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CAD workstations

A CAD workstation is where a deadline is won or lost: we deploy the software by script, watch the licences and keep the machine fast, so a model opens the same way on every desk.

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A workstation that opens the model on deadline day.

Office laptops are alike; CAD workstations aren’t. They run the software your projects depend on, Revit, AutoCAD, iTWO and Bluebeam, in versions the project dictates, on graphics drivers the software is picky about, against licence servers that have to answer. The submission evening is when all of that is tested at once. So we run these machines differently from the rest: the same baseline where it fits, their own rules where it doesn’t, and every rule written down. The goal is a workstation nobody has to think about, and a model that opens the same way on every desk.

What we set up

The same rules on every CAD desk, written down.

Each workstation gets the software its team needs, in the version the projects need, from a script that checks before it changes anything.

  • Software by script

    Revit, AutoCAD, iTWO, Bluebeam and the add-ins your teams use are installed and updated by tested scripts, the same way on every workstation. A new one is set up from the list, not from memory.

  • Versions the project dictates

    A model opens in the version it was made in. Which version a workstation carries is decided per project and written down, so an update never arrives in the middle of a submission.

  • Licence servers watched

    Where your software draws its licence from a server, that server is on the monitoring like any other system, so a licence that stops answering is seen before the whole team is locked out.

  • Drivers pinned, not surprised

    Graphics drivers are kept to the versions your CAD software supports and changed deliberately, with a pilot group first, never by a background update on deadline day.

  • Hosted applications, only where needed

    Software your vendor hosts, such as iTWO over Citrix, gets its client in exactly the version the vendor needs, on the machines that need it and no others. A new estimating desk is one change in a list.

  • Kept fast

    Disk, memory and graphics are watched per workstation. A machine that fills up or slows down is seen on our screens, and a workstation reaching the end of its life goes on the roadmap before it stalls a project.

On record

In your documentation and the monthly report.

  • Every CAD workstation: its hardware, its software versions and who works on it
  • The version each project runs, and the date it was last changed
  • The licence servers and what draws from them
  • Workstations reaching the end of their life, ahead of next year’s budget

What usually goes wrong on CAD workstations.

  • An update the night before a submission

    A background update to Revit or to a graphics driver lands on the evening the model has to go out, and the model won’t open. CAD software is updated deliberately or not at all.

  • The licence server nobody watches

    It runs on an old machine in a corner, and the first sign it has stopped is a whole team locked out at nine in the morning.

  • Every workstation its own island

    Set up by hand, by whoever did it last, so no two carry the same versions and a model behaves differently on every desk.

Guides

Written from real work.

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Questions we get

Can you support Revit, AutoCAD, iTWO and Bluebeam questions themselves?

We install, update and license the software and keep the workstations it runs on healthy. For deep application questions, how a feature behaves inside Revit, say, we work with the vendor directly and stay on the ticket until it’s answered.

Do you also run our licence servers?

Yes, where your software uses one. It is documented and monitored like every other system, and its renewals go into the monthly report before they’re due.

What about software our vendor hosts, like iTWO over Citrix?

We don’t run the vendor’s hosted environment, the vendor does. We make sure every machine that needs it has the client in exactly the version the vendor requires, and nothing else does, so a new desk is one change in a list.

What happens if a workstation fails on deadline day?

An engineer who knows your setup picks it up. Because every workstation is built from the same list, a replacement carries the same software and versions, and the project data lives on your file shares, not on the machine.

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Would your models open on every desk tonight?

In a first call we go through which software your projects depend on, how your workstations are set up and updated today, and what would change with every CAD desk on one list.

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