All of the below, plus networking. There should be people in your area=20
that have full time positions, or service numerous organizations, and=20
those people would do part time work. Consulting engineering groups,=20
manufactures, etc. Also check local college and vocational training=20
place for students, and sometimes instructors to do that work.

For a CAD package, definitely Autocad ($$$$) or a compatible ($). There=20
are several good packages out there, I use the CMS Intellicad.=20
Intellicad is an open source package, but I don't think you want to=20
compile and support yourself. The Professional package with 3D, and all=20
the whistles is around $240, and standard version $130. They are fully=20
ACAD DXF and DWG format compatible which is industry standard. Current=20
version is 6.6 and I understand 7.0 is coming in the near future.  There=20
are a very few quirks that Acad does and Intellicad doesn't, but at=20
worst, it's only slightly more time to do it the long way, and those=20
instances are few. I have heard many times, it's easier to take a good=20
draftsman/designer and teach in Acad than to teach what a good drawing=20
is. My background is the Civil/Structural Engineering area, and go back=20
to late 1970's with Acad version 2.17 on an IBM AT. 1997 I took a series=20
of ACAD classes based on V14. At home I have had the Intellicad for=20
probably 10 years, and at times worked at work with ACAD, E-mailed the=20
file home, worked with Intellicad, and Monday morning E-mailed back to=20
work and continued on Acad. I'm fully retired now.

On 3/9/2011 10:05 AM, Carey Fisher wrote:
> How would you guys go about finding this kind of person?  Temp staffing
> agencies? Craigslist?  Anybody here do this kind of project work?
>
> Thanks for any and all input!
> Carey Fisher
> Chief Technical Officer
> New Communications Solutions, LLC
> careyfisher@ncsradio.com
>   =20
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