Hello!
I've got a recurring issue around here; no CAD models!
Our QM handles communications between us and our customers; I'm just a lowly programmer, and am not allowed to get into contact with Engineering to get CAD models to inspect
their parts. Apparently the boss doesn't want to; literally told me "yeah, that's not gonna happen. Can't you program without a CAD model?"
Working Offline on a laptop, because the desktop is currently in the hands of IT, dead.
Dafuq?
Put your feet up and drink Coffee. He says "What are you doing?" Just reply "Working with the tools I've been handed. Make Programs, No CAD models? Yeah, that's not gonna happen."
Just another under qualified quality manager, or supervisor. Pushing his weight around. That just shows his ignorance. Actually the way it should work and it does for me. I work directly with Engineering, and get the CADs from them. There is no reason to go through my boss. You don't give money to your friend to pay your bills. Just by-pass that idiot. Have him read that
InspectorJester
I agree on all points.
I'd much rather send an email to the engineer and just have them give me the file. There's little reason they should be against sending it to us, as the QM tells me.
Plus, if I'm in contact with the guy who
draws the friggen blueprints he can answer questions I may have much better than someone who's supposed to interpret.
SMDH.
To reply
bfire85 I am told that "they don't want to send us the file. They just send a PDF blueprint, no matter what we ask for." I have yet to get explicit confirmation that we have specifically asked for a .stp or .iges or whatever, and been ignored.
It's like the machine is magic or something
Do you see email conformation from those companies stating they can't send you those CADs? or a conference call hearing them say that they would not send the CAD models? and plus if your producing the part or parts. How is your engineering department making the product without a CAD model?
I don't even know their @address, and the only reason I know of
a phone number regarding our customers is google.
They program CNC from notepad using the blueprint, which is why mgmt thinks I can do the same thing
I am sorry to hear that you are working under a thumb sucker. Clearly your boss have no idea how to do his job. If I would be at your place, I will just go to work to get pay check and use their computer to find better JOB.
https://www.tectcorp. Who ever call me for job I tell them to find programmers from Hexagon Training Centers. don't wait just move on. There are very many places like haven.