CAD management plays a key role in the deployment and use of the product by a company, but its role can be different from company to company.
Some of the responsibilities of a CAD manager or administrator include:
- Overseeing a group of users that might include drafters, designers, architects, and engineers
- Installing the product, or defining the installation options that should be used to install the product by the IT department
- Customizing the product to be more efficient based on company hardware, workflow, discipline-specific requirements, and CAD standards
- Providing training to users that they oversee
Specific tasks that are usually associated with CAD management include:
- Installing and licensing the product
- Migrating custom settings and files from a previous product release
- Defining and managing CAD standards
- Configuring plotters and plot styles
- Evaluating and integrating new features in the latest or recent product releases
- Customizing the product and programming applications and utilities
- Evaluating and purchasing new hardware