Getting Started

By Dan Banach - Jan 17, 2008

To get started my background in CAD started as a mechanical designer with AutoCAD R9. Since then I’ve been training and consulting for the past 15 years at MasterGraphics where I’m currently the Director of Professional Learning. 

During the last 15 years I also wrote / co-wrote 12 books; 3 on Mechanical Desktop and 9 on Inventor. I’ve been involved with Autodesk’s Inventor Certification program and helped to create video tutorials for 4D Technologies on Inventor. I’ve also been a speaker at Autodesk University for the past 11 years. The CAD industry is going through a huge period of change. With the new operating systems removing the RAM limitations and the software programs maturing many barriers are being removed to why CAD hasn’t reached its potential. Some of the topics I’m thinking about writing about are:

• Preview technologies on Autodesk Labs
• DWF - What is it and how could it be used
• Digital Prototyping - What does it really mean
• 2D to 3D - Can I / should I make the change
• How to deal with multiple CAD platforms

Let me know if there are other topics that you would like to discuss.

Dan Banach
Director Professional Learning
MasterGraphics Inc.