CAD Services: Finding the Good Ones

Let’s face it, there are thousands of CAD service providers. How do you find one that’s really good?

We now have proven ways
to garner opinions using incomparable technology. I’m talking about the
Internet. To answer the earlier question, all one has to do is go to
good forums related to architecture and either:

• See if anyone has asked the question already and gotten an answer (in which case your work is done) or, if not
• Register for the forum (most are free), ask the question yourself and wait for an answer.

To save you trouble, just before writing this post we searched the Internet for good engineering and architectural forums. Here’s a ready-made list for you:

Engineering forums:

www.eng-tips.com
www.engineeringforum.org
www.engineersedge.com

Architectural forums:

http://architecture.about.com/mpboards.htm
http://arch.designcommunity.com/
http://www.topix.com/forum/business/architecture
http://construction.com/community/forums.aspx
http://www.contractortalk.com/index.php?s=96b878c7ce987d772ed7d7dd75728bba
http://www.archsociety.com/

To search even further
for a good CAD services provider, you might try Yahoo answers. Just ask
your question; answers usually appear in less than an hour.

Once you have some names,
go through due diligence in evaluating the firms. Check communication
capabilities, speed, accuracy, timeliness, prices, CAD platforms used
and track record.

More on each of these in subsequent posts!