Griffith CAD Service opens Tecumseh office
As far back as grade school, Thomas Griffith knew he wanted to go into architecture when he grew up. By middle school, he was enjoying the task of drawing houses in two-point perspective for class.
Griffith was able to put his drafting talents to good use when he went to work for a Toledo-based firm and for Tecumseh Products. But when Tecumseh Products laid him off from his associate engineer job two years ago, he decided to take his 20-plus years’ experience and go into business for himself.
He first operated Griffith CAD Service from his home, but “I found that people are hesitant to just call a phone number. ... I had a couple of customers, but not enough,” he said. And so, on Jan. 23 he opened an office in the Tecumseh West office building at 1204 W. Chicago Blvd., Suite F, in Tecumseh.
Griffith can provide customers with a wide range of computer-aided design services. He can produce residential designs for people looking to build new homes or to do remodeling or additions. Business services include 2D redraws of old pencil drawings; 3D computer modeling of parts, assembly and layout drawings; instruction sheets for customer assembly; and drawings for a company catalog. Eventually, he wants to expand to include things like 3D printing.
Griffith designed parts and other items both for Tecumseh Products and for a Toledo company through which he was “farmed out” to companies including Libbey Glass and Sun Oil.
“There are all sorts of parts I can design for companies,” he said. “It all depends on what business they’re in.”
As far as residential design is concerned, customers can bring him their “wish list” for what they want included in the space they’re building and discuss with him issues like how they want to use that space. He will then create the design and can work with the builder, who might have suggestions of his or her own on such things as cost-effective ways to achieve the desired outcome.
Michigan Computer Architecture - News
holds associate degrees in architectural technology and in drafting and design technology from Monroe Community College. He is planning to at some point complete the bachelor's degree in computer-aided design he began at Eastern Michigan University
The 32088 gross square-feet addition will provide offices, study rooms, an auditorium, library, and computer lab. It will also include a Strength and Conditioning Center. This phase will create a Badger Way pedestrian and bike path from Breese Terrace
HiQube, a division of Altair Engineering Inc., Troy, and Advanced Utility Systems, a division of N. Harris Computer Corp., Toronto, Canada, announced a multiyear, nonexclusive agreement to develop and market Infinity.BI, a business analytics module for
Dr. Sanguinetti has been active in computer architecture, performance analysis, and design verification for 20 years; he is being recognized by ACM for helping to drive innovations that will sustain competitiveness in the digital age.
(Later in this report, we'll visit another two new builds in similar proximity in Michigan.) While those theatres represent variations on the cinema-eatery theme, SMG's founder and president takes care to differentiate his offering.