Application Training Manual for CAD Software: CIS 285 Project Report

This document is an application training manual designed for end-users of CAD software. It covers essential topics such as software installation, a tour of the software interface, customization options, connectivity features, and troubleshooting techniques. The manual outlines training objectives, training formats, and assessment methods to ensure effective learning and skill development. The manual is intended to equip users with the necessary knowledge to effectively utilize the software, improve their productivity, and maximize the benefits of the CAD application within their organization. The manual also includes sections on downloading and installing the software, basic operations, and maintenance procedures. The document is a project submission for a CIS 285 course, demonstrating a practical approach to user training and support, with the ultimate goal of improving the company's profits by enhancing the staff's capabilities and efficiency in utilizing the CAD software.

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Application Training Manual
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Table of Contents
EXERCUTIVE SUMMARY...............................................................................................3
1.0. INTRODUCTION.....................................................................................................3
2.0. TRAINING OBJECTIVES.......................................................................................5
3.0. TOPICS TO BE COVERED.....................................................................................7
3.1. DOWNLOADING AND INSTALLING..................................................................7
3.2. A TOUR TO THE SOFTWARE...............................................................................9
3.3. CUSTOMIZATION................................................................................................10
3.4. CONNECTIVITY....................................................................................................11
3.5. TROUBLESHOOTING..........................................................................................12
4.0. TRAINING FORMATS..........................................................................................13
5.0. TRAINING ASSESMENT......................................................................................13
6.0. CONCLUSION........................................................................................................15
7.0. REFERENCES........................................................................................................16
APPENDIX........................................................................................................................18
Table 1. Training evaluation form.....................................................................................13

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EXERCUTIVE SUMMARY.
ABC IT Solution is a leading application and software support agency that is among the
leading application support agency in the country. The country has been trusted by many
companies especially manufacturing companies that depend on Computer Aided Design
applications for their operations. Apart from providing the software, ABC IT Solution Company
does a follow up to certify if the software delivered is effective to the area of application. This
write up is one of the follow up procedures that the company follows. This is usually the first
stage of follow up procedure that involves training the people who are going to use the
application about the basic operation and maintenance of the application provided (Shen, 2018).
1.0. INTRODUCTION.
ABC IT Solution Company is an organization that has been trusted by many companies
to provide most of industrial applications especially Computer Aided Design (CAD)
applications. CAD applications have a wide range of applications in the designing of various
objects. The applications enable one to use computer graphics to design the desired products as
per the specifications required. Therefore, the design can have a first look of the design before
going ahead with the production of the object. The designer will also be able to identify and
rectify any mistake in the design and produce an improved design. The designer might also see
the need to add some features to the design (Weber & Rauch-Kroehnert, 2018). With the help of
CAD applications, the designer can be able to identify and put it such features into the design
before releasing it for production. Therefore, CAD applications are the core of most designing
and manufacturing industries. Based on their importance, many application and software
developers have come up with a broad of variety of such application leaving the designers to
choose the applications that best suits their requirements. This can sometimes be a huge and

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difficult decision especially for new developers. Since the producers are after the applications
that will work best for them, they look for application agencies for help in making this decision
(Vukašinović & Duhovnik, 2019).
ABC IT Solution Company is one of the best applications and software agencies that help
designer make the best decision regarding Computer Aided Design applications. To make sure
that the decision made best suits the companies, ABC IT Solution Company conducts a training
and follow up studies to provide guidance on how best to apply the application and ascertain that
the application is effective to the tasks assigned.
It is clear that CAD applications are associated with a lot of success and eventual returns.
However, most of this application are complicated and it can sometimes be hard to crack on how
the application operates. One might have access to the application but without the necessary
skills and knowledge, the application will not be of much help to the user. In most such cases,
the applications will incur the developers and designer extra costs that may slow down their
operations. Therefore, the users need to be equipped with the best skills to get the best out of the
application. ABC IT Solution Company conducts basic introduction studies to the industries that
apply their applications in their industries. The following write up is an introductory training that
the company offers to its clients. The write up is arranged in an order that will ensure that the
concerned audience gets the best out of the training. The write up is arranged in the following
sections and subsections (Georgakis, Karanam & Kosecka, 2019).
1. Introduction. This section will provide the basic information ABC IT Solution
Company and the information that will be covered in the write up.

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2. Training objectives. This section will highlight the chief reasons for conducting
the application training in the company.
3. Training formats. This section will discuss the most applicable methods of
training that will be used during the training activity.
4. Topics to be covered during the training. This is the section that will identify the
major attributes of the company that will be covered during the exposure. They
will include, how to download and install the software, a brief tour inside the
application, customization of the software, connectivity of the application and
how to safely update the application when updates are available.
5. Training assessment. This section will provide methods that will be used to access
the effectiveness of the application.
6. Conclusion. This section will conclude all the activities and processes pertaining
the training as well as what was discussed in the training process while producing
some suggestions.
7. References. The research materials that were used during the preparation and
during the training process.
2.0. TRAINING OBJECTIVES.
The CAD solution provided by the company was the best application that the industry
required to improve their production experience, increase production, keep up with the
competition from other similar production companies and improve the profits of the industry
(Kurunmäki, Myllymäki, Ruhanen, Saalasti & Seppänen). However, the solution provided is a
product that is new to this company since they were traditionally using paper drawings to design
their products. Therefore, the product can be problematic to apply for the first time. Therefore,

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ABC IT Solution Company found it necessary to conduct the training to cover that various areas
of interest to improve the effectiveness of the CAD application. The main areas of interests will
be aimed at equipping the user with users with the best skills and knowledge to effectively
navigate through the software exploiting the best features and functionalities of the software for
best results (Zhang, Zhang & Feng, 2016).
Chiefly, the training will cover the following areas.
1. How to safely download the software from trusted sources and steps to be
followed to safely install the software in the industry’s computers.
2. Conduct a simple tour of the main features and interface of the installed software.
3. The best customization to ensure that the user gets to navigate through the most
important features and interface.
4. The connectivity of the application to the internet, other related and supported
software as well as the connectivity between the various computers in the
industries to harmonize the work being done (Yan, Hui & Zhou, 2017).
5. When it is necessary to troubleshoot the application and the best way to
troubleshoot the application.
6. How to know when updates are available, the best updates available and how to
install the most important updates.
The above training areas were identified from the industry’s feedback about the software
as well as suggestions from ABC IT Solution Company. The suggestions were generated based
on the previous experiences from various industries that looked up for ABC IT Solution
Company for assistance on using the application (Costea, & Mihai, 2016). After covering the

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identified areas, it is expected that the staff the company who will be working with the software
will be well equipped to exploit the features of the application. This training will also form a
strong foundation for the staff to further on their studies on the software to acquire as well as
customize their own skills to make sure that the application will be utilized to the maximum. The
projected results of the training will ultimately improve the profits of the company a great deal.
The projected profit increase will be 50% increase on the current annual profit of the company
(Chui, Chui, Wride & Stanfield, 2018).
3.0. TOPICS TO BE COVERED.
As identified in the objectives of the training, the identified areas of interest will be
discussed in this section. This will give a general introduction of the area, its functions and
importance. The training will also cover various suggestions that the user can use to further their
understanding on the area.
3.1. DOWNLOADING AND INSTALLING.
The growth and development of the internet has provided an affordable source of
information. Basically, you can get any type of information that you want from the internet. In
the way, most of the applications can be available in the internet, some of this source gives the
legit software while other will provide fake and malicious software which will not only harm
your computer but also it will not deliver the expected results. Therefore, one need to be very
careful with the source of the software (Clark, 2019).
The best source of our software is from our company’s website. Below are the steps that
should be followed when installing the software.

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1. Open you browser and input our company’s’ website. The legit website will be
provided at the end of training.
2. There are many versions of the software available in our website, some are foe
education purposes are provided for free. However, the free software is meant for
education purposes and will not contain some of the features that and industrial
version of the software will contain. Click on the industrial software (Kowalski, &
Zawadzki, 2019).
3. Select the type of the operating system that you want to install the application.
Our software can be installed in both Windows Operating system as well as Mac
operating systems. After selecting the operating system, click next.
4. You will be presented with system requirement notice. Read the requirements
carefully and click on next to continue.
5. Click on the version of the software you ant
6. Create an account in our website.
7. Click on download the software you want to download.
8. Enter a license agreement and receive a code that will help you activate your
software.
9. After the download is complete, click on install.
10. Follow the install wizard to successfully install the software.
11. Once the software has been installed, use the license code sent to the email
account that you provided while creating an account to activate your product.
12. The product is safe to use after it has been activated.
13. Launch the software the access the features.

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While accessing the website, be sure that you are in the right website by counterchecking
the website address and our website logo. Since our software is a commercial software, care
should be taken to shun the websites that claims to provide a cracked version of our software.
Most of this cracked version are harmful to your computer since they carry malicious codes that
may either be used to extract information from your computer or they may contain a virus that
will affect will affect various components of your system and may lead to a complete crushing of
the system.
While installing the product, the computer should be connected to active internet access.
This will help the system fetch for the most updated files of the program from our servers. The
system will also ensure that the software is compactible to your operating system.
3.2. A TOUR TO THE SOFTWARE.
After installing the product. The user will launch the system and will be introduced to the
main interface of the software comprising of the various components included in the software. A
basic tour is important since it will enable the user to familiarize with all the components of the
software and their purposes. This tour will also help the user identify the location of the tool bar
and the various tools that are contained in it. The user will also be able to know the function of
all the tools so that it will be easy for them to locate and apply the tool effectively (Raza &
Singh, 2018).
After identifying with the various tools, the user will be introducing on how create a
design, how to utilize the design table and how to document and share the created design. The
design table presents various functionality which sometimes can be confusing to the user.

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The next important aspect of the software that the user will be introduced to during the
tour will be the command line. Based on the various functions of the software the basic keyboard
buttons cannot launch an effective functionality. Therefore, the software will require a
combination of these keys to launch a process. The software has a range of these combination
that the user should be equipped with in order to successfully operate the software. A list of the
most common application commands will be provided during the training session.
Another important aspect that the user will be introduced to is various layers and layouts
of the software. The software has a variety of layers and layouts to suite the various needs of the
user to come up with the best designs.
3.3. CUSTOMIZATION.
This will help provide the required flexibility while working in the software. The
application is dedicated to ensuring that the user has the best flexibility experience. It provides
the ability to change the appearance of the software to that which will best suite different user.
The user needs to know the various settings that are available for them, as well as the default
settings that the user should be very careful of while changing settings. While a design is in
progress, there are various settings that when changed can affect the design. Most users don’t
appreciate these settings and ends up spoiling the design and have to start all over again (Brasil
& Franco, 2019).
The user can customize the interface to make the following changes.
a. Develop or change the layout and workspaces.
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c. Modify and create various keyboard shortcuts that will enable the user to make
swift and quick actions and changes where necessary. This will save the user a lot
of time when making most common commands for a certain design.
d. Change the appearance of the interface. The user can change to a variety of
interface appearances that are provided by the software. Here, the user can choose
the color and the text font that is most convenient and appealing to them.
It is important that the user get exposed to these customizations functionalities so that
they can configure their software to the most appropriate state that will improve the way they
interact with the software for the best experience and functionality. Due to the diversity of the
various customizations that are available for the software, the users will be given a document
carrying the various customizations and teach them how to create new customizations (Joshi,
Ghole, Shirse & Madke, 2016).
3.4. CONNECTIVITY.
The software has been developed to ensure teamwork in designing. The software has
therefore been incorporated with various features that will help the user share their work through
connected computers, cloud storage as well as mobile devices. This functionality is very
important to the user for many reasons. The main reason is that the user can be able to make
access incomplete design form another device and make changes or continue with the design
from other devices. For instance, if a designer working on an urgent design is not able to finish
working on the design for whatever reason, they can be able to access and continue working on
their designs at home or at the current location of the user through their mobile devices (Nunesa

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& Leãoa, 2018). This will enable the user to utilize the time he is at home to continue working
and deliver the design in time.
Most users are not familiar with this functionality or have not fully exploited it.
Therefore, it is very important to educate the users on this functionality. This will help the users
to work from any location and deliver design work in time.
For designers working in the same deign lab using different computers, they can be able
to share their designs with their colleagues through computer connectivity. Therefore, it is
important for such designers to know how to connect their devices in order to enhance teamwork
for better productivity and idea sharing. Therefore, it is important to equip such users with this
knowledge through training.
3.5. TROUBLESHOOTING.
For various reasons, the application may malfunction. Sometimes it is just minor
malfunctioning that don’t require experts to solve. However, some of the malfunctioning are as a
result of accumulation of various errors and may cause severe damage the current work or the
entire program. Therefore, it is very important to equip the users with the right skills to help
identify such malfunctioning in good time. This section will help introduce the users to the
various tools available for troubleshooting and the most applicable solution to apply to solve the
malfunctions (Araújo & Oliveira, 2020).