I have one brown noser that has change the font style on the title block to suit his own liking. The handful of people that that followed the few standards, were furious. At our yearly review we demanded cad standards. They said okay and set up lunch time meetings, all of four, to discuss standards. The first thing we tackled was how to work xrefs. This turned into a fiasco. Everybody had a different opinion on this subject <and rightfully so> and turned very heated. We never got beyond xrefs.
At my previous place of emplyment, we had a CADD Standards committee. For a good 18 months, they discussed the titleblock. In the end, there were 2 different titleblocks because one group would not compromise. And lets not discuss the standard text height! :ugly:
Commitee's also don't make good CADD Standards. I believe that no matter what size the company, CADD Standards should be decided by one person. The Commitee might exist to give recommendations and general consensus, but one person should have the power to excecute something and have the ability to enforce it.
Anyway, back to what she is asking help for.
2 hours a week is not even close. You probably need 2 hours a day! (are you doing support issues as well?) With every 5th day devoted entirely to customization, R&D etc. They key for this to actually happen is you need to find someone (hopefully your boss) who understands exactly what you are dealing with. Sit down with them, at lunch, after work and have a heart to heart and explain things. Tell them why it's hurting the company, but also give him options on what can be done. You have to do this every chance you get, and hopefully you'll be given more time.
For example, the layer routine you are working on. Create a simple email, define the problem, give examples of a specific drawing. outline the routine you are creating and explain in detail how it will eliminate the problem. It is just about mandantory that you turn a CADD issue into a money issue as most management types understand money. If it currently takes a user 15 minutes to do a task, and with this routine the user can accomplish the same task within seconds, you will get their attention.
Pieter