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30-year engineering veteran shares his
MicroStation productivity secrets.
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| Arturo Gonzales, Carter & Burgess |
FORT WORTH, TEXAS, USA
— As a 30-year engineering veteran, Arturo Gonzales of
Carter & Burgess knows the complications that can occur
when trying to coordinate people with the goal of achieving
a common target, like completing a project on time. To get
people coordinated, Arturo has integrated MicroStation
Productivity Toolkit into his workflow to maximize efficiency
and ensure design file uniformity.
When asked how he unites his group to end up with the best
possible outcome for everyone involved his answer was, "I
go to my Toolkit and solve whatever issue arises with
one of my many remedies."
Read on for more details on how Arturo uses MicroStation
Productivity Toolkit to keep his projects on track.
MicroStation Today:
How did you get into CAD?
Arturo: I have been in the engineering field for over thirty
years. My first job was as a surveyor during my senior year
of high school. After college, I moved to the Dallas/Fort
Worth area (Texas) and worked as a drafter for a structural
steel company. Then, I made my way into the civil engineering
field and was introduced to CAD, and a few years later, to
MicroStation.
During my career, I have accomplished some noteworthy milestones.
First: introducing CAD to two engineering firms and helping
them implement CAD standards. Second: teaching CAD professionally
for two years. Third: being involved in the start-up of a
CAD user group in the Phoenix, Arizona area.
I am the go-to guy. I am regularly asked by my employers to
lead or be involved in educating other employees and researching
new products to keep the company competitive in the marketplace.
MST: Can you give some
details on what you do?
Arturo: I work with the design of 1,000,000+ square feet distribution
centers, across the United States. I will usually start with
exhibits for local agencies to review our concept. Then, I
will lay out our site design. From there, others in our group
will begin their designs for storm drain and grading. I will
later on, start creating designs for utilities, paving and
erosion protection. Also, I review designs for basic concept
uniformity. I ensure that company standards are being followed.
This entails quality-controlling the plans at periodic points
in the design stage.
MST: How do Axiom utilities
help you with those issues?
Arturo: I really cannot do without FileFixer, RefManager
and RefFence.
Design file corruption has been a common issue that has been
easy to overcome with FileFixer. I get called often
to find out why the DGN files won't act normally. When others
have exhausted their ideas, I will usually end up repairing
the files with FileFixer. Being trained on FileFixer
has helped tremendously.
Also, supervising design updates and file revisions across
disciplines has been made easier with RefManager and
RefFence. Routinely, when we start up a new project, we
need to change file names and references in all the DGN files
for a project. This can add up to over a hundred sheets, just
for the civil files. RefManager is invaluable in this
scenario and has made this a much simpler task.
Finally, DgnCompare is a wonderful tool to note, as
it distinguishes between revisions and shows me how changes
effect the concept of our overall design.
MST: How have Axiom products benefited
your company?
Arturo: I know many man-hours are saved when we use these
products. I can only imagine what the dollar savings are.
What I do know is this ? not staying late to rebuild or revise
drawings is priceless.
MST: Thank you, Arturo.
Arturo: Thank you for this article. After 30+ years in the
engineering field, I am very humbled by your company's recognition.
Call now!
For more information on MicroStation
ProductivityToolkit contact an Axiom MicroStation
Consultant today! Call 727-442-7774 extension 9540 or e-mail
9540@AxiomInt.com.
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