a standalone application that allows batch extraction of the metadata found in CAD/PLM documents in a single operation.
Elmo Link can process and synchronize a wide range of data from either side, including, but not limited to:
Part/Component/Assembly data: When any component, subassembly or assembly is processed, Elmo Link determines where appropriate metadata is sent, and updates it accordingly
Bills Of Materials: When an assembly or subassembly is being edited, a new updated Bill of Materials is produced, and sent to the MRP/ERP system, thus ensuring immediate and permanent consistency between PLM/CAD and MRP/ERP metadata
Routing instructions: Editing a drawing of a component or assembly automatically brings a scrolling list that shows the current manufacturing steps for that component. The end-user may then add or remove steps, as well as alter the sequence of operations at will. When done, an updated routing table is sent to the MRP system, and a copy is automatically inserted into the drawing
According to Ricardo Talbot, Chief Science Officer with Elmo Solutions, “Elmo Link is the only software application of its kind that offers such a unique and reliable way to unify CAD/PLM and MRP/ERP databases, while supporting such a wide range of CAD platforms. Upon saving a drawing, component or assembly for the first time, and at any moment afterwards, the user may enter and/or edit CAD data using possible values taken “live” from the MRP/ERP application. Upon end-user confirmation, the data is updated in both the PLM/CAD document and the MRP database, thus ensuring perfect synchronization of both data sets, and completely eliminating redundant data entry.”
About Elmo Solutions:
Elmo Solutions provides comprehensive professional services related to the creation, maintenance, transformation and processing of CAD/PLM metadata. Elmo Solutions is headquartered in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada and has users in 42 countries. Elmo Solutions is an offshoot of IRISCO du Québec Inc., a professional services company specializing in Products / Property / Project Lifecycle Management. Established in 1976, its customers include manufacturing companies, public utilities, engineering and government organizations.
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In the current issue of Quality Digest, manufacturing journalist, Thomas R. Cutler profiles Elmo Solutions in a feature article titled, Managing Technical Documents : Less is more. The article can be read in its entirety at http://qualitydigest.com/IQedit/QDarticle_text.lasso?articleid=12013
According to Ricardo Talbot, chief science officer for Elmo Solutions, “The biggest distinction in effective search tools that create and manage engineering documents is the capability to index, retrieve and display a wide range of CAD [computer-aided design] and imaging documents from AutoCAD, other Autodesk-flavored applications, Autodesk Inventor and SolidWorks.”
It’s economically viable to deploy CAD and product lifecycle management (PLM) document retrieval tools because, according to Talbot, “Our original intent was to develop and market a full-fledged technical document management [TDM] system with sophisticated document retrieval and viewing features, revision control, approval control, workflow, really the whole enchilada. However, when we surveyed our potential customers, we discovered that 90 percent of them would be perfectly happy with a lightweight TDM solution that would really focus on retrieval and viewing of engineering documents, as long as it was easy to use.
With small and large engineer-to-order manufacturers there is often a core business surrounding reverse-engineering CAD and other document formats to produce visualization solutions. Technology solutions are able to turn a general purpose document management system into a full-fledged technical document management system.
Elmo Solutions Inc. (http://www.elmosolutions.com) is the leader in managing CAD/PLM metadata, and provides unique software products such as Elmo Search, the enterprise search engine software for CAD/PLM and other documents; Elmo Link, a CAD companion software application that provides a live, bidirectional, “hot” link between CAD/PLM and MRP/ERP applications; and Elmo BoM, a standalone application that allows batch extraction of the metadata found in CAD/PLM documents in a single operation.
The scope of these technologies reveals that even a lightweight document management solution, limited to indexing and retrieval, results in cost-effective lean process improvements. Several TDM technologies are designed for managing CAD and engineering drawings along with associated product documents such as office documents, e-mails, PDFs and photographs. Many technologies provide unique architectures that store all electronic files in a native format, allowing engineers to view drawings without the installed CAD application, and letting anyone share and access documents from anywhere in the world via Internet Explorer.
Elmo Solutions, the leader in extraction and processing of PDM metadata, announces the immediate availability of its Elmo Search software. Elmo Search is the world’s only affordable, enterprise search product designed to meet the distinct needs of CAD Managers, R&D Managers, IT managers, end-users and senior managers. Elmo Search enables searching within AutoCAD, Autodesk Inventor, Word, Excel, PDF files, emails, and many more document types. It is designed to increases employee efficiency and productivity by delivering highly accurate search results, in just a fraction of the time required by other technical document management (TDM) solutions. It also allows the creation of separate groups of documents, or “collections”, each targeted at specific groups of interests within the enterprise, while complying with existing file security permissions. Elmo Search also constantly monitors document changes in a document collection, automatically indexing new and updated documents on-the-fly within seconds.
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FMEA Analysis? What is that?
FMEA stands for Failure Mode and Effects Analysis. Not that FMEA analysis has much to do with CNC, but you might come across it in your CAD studies. I will cover FMEA very briefly here. FMEA has really risen to power and prominence over the last few years because of software advancements and computing power increases. To sum up FMEA quickly, you are trying to find where and why some thing would fail or break before it actually does.
FMEA is a risk assessment technique for identifying possible failures in a system, part, assembly, process, etc. The Failure Mode part of FMEA are the ways, or modes, in which something might fail. Failures are any errors or defects that can be potential or actual. The Effects analysis of FMEA refers to studying the consequences of those failures.
CAD Software Price Points
I consider there to be a few different price points in the CAD Software Market. These can be categorized as hobby or professional price points. This is usually a good break as well in the features a program offers. Here is a quick run down.
Hobby CAD Software
Could possibly be free
$0-$500 price point
Could be 2D, 2.5D or 3D capable, usually 2D or 2.5D
Stand alone licenses
Meant for ease of user interface
Probably missing some advanced tools
Professional CAD Software
$500-$10,000 price point
2D, 2.5D and 3D capable
Network version that let multiple designers interact
Different modules or plug-ins like FMEA
Full featured, most every type of tool is available
Examples of Commercial CAD Software Programs
AutoCAD
Turbo CAD
IntelliCAD
Pro/Engineer
CAD Pro
Alibris
Solidworks
QuickCAD
Rhino3D
Before you buy you should really check out all the options. There are many types of software and each one is a bit different. You need to look over the advantages and disadvantages and then make the tough call.
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