CANDEVCON LIMITED

The Challenge

CANDEVCON was looking to create a consistent appearance and internal structure for their drawings. Their goal was to standardize their entire engineering design workflow and improve its production of land development project deliverables.

They specifically wanted a training program that would train employees on their standardized procedures, improve the quality of work, and find efficient ways to complete repetitive tasks while enhancing their users’ knowledge base of the capabilities of their existing Autodesk software, Civil 3D and InfraWorks.

The Solution

The first half of the training was exclusively focused on training new staff on their new standard procedures. SolidCAD used CANDEVCON’s existing methods as a basis and formed a curriculum that would show users the best practices on how to facilitate the exchange of CAD data, add intelligence to the CAD drafting process and provide tips and tricks to better manage and integrate project data into a 3D design models.

The second half of the training was focused on teaching all users a variety of methods that would enhance their design workflow such as efficient ways to simplify profiling for road infrastructure, site plans, and subdivisions and how to apply these techniques to their existing projects.

The training program also included advanced techniques for all employees that would improve the production of project deliverables by teaching them how to manipulate the point-cloud data, use it within the company’s network and convert it into InfraWorks to create effective and valuable design presentations for clients.

The training program ended with customized sessions for their senior staff that provided an additional advanced knowledge of the capabilities of their existing Civil 3D software.

The Outcome

After undergoing the training, the CANDEVCON technical team significantly improved their skills. The design workflow was standardized, CAD drawing appearances and configuration became efficient which sped up design production while reducing the likelihood of errors. In addition, the use of added intelligence to the CAD drafting process reduced the effort and time spent on updating drawings as well.

In addition, CANDEVCON was able to develop robust 3D design models that incorporated data from geospatial and civil infrastructure data sources, giving them a competitive advantage when putting together detailed proposals when bidding on new projects. With new skills and the ability to add visualization techniques with InfraWorks, CANDEVCON was able to provide detailed and accurate designs to their clients.