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Responsibilities of Mechanical CAD Drafters

Author: Laxmi Singh
by Laxmi Singh
Posted: Dec 15, 2013

http://www.designpresentation.co.uk Mechanical CAD Drafting is not everyone’s cup of tea. It requires a drafter to be highly skilful so that he can develop a drawing which is the best combination of mechanical and CAD expertise. Not, just any CAD professional can draft a drawing, which is made with optimum accuracy and legible to mechanical engineers in terms of lines, arcs, symbols and text.

Instruction made only through text to the engineers for constructing a system, machine or product was not enough. It was legible but, they had to imagine everything instead of reading the instructions in the form of drawings or 3D models. Therefore, the responsibilities of drafters get very high because they are accountable to provide optimum quality drawings with accurate dimensions in quick turnaround time interval.

The best mechanical drafter is the one, who can bear the responsibilities of -

  • Expanding detailed designs and specifications for mechanical equipments
  • Computing mathematical formulas required to design mechanical components
  • Instructing necessary details in the drawing
  • Analyzing sketches to give ideas to the component design
  • Modifying the design in order to bring down the number of problems which could occur at the time of construction

A perfect drafter is the one who can stay accountable for dimensions and scales and can work as a team with other drafters to get flawless results. They can provide drawings of mechanical assemblies, architectural schematics, auto component designs, and structural designs etc. They can create as many layers of these drawings as required. These layers are created to explain and understand the different components of the design separately. This helps to make complex diagrams very simple by splitting them into many separate layers.

As it requires extremely expert and experienced professional to create these designs, it becomes expensive for a company to hire full time professionals to get the drawings made. Therefore, outsourcing their work to other companies becomes a cheap alternative for them. These companies offer high quality drafting services, cost-effective services, quick turnaround time intervals, security of the data, and stringently following the instructions of the client etc.

Some western companies also outsource their work to other countries like India where there they get fine professionals at cost-effective prices. Moreover, they also do not find it difficult to communicate with them as English is the second most spoken language after regional languages. Therefore, taking all the responsibilities into account, Mechanical CAD Drafting requires highly skilled professionals. http://www.designpresentation.co.uk

About the Author

DP Associates offer CAD Services for CAD Conversion, CAD Drafting, Floor Plans, Renderings and Walk-throughs etc. We handle projects as per technical specifications provided by the client.

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