Research Project Contributions - Individual (AutoCAD)

 Research on AutoCAD

27.02.2025

• Initially decided on cloud-based rendering (Group Idea), in response to Vishva's Reader Response on the cons of AutoCAD.
• We agreed on the con Vishva pointed out in his argumentative, regarding the rendering issue and how it is heavily dependent on a good hardware.
• Agreeing that a cloud-based rendering to remove the requirement on hardware.
• Upon further research, the idea despite being unfamiliar, was already existing.
  
  
• I used ChatGPT to prompt for information; prompts used:
• About AutoCAD, Pros and Cons 
• Expand on cons that can be addressed and have no existing or similar solutions

• Select viable issues that can be addressed and research deeper into the issue.
• Discussed with group members (Vishva & Tristal) with regards to the options.
• Debated with Vishva and Tristal with the options available, discussing pros & cons 
  of each topic.
• Agreed on my proposal for "Real-time multi-user collaboration," agreeing that it has the most potential for the project.
• Worked out a rough workframe of how it would work, following a similar concept to Revit's BIM360's collaboration feature.
  
  

07.03.2025

• Created Google Docs and an initial draft of the following items:

• Introduction

• Problem Statement
• Purpose Statement
• Proposed Solution
• Real-Time Multi-User Editing System
• System Architecture and Integration
• Feature Set: Live Editing, Version Control, Communication
• Benefits
• Enhanced Workflow Efficiency
• Reduced Errors and Version Conflicts
• Improved Team Communication
• Evaluation
• Performance Metrics and User Feedback
• Potential Challenges and Limitations
• Methodology
  

14.03.2025

• Updated the following items
• Benefits.
• Refinement and adding details
• Source citations
• Methodology
• Primary Research
• Conducted interviews with CVE seniors
• Group discussion regarding our experiences

• Group Presentation
• Discussed with group about:
• Current progress of report
• Identify missing information needed
• Individual research understanding 
• Cross reference to see if everyone is on track
• Clarify misunderstandings about research direction
• Group sharing ideas and personal experiences/opinions
• Assigned topics for presentation, focusing on each member's strengths and understanding of each topic.
• Presentation slides
• Individually worked on the slides for the assigned range of topics covering.
• Discussed as a group the flow and sequencing of the presentation topics.
• We discussed the layout style and overall format of the slides. (Minimal Text)
• Test run the flow of the slides, looking out for the smoothness of the flow, transition, colour, selected graphic, images and text size. 
• Presentation practice
• Dry run with script without slides
• Identify if content was lacking or if there was too much content with respect to the allocated time.
• Dry run with minimal script with slides
• Identify if the slides were able to work well with the content covered.
• Dry run with slides only
• See if the images and graphics used were able to help with the presentation as a whole. Testing if the graphics can help us recall what was needed to be covered in place of a script. Also checking to see if the prepared graphic drive the point home for the topics they cover.