No Time To Learn ?

Today, many of us must do more with less time or people, so how can we do this?

Realistically speaking, if you just carry on the same way you have always done it - you won’t, and plowing headfirst down this path will only lead to one thing, and that is more stress, and bigger “To-Do” piles on your desk. OK that’s two things, sorry.

So how should we do it properly?

The first and the best way is to become more productive. Now that is easier said than done, so how do we become more productive? It’s a simple answer really, and that is ask subject matter experts in the tools that you are using. At Symetri we have many subject matter experts, who will gladly spend the time to investigate and then devise better methods and workflows so that you are doing the same jobs, just differently and much quicker. This can be achieved primarily through classroom training, and in every one of our locations we have a dedicated training suite just waiting for you to sit down and learn.

We can also visit your site, and train you there, or provide more bespoke consultancy that can automate everyday tasks again to make you more productive.

But “I haven’t got the time to leave my desk” I hear many of you shout, well at Symetri, we have a solution for that as well. Dedicated Symetri E-Learning, this tool has a massive library of thousands of hours of training videos split into bitesize chunks that you can learn as you go.

In Symetri CAD Learning there are videos, tutorials and assessments on the software that you now have access to in your industry collection, and more are added every week. You can even create playlists tailored around particular workflows. Imagine this, you take on a new member of staff, and they already are reasonably proficient in Autodesk inventor, but there are several aspects of the software that are particular to your company. We can create playlists that cover the whole workflow, even using multiple products if necessary. So, say you model in Inventor, then create the production drawings. Using those views from Inventor you need to populate an AutoCAD layout, with plan views of machinery you have just designed. Then you need to pass all of this through to Navisworks for visualization and clash detection. We can create a playlist covering this, so your new member of staff can sit down on his/her first day following all the tutorials, without having to use anyone else’s valuable time.

Along with CADLearning comes the Desktop App, that sits in the background as you are using the software, and records what commands that you are using or attempting to use. So, you are using the loft command for example and no matter how much you try, you just can’t get it work. At this time, you would switch into the Desktop App, and it will be ready for you with Training Videos specifically about the loft command. 

In the following picture is a screengrab of the Symetri CADlearning library, I’m sure as I am that you will be amazed at just how much content is in there.

And that is just a small snippet of the topics available in the Symetri CADLearning Tools

Think of this, “The most successful people never stop learning”

Every Day Is a School Day

Craig Snell