Computer-Aided Design (CAD) systems and software began replacing drawing boards during the 1980s. Today, there’s hardly an engineer anywhere who uses pencil and paper to produce engineering drawings. Everyone uses CAD, for the simple reason that it offers many advantages.
Darren Casey

Darren came to Epec in 2018 and is currently our Engineering Manager. He leads our team of design engineers from the concept phase all the way through production. His background consists of a variety of industries, ranging from children’s toys and jet turbines to medical devices and automotive design. He uses this range of experience to provide solutions to our customers regardless of the challenge presented. Darren is responsible for ensuring that Epec is producing the best designs and processes possible for our customer’s needs. He is focused on improving our design and manufacturing capabilities through bringing in high-caliber engineering talent and exciting new technologies.
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Although there are best practices when it comes to 3D modeling, every designer ends up developing their own style of modeling. This can cause challenges when you are tasked with working with someone else’s model. It can become frustrating when you go to make an edit that causes other parts of the model to change or fail entirely.