CAD Consulting Solutions

Hagerman helps design and engineering teams maximize performance, improve design quality, and reduce inefficiencies through expert CAD consulting services.

What Are CAD Consulting Services?

CAD consulting services help teams optimize their use of design tools by assessing current processes, identifying gaps, and delivering targeted improvements

Why It Matters

  • Discover performance gaps that limit productivity
  • Ensure Autodesk tools are configured for your specific workflows
  • Reduce rework and manual inefficiencies
  • Gain expert insights to support future growth and process maturity
  • Improve consistency, accuracy, and team alignment
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What Is CAD Consulting, and Who Is It For?

CAD consulting is a structured evaluation and improvement process for how your team designs, manages, and shares CAD data, covering software configuration, workflow standards, automation, and training. Rather than treating symptoms one at a time, a consulting engagement looks at the whole design environment to find where time and accuracy are being lost, then builds a plan to fix it.

It's a fit for engineering, manufacturing, and AEC teams facing any of the following: inconsistent drawing standards across designers, CAD systems that were never properly configured for how the team actually works, repetitive manual tasks that could be automated, difficulty onboarding new hires quickly, or plans to migrate legacy CAD data into a modern system. Teams don't need to have a single big problem to benefit. Consulting is equally valuable as a proactive health check for teams that are functioning fine but want to get ahead of slowdowns before they show up in project timelines.

Real-World Use Cases

  • Unifying design output with CAD standards and templates. Ensure consistent drawings across teams, reduce rework, and improve project delivery quality.
  •  Accelerate drafting with custom automation tools. Eliminate repetitive tasks using LISP or .NET scripts, freeing designers to focus on innovation.
  • Simplify upgrades and migrations. Transition smoothly to new Autodesk versions with updated templates, tools, and file cleanup for uninterrupted work.
  • Ramp up new hires faster with tailored CAD training. Equip team members with role-specific knowledge and reinforce firm standards from day one.
  • Organize legacy data with CAD environments audits. Streamline drawings access, remove outdated files, and improve collaboration through cleaner data structures.
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Frequently Asked Questions

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How do I know if our team would benefit from CAD consulting?

If you're dealing with inconsistent drawings, manual errors, outdated templates, or underused CAD features, consulting can help identify gaps and provide solutions tailored to your workflows.

Can you help us create or document CAD standards?

Yes! We develop custom CAD standards and templates that align with your team's needs, helping ensure consistency, accuracy, and efficiency across all projects.

Can CAD consulting include automation or customization support?

Absolutely! We build custom tools using AutoLISP, .NET, or iLogic to automate repetitive tasks, speed up drawing creation, and reduce human error.

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Hagerman Implementation Testimonials

We survey each customer after training to ensure complete customer satisfaction.

We've had a very positive experience working with Hagerman on our Autodesk Vault implementation. Their team has been responsive, knowledgeable, and instrumental in helping us navigate challenges throughout the deployment process. A special thank you to Bonn, who has been outstanding to work with. Bonn consistently provides timely support, brings deep Autodesk Vault expertise, and takes ownership of issues through resolution. His professionalism, technical knowledge, and commitment to customer success have made a significant difference in the success of our implementation.
Aurora Networks
The process was easy and simple. The tech was able to help me with everything I needed and show my secondary admin some of the inner workings and background processes of our Vault server to better educate him as one of our Vault Admins.
Anthony B.
Kendred is great, I'm very appreciative of his patience and insight regarding upgrading our vault server.
John S. IT Specialist
Great experience, people were knowledgeable and accommodating. [They] were organized and carried out the work effectively.
David M.
Using Hagerman to implement a major software solution like Autodesk Vault was the way to go. No way could we have done it on our own.
Brian M. Lead Engineer
Jason & Keith were great to work with. I cannot imagine it going more smoothly than it did.
Kyle G. Mechanical Designer & Manufacturing Engineer
I have been associated with Hagerman for many years and they continue to meet / exceed all my needs and especially explaining everything in great detail.
Brian P Owner
It was a pleasure to work with Hagerman & Company on this Adept upgrade project. This project was drawn out over several months due to our workload but Hagerman never lost track of where we were on the project. A pleasure to work with.
Mike R. CAD Design
Hagerman & Company was very good at provided updates to an old program we use in AutoCAD. They seem very knowledgeable at programming and met all our requirements.
David M. Senior Engineer CAD Designer
Even though we adjusted the requirements midway through the project, Forrest and team have done a great job being transparent about the impact of these changes and have given accurate timelines for delivery.
Sam IT Dept.
Forrest and Bonn have both done a great job. Easy to work with, great communication, they've clearly understood our requirements and have been patient as we've worked through some technical difficulties both internally and with the other software that we're integrating with.
Sam IT Dept.
coolOrange is a great software add-on to the Vault and helps us modify the PDFs that are generated in a variety of ways beyond what the out-of-the-box software could.
Steve
The team nailed it! Perfect execution, no rework needed. It's great to see things done right the first time.
Tony R. IT Director