CADWorx User Blog and Webinar Series

CADWorx User Registration

The CADWorx user community is strong and vibrant. We want to make this community work for you by using it to inform and instruct. To do this we need some important information from you as a user of CADWorx. Many of you have registered online and are benefiting by receiving update notices, event news and have contributed by answering questionnaires. We want the rest of you to benefit as well so please take some time and register on line. It is easy and painless and the benefits are enormous. As a registered user you will have the opportunity to participate in the upcoming CADWorx 2009 beta program starting on March 31^st. Our first annual CADWorx User Conference will take place in October and all registered users will be invited. Again all registered users receive notification of updates as they become available.

Registration is easy, from the Plant Menu go to "About" and then "Register Online" or select this link CADWorx User Registration

Please take the time to register today and invite your entire CADWorx group to do the same.

Eating the Competition

Here is a picture of CADWorx eating the competition.

Thanks to Andrew Taylor of Chempute Software for taking me on a little safari in South Africa. Shot from his car.

Best Regards,

Joseph Dixon

Product Manager - Plant Design Solutions
COADE Engineering Software

CDT 2008 Africa

We have just finished our 20^th CDT 2008 in South Africa with three events, two in Johannesburg and one in Durban. This was a great success with a good turnout of both users and prospective users. Most everyone left with something of benefit including me. Chempute, our Global Network Partner in Africa, did a fantastic job in putting on these events. So far we have met with hundreds of users throughout the world. The CDT 2008 is intended to instruct, inform and promote the use of CADWorx. It is also a forum for me to listen to the users and their needs and desires for improving CADWorx. We hope everyone will have an opportunity to attend one of these events. Several more are scheduled for South America, Spain, and Portugal. To register go to CDT 2008 Event Registration and select the event you wish to attend.

Best Regards,

Joseph Dixon

Product Manager - Plant Design Solutions
COADE Engineering Software

Beginnings

From the immortal words of John Lennon we need to "Come Together Right Now". This is the beginning of our new CADWorx User Blog. This blog is dedicated to all the great designers out there who spend every day designing our world and making it run a little better. Enough of the mush, now down to the real meat of this blog. I want to make a place where you as designers can give feedback on the tools you use every day. Not just the CADWorx tools but any tools you may be using. This will be a great place to see new ideas coming out and make comments on them directly to the CADWorx design team here at COADE.

Joseph Dixon
Product Manager
Plant Design Solutions
COADE

One Full Year as PM

I have now been with COADE one full year and what an experience. I have been working in the petrochemical industry as a designer and manager for 21 years and felt I had a good grasp on what was required to design good plants. After traveling the world and enjoying great conversations with many of you I have discovered I have a lot more to learn. First thing I discovered is the world does not look to America for everything. Each region of the world has their own way of doing things and all are very good. Designing a plant in SE Asia or the Middle East although familiar is quite different to that of North America. I have also learned that CADWorx is not just for the petrochemical, oil and gas industries but is being used throughout all industries requiring piping design from water treatment to mining to pharmaceuticals. Thanks to many of you I have been able to open my mind a little more and see from a different perspective. As product manager of CADWorx I need your help and input to keep me focused on the big (World) picture. I commit to listen to your needs and try to understand your views as we work together to improve CADWorx for everyone. I look forward to meeting many more of you as we travel around the world. Thank you again for making the world a little better by all that you do.

Joseph Dixon
Product Manager
Plant Design Solutions
COADE Inc.