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The survey is completed. See the results here: CAD Manager Survey Results And thanks to the hundreds of people who took the survey! - Robert Green Here are the questions from the survey: Your gender: : Your age: : How long have you been a CAD manager (years): : Your education: : Your country/region: : Your postal or zip code: : Which best describes your location: : Which best describes your industry: Does your company have single or multiple locations? Does your company operate internationally? How much do you make (in US$) total per year: : Has your salary/wage been cut? Has your salary/wage been frozen? Have your work hours been reduced? Is your position salaried or hourly? How many hours per week do you do CAD management duties? If hourly, do you receive overtime? Do you receive a yearly bonus or profit sharing? Has your company had layoffs due to the recession?n/a Yes No Have you been layed off due to the recession?n/a Yes No Which best describes your job situation at present? Which best describes the change in your company’s CAD usage since the recession began? Which best describes the change in your CAD management duties since the recession began? Are you under more pressure to be “project billable” now than before the recession? Are you under more pressure to “reduce overhead” now than before the recession? Has your company stopped purchasing hardware? Has your company stopped purchasing software subscriptions or software upgrades? Are you responsible for creating CAD standards? Are you responsible for enforcing CAD standards? Do your users see the need for CAD standards? Does senior management see the need for standards? Does management help you enforce standards? On a scale of 1 to 10 how hard is it to enforce CAD standards Do you specify hardware/software for purchase? Do you create the CAD budget? Can you make purchases on your own? Do you interview or hire staff? Can you discipline staff members? Can you fire staff members? How many CAD machines do you manage? How many CAD users do you support? Do you support hardware or does IT? Which best reflects your 2D/3D CAD usage? Do you exchange 3D models with clients/suppliers? Do you use digital prototyping tools? Are you researching BIM tools? Do you manage/support rendering software? Do you manage/support analysis software? Are you researching new 3D design tools? Have you already implemented BIM tools? Do you customize your CAD systems? Do you use AutoLISP? Do you use Visual Basic or VBA? Do you use Visual Basic .NET? Do you have a training budget? Has your training budget been cut? How many hours of training per year do your users receive (on average)? Which best describes your training program? What is your primary mode of training? Do you create your own training materials? Are you interested in using video training materials? Robert has provided CAD management consulting, programming and training services for clients throughout the United States and Canada since 1991. Reach Robert at rgreen@cad-manager.com

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