About CAD Management

CAD management plays a key role in the deployment and use of the product by a company, but its role can be different from company to company.

Some of the responsibilities of a CAD manager or administrator include:

• Overseeing a group of users that might include drafters, designers, architects, and engineers
• Installing the product, or defining the installation options that should be used to install the product by the IT department
• Customizing the product to be more efficient based on company hardware, workflow, discipline-specific requirements, and CAD standards
• Providing training to users that they oversee

Specific tasks that are usually associated with CAD management include:

• Installing and licensing the product
• Migrating custom settings and files from a previous product release
• Defining and managing CAD standards
• Configuring plotters and plot styles
• Evaluating and integrating new features in the latest or recent product releases
• Customizing the product and programming applications and utilities
• Evaluating and purchasing new hardware