{"id":710,"date":"2010-01-31T16:49:08","date_gmt":"2010-01-31T21:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/example.org\/normal---0---------------false---false---false------en-us---x-none---x-none------------------------------------------mi"},"modified":"2010-01-31T16:49:08","modified_gmt":"2010-01-31T21:49:08","slug":"normal-0-false-false-false-en-us-x-none-x-none-mi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/2010\/01\/normal-0-false-false-false-en-us-x-none-x-none-mi.html","title":{"rendered":"Drawings Rountable and Product Specialist Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"

Post by Chris McAndrew, official Internet Correspondent of Solidworks 2010. All content cross posted at https:\/\/www.3dEngr.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

First up on the schedule at SolidWorks World is a Round table
\ndiscussion titled \u201cMagic Drawings\u201d. These round tables were just recently
\ndescribed to me by Jeff Mirisola (of Jeff \u2018s Toolshed<\/a>) as \u201cA bunch of power
\nusers sitting around bashing the product\u201d. 
\n<\/span>Now this may be the case but when I heard that I just couldn\u2019t help but
\nthink, squeaky wheel. The sessions are held in one of the ballrooms at the
\nMarriott and are setup to accommodate about 20-25 folks and we\u2019ve got about a
\nquarter of the seats filled.<\/p>\n

Put on by two SolidWorks employees Marc Leizza and Melissa
\nAppel the session is used to gather information on what users need and where
\nindustry is going. Mark led off with the question \u201c If you had a magic wand,
\nwhat would be the ultimate way to create a drawing. Would you even create a
\ndrawing. SolidWorks aside, what is your ideal case?\u201d Nothing like being open
\nended to drive innovation.<\/p>\n

One attendee wants to eliminate the time spent making a
\ndrawing, adhering to standards and generally wasting time doing repetitive tasks.
\n <\/span>\u201cLet me just design the product. I want
\nit to automatically create drawings, I hate detailing,  <\/span>drawings are required but it\u2019s a waste of my
\ntime.\u201d  <\/span>An hour later in the round table the
\nsame user also commented that when doing these tedious tasks he routinely
\ncatches mistakes or issues that require further clarification. It is this dichotomy that allows me to give the benefit of the doubt to software providers
\nwhen things inevitably do not work the way I expect or wish.<\/p>\n

The discussion was lively with Marc driving by adding a few
\nquestions. Can you go paperless, WOULD you go paperless. What can be done to
\nmake drawing creation easier. The attendees generally seem knowledgeable and
\nall clearly have used the software for some time. Of course a few comments were
\ngreeted with chuckles and admissions of using outdated (read 2008) software but
\ngenerally refereed to big picture items rather than nit picky bugs and errors in
\nthe current builds.<\/p>\n

The consensus here is that drawings are outdated but
\nrequired. They are required for certain situations where QA is required or a
\ncomputer can not go. I\u2019m 24, my solution to everything is put it on a computer
\nscreen.  <\/span>This is why I am *almost* for
\nthe iPad, I think it will make a tablet more ubiquitous. It is a marriage of
\nthe old school, which still dominates much of the manufacturing world, and the
\nnew school (my group that says \u201cJust give them a screen\u201d).  <\/span>With CNC, rapid prototyping and 3D going
\neverywhere I no longer buy into the paper as king. Paper is too static. Paper
\nis a fire, one temperature hope it is the right temperature and I\u2019ll guess at
\nthe time. Screens, be it tablet or not, are ovens or maybe even microwaves.
\nSure the learning curve is a little bit steeper but the result is a better
\nproduct. Now with this analogy of course there are still things that are better
\nover an open flame and it is not going away. A tablet allows a way to give
\npaper power. Forget a section view, let whoever is holding the paper create it.
\nProduction floor confused about final geometry, let them spin the drawing iso
\nview around and zoom in.<\/p>\n

So what is in store for drawings? Will SolidWorks one day
\ninclude a do my job button. Maybe some AI will allow it to see what is
\nhappening day in and day out and learn how to do it alone. Roll into work in
\nthe morning and have all the drawings for that day on the screen. Dimensioning
\nout of the way, GD&T standards all followed, coffee piping hot.  <\/span><\/p>\n

After listening to input on what the ideal software would be
\nlike Marc and Melissa wrapped up by giving out some contact info and requesting
\neveryone to let them know directly if they had other issues. Then I got a chance
\nto sit down with Marc for a few moments and ask him about the session and his
\ntime. For a man who spent all day Saturday helping aplha testers, is running 3
\nround tables today, and has a host of meetings on his schedule he seemed
\ngenerally happy to give me a minute of his time.<\/p>\n

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