The workflow is too manual
Repeating drawing edits, exports, and validations by hand.
CAD Guardian Consulting
CAD Automation Support for Engineering Delivery Teams
CAD Guardian helps power, heavy industrial, and enterprise technology teams turn messy CAD workflows into repeatable, reviewable systems across AutoCAD, MicroStation, .NET/WPF, structured drawing data, AI-assisted delivery, and runtime validation.
In short
For technology managers, project leaders, and senior CAD automation owners: enter a messy CAD environment, extract workflow truth, produce reviewable evidence, and leave a handoff-ready foundation internal teams can extend.
Forward this page when a CAD workflow is stuck between engineering users, CAD platform constraints, and internal development bandwidth.
CAD/BIM Automation
Engineering Technology
Power / Industrial Delivery
AI-assisted, architect-led delivery
AI tools compress research, implementation, debugging, and documentation cycles. CAD Guardian keeps architecture, review, confidentiality, and client communication human-led.
Why teams call CAD Guardian
Why teams call CAD Guardian
When CAD workflows become business risk
Engineering teams often know the desired outcome, but the work stalls between CAD platform behavior, legacy plugins, one-off scripts, unclear acceptance gates, and limited internal development bandwidth. CAD Guardian works in that middle layer — translating stakeholder intent into testable automation and clear acceptance evidence.
For power, industrial, and infrastructure teams
Power, heavy industrial, and enterprise technology managers. Delivery leaders and discipline owners. Senior internal CAD/BIM developers and automation owners who need a reviewable, accountable CAD automation path instead of another ad hoc script.
- Enterprise CAD/BIM automation that crosses AutoCAD, MicroStation, Vault, or ProjectWise.
- Internal tools and WPF/.NET CAD interfaces that must be delivered with clear acceptance and handoff.
- Technical decisions that need evidence, risk mapping, and a bounded next-step recommendation.
The automation is fragile
Plugins or scripts that fail on real production drawings or runtime state.
The platform changed
Workflows needing translation across AutoCAD, MicroStation, Vault, or ProjectWise.
Acceptance is unclear
Managers need logs, result files, screenshots, and punch-list clarity before signoff.
Differentiator
What makes CAD Guardian different
A delivery model built around CAD reality
CAD platform fluency
Translate workflow intent across AutoCAD and MicroStation without assuming parity.
Human-in-the-loop AI delivery
Use AI tools as supervised accelerators; architecture and acceptance remain human-led.
Stakeholder workflow capture
We turn calls, screen shares, sample files, logs, and screenshots into scoped work and tests.
Problems solved
Where CAD Guardian helps
Problems we solve
CAD Automation Rescue
Stabilize blocked plugins, failing scripts, and runtime UAT blockers.
Cross-host Workflow Port
Translate workflow intent between AutoCAD and MicroStation while respecting host behaviors.
Drawing Data Extraction
Extract DWG/DGN content into structured JSON, locators, and downstream-ready artifacts.
Engineering UI / WPF Tooling
WPF/.NET interfaces that make CAD-hosted workflows operable for engineers and admins.
Runtime Evidence & UAT
Create logs, result files, screenshots, and acceptance workbooks for stakeholder review.
Technical Handoff / Advisory
Short-term advisory to help internal teams adopt and extend delivered foundations.
Representative engagement
Representative engagement
Representative enterprise CAD modernization
In a recent enterprise power / heavy industrial engineering engagement, CAD Guardian supported a multi-phase CAD automation modernization effort involving shared WPF UI architecture, AutoCAD-to-MicroStation workflow translation, DGN indexing, structured drawing-data outputs, runtime apply behavior, logs, evidence artifacts, and a technical handoff. The work converted stakeholder workflow intent into testable implementation, used AI-assisted development under human review, and maintained clear acceptance boundaries across code, runtime behavior, and business review. The engagement turned an ambiguous cross-CAD modernization effort into a reviewable foundation with staged delivery, technical handoff, and a clear punch-list boundary for internal continuation. The result was a reviewable foundation internal teams could extend, with remaining platform-specific edge cases documented rather than hidden.
Delivery flow
How CAD Guardian works
From workflow evidence to reviewable handoff
Workflow Evidence
Calls, sample files, logs, screenshots, and stakeholder language.
CAD/API Architecture
AutoCAD, MicroStation, .NET/WPF, drawing data, and runtime boundaries.
AI-Assisted Build Loop
Codex, Claude, Gemini, and ChatGPT under human review.
Runtime Proof
Logs, results, status streams, screenshots, and test artifacts.
Internal Handoff
Reviewable code, limitations, handoff notes, and punch-list clarity.
Discovery
AI-assisted delivery
AI-assisted delivery, architect-led
CAD Guardian uses AI as an accelerator, not a substitute. We capture workflow evidence, scope the work, build with human review, and deliver runtime-tested handoff artifacts for internal teams.
Discovery
Zero-friction CAD automation discovery
Send a workflow video, sample file package, or broken CAD tool. CAD Guardian will return a practical diagnosis, risk map, and next-step plan for your project.
Discovery inputs
- One workflow owner
- One technical owner (if available)
- Sample drawings or safe test package
- Current script/plugin (if available)
- Before/after screenshots or a short recording
Discovery outputs
- Concise technical readout
- Risk map and likely root cause
- Recommended first sprint
- Acceptance checklist
- Estimate for next step
Evidence
Evidence
Built for review, not black-box automation
CAD automation succeeds when deliverables are traceable. CAD Guardian provides reproducible evidence managers and technical reviewers can act on.
Runtime logs
Result JSON & status artifacts
Before / after screenshots
Reproducible test folders
Supported / unsupported / deferred classifications
Handoff notes & punch-list framing
Engagement options
Engagement options
Simple ways to start
1-week diagnostic sprint
Technical readout, risk map, and recommended fix path.
2-week build/fix sprint
Working implementation candidate, test evidence, handoff notes.
4-week implementation sprint
Production-oriented candidate, logs, UAT artifacts, documentation.
Advisory / handoff support
Code walkthroughs, architecture review, and targeted recommendations.
Thomas Smith II
Founder & Lead Automation Architect
CAD Guardian LLC
thomas@cadguardian.com
cadguardian.com