Data Management

Data Management - Product Stream and Vault


For a data management solution that works seamlessly in your business, CAD Enhancement, Inc. offers custom programming (on the .NET platform) and data migration services. Often times, even the smallest things can make big improvements for your organization's use of these powerful data management tools.

Let CAD Enhancement, Inc. help tailor a data management solution to meet your exact needs, business drivers, network environment, and workflow. Contact us today.

Contact CAD Enhancement, Inc. to discuss how we can provide the tools to:

  • Let the Vault or Product Stream automatically pull a number to apply to your part and/or assembly as you are working in your file. This tool will also pull the next available number for you.
  • Automatically create a PDF and/or DXF file for you upon check in to Inventor or Product Stream.
  • Create a process in standard Vault that does NOT allow the check in/out for selected objects unless permissions are available.

Revit Family Creation

Could you be missing out on market share by not having your products available in the latest Revit® platform? For years, CAD data has been sufficient to supply architects and specifiers with digital content for their plans. Today, however, more and more firms are switching to the Autodesk Revit® platform that delivers a parametric building information model. What can you do to make your products available to the design community today?

Let CAD Enhancement transform your CAD data into designer-friendly Revit® "Families." Similar to a CAD block or symbols library, Families are standardized graphics and/or models ready to be inserted in a Revit design. Most importantly, a Revit® Family is what the designers that are looking to specify your products need from you. CAD Enhancement can help you deliver.

We are in the process of doing demo's of the FAR solution, Contact us if you would like to have a demo

Click here to learn about CAD Enhancement's FAR solution - a software development tool which automates the creation of Revit families

We have a total of 4 short video segments on YouTube demonstrating the capabilities of the FAR Manager; BIM Manager Utility Tool and the ability to create a Revit Family from an Inventor file.

Click on the following links to see the YouTube video clips:
1.) the FAR Manager Search capabilities

2.) the FAR Manager - Importing Types capabilities

3.) the BIM Manager Utility Tool capabilities

4.) from an Inventor file to Revit Family


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Click Here to read about Managing Revit Family Data

The Far Manager/Bim manager Tool set - Content manager

The Far Designer - a type catalog tool

Contact us today to learn how we can get started developing designer-friendly Revit® Families for your product line(s).

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Contact Us

Contact us at info@CADEnhancement.com

9351 Cortland Ct.
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About Us

As an engineering service company specializing in CAD-related services, CAD Enhancement, Inc. delivers cutting-edge programming, automation, and consulting services using the latest technology. It is our goal to serve you by becoming an extension of your engineering department, providing the support you need to meet design requirements, quality standards, and project deadlines.

Migration Feasibility & Implementation

Considering a technology migration? Whether moving to a new CAD platform or considering a transition from a 2D into a 3D environment, let CEI deliver an objective perspective on ROI analysis. We are not software resellers; we have no quotas to fill. We will work to understand your business, then offer honest advice on technology changes that may, or may not, be prudent for your business. CEI also stands by our recommendations by offering full migration services ­- workflow adaptations, data migrations, and best practices consulting.

Outsourced CAD Drafting

Need additional staff? Extend your in-house resources while keeping overhead at a minimum. CAD Enhancement, Inc. offers on-demand staffing services that, as needed, can offer you the skills required to complete onsite or offsite projects.

In today’s economy and fluctuating work flows many companies have not been able to sustain the costs for in-house design / drafting services. CAD Enhancement’s ‘CAD on demand’ services provide a solution to get the job done by experienced professionals who understand you must meet your deadline to maintain your customer’s trust and confidence. We can support your design / drafting needs whether you have a few drawings, a whole project or months of red marks that need to be completed. No job is too big or too small!

‘CAD on demand’ services can include:
· General design / drafting tasks using any AutoDesk software such as AutoCAD; Inventor; Revit, etc.
· Engineering Change Orders (ECOs)
· Engineering Change Notices (ECNs)
· Fabrication Drawings
· Red Marks / Red Lines / As builts

What are the advantages of using CAD Enhancement’s ‘CAD on demand’ services?
· To reduce the overhead costs
· To handle fluctuations in workflow
· To utilize in-house labor more efficiently
· To alleviate in-house staffing concerns
· To utilize the latest technology and resources without the associated costs
· To improve quality of documents
· To allow small businesses to play on a larger field
· To keep up with the competition
· No job is too big or too small.

Contact us today to discuss your ‘CAD on demand’ design/drafting needs.

Business Process Automation

Are your customers getting the most out of your CAD investment? CAD Enhancement Inc. offers the latest technology which will allow you to integrate the efforts of sales, marketing, and accounting with the design and drafting department. CEI has created customized programs for engineer-to order and sales-engineering automation systems that will improve customer satisfaction, speed up the sales process, and increase profitability.

Family Automation Revit (FAR)

CAD Enhancement, Inc. uses the FAR process, our unique software development process, to help manufacturers automate the creation of Revit families. Using the FAR process, CAD Enhancement ensures that manufacturers are maintaining the integrity of their product while providing the most accurate product data to architects who are using their products in their building designs.

Benefits of FAR for Manufacturers:
· Manufacturer maintains control of the Revit families with assurance the product specifications are accurate
· No need to maintain Revit Families as it can be an automated process
· No staff required on Revit – if individual families need to be created – see CAD Enhancement ‘CAD on demand’ service
· Ease to make adjustments for product changes
· Create a simple customization solution for easy, quick and accurate Revit families to Architects for configurable products
· This tool can be developed for accessibility to customers and prospects via the Manufacturer’s website

Benefits of FAR for Architects:
· Manufacturers using FAR will provide approved Revit families assuring product data accuracy compared to what is found on various websites on the Internet
· Clean Revit files – no importing / exporting overhead in your project files
· More efficient - improves productivity as there is no need to re-create an inaccurate Revit family
· No need to manage Revit files created by companies using FAR
· Accessibility to accurate data is crucial to designing a better building
· Allows Architects to use the efficiencies of the BIM (Building Information Modeling) platform as it was intended to be used

Contact us today to learn how FAR can improve productivity, accuracy and coordination of Revit Families for you.

We have added a blog to allow you to comment and /or ask questions about the FAR program.

CAD Practices Optimization

Are you getting the most out of your CAD investment? CAD Enhancement Inc. will conduct an onsite analysis of your current CAD practices, configuration settings, processes, and procedures to identify areas where time and money can be saved. Based on our findings, we can implement pre-fabricated solutions or have our programmers customize a solution that best fits your business needs.

BlockEdit+

Save time on design and drafting by making changes quickly and easily to dynamic properties and attributes. CAD Enhancement Inc. has created a product to simplify block editing. Block Edit+ allows you to edit dynamic blocks, and even nested blocks, easily without ever needing to explode, maintaining its dynamic state.

Benefits:

  • Edit attributes of nested blocks quickly and easily
  • Block Functionality Preservation
  • Maintains precision and accuracy of drawings
  • Saves time and money


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Far Manager / BIM Manager




CAD Enhancement, Inc. is extending the use of the FAR Manager and BIM Manager tool set for Revit 2010 to Architects for FREE. The FAR Manager is a content manager tool that allows Architects to manage their Revit Family content, including search functions, etc.

To download the Far Manager and the BIM Manager http://www.revitcatalog.com/FarSignup/default.aspx

Some of the capabilities of the FAR Manager that an Architect can utilize include:
  • Load/import by Revit Family or just Type
  • Manage the Types - add, delete and change
  • Change any values to your Parameters
  • Add Parameters and Types to the Family
  • Search for Families within your network by File Name, Category, Sub-category, Type, Parameter and their value.



Some of the capabilities of the BIM Manager tool include:
  • Batch add/edit Parameters
  • Batch delete Parameters
  • Catalog Families for quick search capabilities
  • Control/manage the folders of the Families that the users can retrieve when using the FAR Manager
As more Manufacturers implement the FAR Process you will have access to download Families from http://www.revitcatalog.com/ that have been reviewed and approved by the Manufacturers as well as Architects in addition to having the ability to create Revit Families with the detail you desire for your BIM projects.


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