Everybody wants to do things quick, we all strive to reduce the steps involved in everything from driving to a location, and organizing our files. Data preparation is no exception; reducing steps can save a great amount of time on a large project. This column will deal with the reduction of time involved in building electronic models for machine control.

Software training can show you what buttons to push, but in practice, that is only half the battle. When to push them is just as important. I will discuss real world problems from the thousands of jobs our company has done, and present logical solutions.

We will present tips from various software providers, so you can apply these ideas to your own production. The forum posts will be a benefit in providing topics, just let us know what you want to see, and we will help you with a solution.