CAD CUSTOMIZATION
It is a bit hard to fathom what each individual user may find useful to accomplish very specific tasks.
CAD systems have capability of customizing CAD software's to cater to the needs of users.
CAD customization is the activity of creating specific enhancements or tools to support CAD software.
As name suggests,CAD customization means coustmizing or configuring OOTB(out of the box)CAD software to suit the specific needs of a particular organisation.
We use following two mechanism to customize CAD softwares.
Record-Edit-Play of a macro or VB code
Develop an Add-On using Open APIs or toolkits.
BENIFITS OF CAD CUSTOMIZATION
Access to functionality that does not exists in the OOTB package.
Improving the efficiency of the team by providing tools for faster development.
Reducing the manual error in performing many tasks.
Reducing the skill requirement for the operator(A wizard for a process can allow a user with relatively less experience ro complete the tasks).
Capture and protect the proprietary domain knowledge in a custom command/wizard.
By applying time saving automation,it increases productivity.
Reduces workload by hude proportion eliminating tedious tasks, data entries and numerous repetitive steps.
The usage of custom made algorithms helps in reducing errors.
Customization is a great mean to integrate a software with latest technologies.