CAD Manager's 2011 Survey

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Your gender: :

 

 

Your age: :

 

 

How long have you been a CAD manager (years)

 

 

Your education: :

 

 

Your country/region: :

 

 

How much do you make (in US$) total per year: :

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Is your position salaried or hourly?

 

 

 

If hourly, do you receive overtime?

 

 

 

Do you receive a yearly bonus or profit sharing?

 

 

 

 

Has your salary/wage been cut in the last year?

 

 

Has your salary/wage been frozen in the last year?

 

 

 

Have you received a raise in the last year?

 

 

 

 

Do you recieve company provided health insurace (US only)?

 

 

 

 

     

Company Size

 

   
Which best describes your industry (choose the best fit):

 

    
Which best describes your business model (choose the best fit):

 

      
Does your company have single or multiple locations?     

 

Does your company operate internationally?     
If multiple, how many locations?

 

    
Do you run CAD software in the cloud?       

 

If you use the cloud, what's the main reason?       

 

Do you use any type of data synchronization or duplication software?       

 

Do you use any type of data synchronization or accleration hardware devices?       

 

Do you use remote graphics to access server based CAD software?       

 

     

Economic Uncertainty

 

   
Has your company had layoffs in the past year?

 
Have your work hours been reduced?

 

 

 

Have you been layed off from a job during the 2009-2011 recession?  

 

Which best describes your job situation at present?

 

 

 

Is your company buying new hardware?

 

 
Is your company allowing software licenses and/or subscriptions to lapse?

 

 

Which best describes the change in your company's CAD usage THIS YEAR?

 

 

     
Job Factors    

Are you a part time or full time CAD manager?

 

 

 

Would you like to be a full time CAD manager?

 

 

 

How many hours per week do you do CAD management duties?

 

    

Which best describes the change in your CAD management duties since the recession began?

 

 

Are you under more pressure to be "project billable" now than last year?

 

 

Are you under more pressure to "reduce overhead" now than last year?

 

 

Do you feel that your management supports you and CAD management in general?

 

 

 

What department do you report to?

 

 

 

Do you feel that your management supports you and CAD management in general?

 

 

 

Do you feel that CAD management is valued at your company?

 

 

 

Do you feel that your opinion is respected?

 

 

 

 

 
 

Standards, Budget & Authority

 

   
Are you responsible for creating CAD standards?

 

 
Are you responsible for enforcing CAD standards?

 

 
Do your users see the need for CAD standards?

 

 
Does senior management see the need for standards?

 

 
Does management help you enforce standards?

 

 
On a scale of 1 to 10 how hard is it to enforce CAD standards (1 means easy 10 means impossible)?

 

 
Do you specify hardware/software for purchase?  
Do you create the CAD budget?  
Do you have "signature authority" to make purchases on your own?

 

   
Do you interview or hire staff?  
Can you discipline staff members?  
Can you fire staff members?  

 

Software/Hardware/User 

 

   
How many CAD machines do you manage?  
How many CAD users do you support?  
Do you support hardware or does IT?  
How many hours do you spend on IT per week?    
Which best reflects the main CAD package? (the package you do the MOST work with)    
Which best reflects your secondary CAD package? (the package you use less often than the main package above)    
Which best reflects your 2D/3D CAD usage?  
Do you exchange 3D models with clients/suppliers?    
Do you use digital prototyping tools?  
Are you researching BIM tools?  
Do you manage/support rendering software?  
Do you manage/support analysis software?    
Are you researching new 3D design tools?  
Have you already implemented BIM tools?  
Do you customize your CAD systems?  
Do you use AutoLISP?  
Do you use Visual Basic or VBA?  
Do you use Visual Basic .NET?  

 

Training

 

   
How many hours of training per year do your users receive (on average)?      
Has your training budget increased or decreased this past year?       
Has your training budget increased or decreased this past year?     
Do you perform some, none or all of your training?

 

 

 

Do you use outside resources to help you train?

 

      
What methods of in house training do you use? (select all that apply using Ctrl-Click)    
     
Do you use "classroom training" in house?

 

      
Do you create your own training materials?

 

    
Are you interested in creating your own video lessons?

 

 

Which best describes your training program?    
      

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