D. Hilton has over twenty-five years graphic design experience on Macintosh and PC platforms using primarily InDesign, Quark Xpress, Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat and Microsoft Office. As an architectural and structural draftsperson, she is also adept at preparing plans, details and as-builts from client sketches and specifications using AutoCAD 2011. Ms. Hilton can prepare (2d) cost-effective photographic mock-ups of architectural structures. She is experienced in creating creative websites using CSS, HTML and Dreamweaver.

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1. Describe a project that was particularly challenging. What was challenging about it? What was the solution and what results did you achieve?

   I draw floor plans of existing homes for my husband who makes scaled birdhouses. The challenging part is that I often don’t have any dimensions to work from, so I have to interpolate the footprint and door and window sizes from photographs. I generally use standard sizes to get the best approximation.

2. Which CAD software programs do you find the most useful for the kind of work that you do?

   AutoCAD 2011

3. What are the pros and cons of the various CAD software programs that you use?

   I only use AutoCAD. I use other programs for other purposes, like Adobe products for graphic design.

4. How do you keep yourself up-to-date with the various developments in your field of work?

   I read on-line articles and talk to colleagues. Also, help forums for help.

5. Which new skills have you acquired in the past year? What new skills do you plan to acquire in the future?

   Just keeping up with the new features in the software is a full-time job 🙂

6. Are there any kinds of activities that you feel are better to outsource or subcontract than to do yourself?

   N/A

7. Send us some samples of your work, in any format (DWG, PDF, JPEG, DXF,etc.), along with a description of each sample.

   Attached is a set of drawings for a structural engineer. Also, see my website of examples:

   http://www.ilikeitdesign.com/drafting/autocad.html

8. Testimonials you would like to send us from your existing customers.

   I have never asked for any.

Sulskis has been working since 2001 on CAD-based projects. He is a qualified mechanical engineer with a master’s degree from Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania.
Mr. A. Sulskis has extensive experience in SolidWork, including 3D modeling of plastic parts, metal parts. He also provides surface modeling services and FEM analysis. He has worked for over fifteen years for a company that develops and produces devices for electricity measurement and control applied in residential, commercial and industrial sectors. He works on electronics and electrical product designs. He designs for small companies who do not have their own mechanical engineer.
He has designed plastic cases (produced by injection molding), enclosures for electronic and electric devices and product conceptual designs. He feels that the most interesting project that he has worked on was creating a finger print access control with touchscreen panel. It represented the latest equipment and technology, and was something new for him. The challenge was to make the device compact and attractive to the consumer.

He is skilled at creating 2D drawings, 3D models and renderings. His passion is aviation and he has an abiding interest in 3D modeling of aircrafts and sailplanes. He has specialized in aviation components, electrical designs, fixtures and furniture designs, machine designs, construction and industrial designs.

He works mainly on SolidWorks because he finds it suitable for modeling, drawing and rendering. He is also competent in AutoCAD, Autodesk Fusion 360 (for 3D), Bentley MicroStation (for 2D and 3D designing), DraftSight for (2D design and drafting), KeyShot (for 3D rendering), Onshape and Parasolid.
Mr. Sulskis enjoys working on time-bound projects as he likes to find the best technical solution and implement it.

He uses e-mail or Skype to provide CAD consulting services to clients located overseas.

A. Ali is an Interior Designer and 3d modeler. He is an expert in AutoCAD, and provides drafting, designing and 3d modeling services. He has a certificate in interior designing from CRISP and 3ds Max with V-ray.

Interview with Mr. A. Ali

1. What kinds of clients do you serve?

   All kinds of companies that require machining of car parts. I design car or industrial part machining lines, including design of special machines, fixtures, transfer lines, FMS lines and multi spindles.

2. What was the most interesting CAD project that you ever worked on? What made it interesting?
   What challenges did you face?

   Design the metalic car parts production & machining lines like the Peugeot 206 & 504 pivot and rear arme, the Renault drive shaft, a KIA Motors cylinder block and head, and EF7 motor cylinder block & head and brake disk lines.

3. Of the software tools that you use, which is your favorite and why?

   Mechanical Desktop , because it has very powerful 2D. And Catia software , because it has very powerful 3D, analyse, and CAM. Also, Master CAM and Powermill.

4. What trends are you observing in the market for CAD services? How have these trends affected you, and how are you responding to them?

   The latest technologies enable us to finish projects quick and easy.

5. What do you like about working as an interim CAD draftsman or external CAD consultant working on a time-bound project?

   I can work both on site and remotely.

6. Have you ever provided CAD consulting services remotely, either via phone, the Web or email?
   Do you use any screen sharing tools (like Webex, Skype, or GoToMeeting), and are they effective?
   What kinds of questions and problems could you tackle remotely?
   Are there any issues that you feel are better handled face-to-face?

   Face to face is best, and after that is email. Skype is last because my net connection speed is not good.

K. Karnakaran is an independent CAD drafting person. He is an expert in preparing any type of 2D drawings using Autocad and Coreldraw.

M. Irfan performs the following services:

• 2D CAD Drafting
• Paper to CAD Conversion
• Working drawings from Conceptual sketches
• Converting 2-D drawings to 3-D models

Mr. Irfan is experienced in a wide range of projects, including the following:

• Landscape drawings
• Residential areas
• Public parks and playgrounds
• College campuses
• Shopping centres

Y. Sharma is a provider of Design Support Services, focusing on the following activities:

1. Civil/ Structural Engineering:

   Provides Design, Analysis, Drafting & Detailing services for: a. Industrial Structures like Plant Buildings (both RCC & Steel Structures), Compressor House with EOT Cranes, Substation Buildings with Transformers, Control Rooms, Workshop Buildings, Pipe & Cable Racks, Conveyor gantries & Transfer towers, Stack like structures like chimneys, flare stacks, Static & Dynamic Equipment Foundations, Cooling Tower Basin & Pump House. b. Utilities: like Water Supply Systems with Surface & Ground Water, Roads, Drainage & Sewerage Storage Reservoirs. c. Building Structures: like Healthcare Buildings, Hospitality & resort Buildings, Educational Buildings, Commercial & Retail, Residential Buildings & Complexes. d. Steel Detailing: Also works on Tekla (X-Steel), Strucad and Autocad, and can produce Shop drawings, Fabrication drawings, Rebar details, Erection/ Field Drawings, material take offs and As-built drawings.

2. Architecture:

   Provides the following services: a. Schematic Design b. Design Development c. Construction Documentation d. As-built, Record & Shop Drawings e. 2D to 3D (BIM) Conversion. Works on 2D Software like AutoCad and BIM Software like Revit and have experience of working on Healthcare, Education, Commercial, Retail, Mixed Use, Residential & Industrial projects.

3. Mechanical Engineering:

   Provides Design, Analysis, Drafting & Detailing services for Bulk Material Handling.

Venkatesh constructs projects involving structural and mechanical design and drafting. He is skilled in the use of Skype and Mikogo to interact and share screens with clients, and often uses them to exchange details with colleagues. He is competent in the use of AutoCAD 2D and 3D as well as Revit and specializes in 3D modelling. He is also competent in ArchiCAD and Rhinoceros 3D.

He has created simulations for heating and ventilation systems using Revit. He also handles projects involving raster to vector conversions. One of the projects that he found most challenging was with Esplanade One Mall in Bhubaneswar for which he worked on the technology of facade and curtain wall glazing. He is also skilled in flying ribbon modelling which was also applied in this project.

Over the last few years he has worked on a number of projects for steel contractors and real estate clients in Australia. He has worked on product design for a leading global contractor in engineering and interior systems. He also specializes in conceptual modelling using grasshopper code and Tekla for steel modelling.

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