Getting started with CAD ???

[Jay Dubster]

Guys, seems my job description is about to change;

I'd be shadowing the fella who handles our site's CAD drawings, for redesigns, moving walls/offices, etc, as he's retiring & needs a successor !!

Knowing Sketchy is 80% CAD designers and 20% 'other jobs'
- can anyone recommend some good tutorials, so I can get ahead of the game?

btw - I don't know what s/w he's running yet, only just found out I may be leaving my current team shortly!!

[BMJBOY]

Sorry to hear it Jay - but you probably couldnt get any more/better help, than the 4000 CAD designers on here........ (slight exageration)

Im betting my pants its AutoCAD you need to learn.

I myself would like to learn it, as my CAD system is packaging based and specific to my industry.

Laggingbehind, Tinc and Winnie are your main contacts I would imagine.

[Tinc]

Training is available but usually consists of numerous weeks at college on Saturday mornings & provides you with a City & Guilds.

If it is Acad you need to learn then it would be in your interests to get a copy of Acad to play with & a copy of AutoCad for dummies.  It's really quite simple to use.

AutoCad LT is only about £2500.00 & the full version is about £3200.00

You should not go down the route of finding someone with a snide copy to load onto your home machine to practice with.  That would be illegal & morally wrong!

Hopefully I'll see you Wednesday night.

[Laggingbehind]

Training, training.... bugger are you saying there's training courses for Autocad... must look into this  :o

[BMJBOY]

Oh........ I seem to have a copy of ACad 2010 on my desktop...........

How did that get there?.......

Hang on...... I have a 6 part training course there too!..........

Damn computers are good!

[Tinc]

Training, training.... bugger are you saying there's training courses for Autocad... must look into this  :o

Calm down dear; this isn't a real problem!  You'll be fine, just blag it like the rest of us ;D

[Laggingbehind]

Training is available but usually consists of numerous weeks at college on Saturday mornings & provides you with a City & Guilds.

If it is Acad you need to learn then it would be in your interests to get a copy of Acad to play with & a copy of AutoCad for dummies.  It's really quite simple to use.

AutoCad LT is only about £2500.00 & the full version is about £3200.00

You should not go down the route of finding someone with a snide copy to load onto your home machine to practice with.  That would be illegal & morally wrong!

Hopefully I'll see you Wednesday night.

You can get the lite version for about £725... maybe cheaper if you shop around

[Laggingbehind]

Calm down dear; this isn't a real problem!  You'll be fine, just blag it like the rest of us ;D

phew

[BMJBOY]

Can I have a job now guys?

I'll have this shizzle mastered by 5pm...............

Its like etcha-sketch right? - just easier.  

[Laggingbehind]

Can I have a job now guys?

I'll have this shizzle mastered by 5pm...............

Its like etcha-sketch right? - just easier.  

much easier.. but the fun just isn't there unfortunately.