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Any autocad people?

I need to learn it for a job making the little blue print things of houses for construction people. Can anyone point me in the right direction to learn more? I know how to draw accurate length lines and can do them at accurate angles. That's about it!

Re: Any autocad people?

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Originally posted by Sunsnail I need to learn it for a job making the little blue print things of houses for construction people. Can anyone point me in the right direction to learn more? I know how to draw accurate length lines and can do them at accurate angles. That's about it!

If it's for a job (in the building industry?), I would imagine you'd have to be a qualified draftsman

Nah (yay for knowing people?)

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Originally posted by Sunsnail Nah (yay for knowing people?)

Lol, ok. CAD is technical as fuck though. You might want to invest in a book (or multiple books) or DL some e-books or something? People train for a few years to become proficient in CAD.

ms paint ftmfw!

autocad is very hard. you cant just pick it up and decide to be good at it in one day.

Autocad is easy as pie so STFU! I mastered Autocad in less than a week with Lynda.com Autocad 2008 Essential Training and THIS SITE (CLICK)

very great piece of software i must say. not to be confused with Archicad which sucks Autocad's nutsack

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Originally posted by eROs.au autocad is very hard. you cant just pick it up and decide to be good at it in one day.

fuck you. the internet says my IQ is 140, and the internet doesn't LIE.

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Originally posted by blacknoizybox Autocad is easy as pie so STFU! I mastered Autocad in less than a week with Lynda.com Autocad 2008 Essential Training and THIS SITE (CLICK) very great piece of software i must say. not to be confused with Archicad which sucks Autocad's nutsack

awesome! thanks.

edit: rule 42?

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Originally posted by Sunsnail fuck you. the internet says my IQ is 140, and the internet doesn't LIE.

LIES!

I use TurboCAD which is a cheaper alternative; $1000 vs $10,000.

I've used both and they are quite similar.

Not hard to pick up at all, grab one of those "xyz for dummies" books, there is one for AutoCAD.

If you don't specifically need to use AutoCAD, I'd recommend pirating TurboCAD instead. It's very easy to find and crack, it's far more stripped down, with a smaller install size and system requirements than AutoCAD, and there are several in-built tutorials which have you up and running within an hour.

If all you're doing is drawing simple floorplans, you really do not need AutoCAD, which is more so for drawing in 3D and doing rendering.

Sushipunk, you don't need to be a qualified draftsman to do that stuff, at least not here.

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Originally posted by Beat Blog I use TurboCAD which is a cheaper alternative; $1000 vs $10,000. I've used both and they are quite similar. Not hard to pick up at all, grab one of those "xyz for dummies" books, there is one for AutoCAD. If you don't specifically need to use AutoCAD, I'd recommend pirating TurboCAD instead. It's very easy to find and crack, it's far more stripped down, with a smaller install size and system requirements than AutoCAD, and there are several in-built tutorials which have you up and running within an hour. If all you're doing is drawing simple floorplans, you really do not need AutoCAD, which is more so for drawing in 3D and doing rendering. Sushipunk, you don't need to be a qualified draftsman to do that stuff, at least not here.

I got the 5 click discount on autocad, so price doesn't matter.
I think I have to use autocad though.

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Originally posted by Sushipunk People train for a few years to become proficient in CAD.

Lies!

I picked it up in a month with no formal training. I draw architectural quality drawings, and can even door poor quality 3D stuff.

It's really not hard, just intimidating.

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Originally posted by Sunsnail I got the 5 click discount on autocad, so price doesn't matter. I think I have to use autocad though.

Okay, so what's your scope of works?

Describe what you have to draw and for what reason, and I can talk you through exactly how to draw it by PM.

Hey check your PM

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Originally posted by Sunsnail Hey check your PM

Why would you PM a complete stranger to tell them you're gay?

Weirdo.

I guess it's different in AUS, but here autocad is slang for m4m

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Originally posted by Sunsnail m4m

man for man?

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Originally posted by Sushipunk People train for a few years to become proficient in CAD.

This proves nothing except that some people are dumb/slow learners.

I know plenty of people who have taken courses for things which I (and just about anyone) can learn easily with only the help of tutorials, books or even just the user documentation.

Here at my university we use Solid Edge and NX created by the UGS company which has a parent company here in Huntsville and it's a pretty badass piece of software. W/ Autocad does it work w/ both 3d and 2d, or is it just 2d modeling? CAD wasn't too hard to learn at all, but we had entirely 3D modeling to work with so it made it pretty easy to visualize

I took AutoCad in highschool for a drafting class (aka where I got my awesome handwriting skills)

My brother just went to a technical school got a degree in it and is going to Miami Dade College to take more classes.

He just got a job 16.50 with lil experience. (benefits and they pay for school)

Look around and goodluck!

AutoCAD is quite easy once you get started. The hardest thing I would imagine, is getting used to thinking in terms of three dimensions. I already went in there with some 3D modeling experience, so I was good to go.

I taught myself when I graduated in 05. My summer consisted of..

1. waking up around 10am
2. 1 hour of autocad(1 chapter out of the large autocad book)
3. running about 5km
4. going to many different restaurant for good food at great lunch prices with friends
5. basketball

well I repeated this for about almost two months and my first job on the interview I was forced to use autocad and well got the job! Plus I was in decent shape with step 3.

The best analogy of autocad is it is MSPaint with 1000 options. You only need to known about 10% (line,ortho,radius..)of those options and along the way you will learn the other 90%(layout,leaders,xref,blocks) (Autodesk Discussion forums)

PS. You will become friendly with your mouse and keyboard as well

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Originally posted by blacknoizybox Autocad is easy as pie so STFU! I mastered Autocad in less than a week with Lynda.com Autocad 2008 Essential Training and THIS SITE (CLICK)

lynda.com is great. i highly recommend it.

Re: Any autocad people?

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Originally posted by Sunsnail I need to learn it for a job making the little blue print things of houses for construction people. Can anyone point me in the right direction to learn more? I know how to draw accurate length lines and can do them at accurate angles. That's about it!

autocad is really easy

just turn direct input on and type the exact length and angle. there's no other way to do it

Yeah AutoCad is easier than people make it out to be. I used R12, 13, and 14. R14, at the time, was by far the easiest compared to the older versions. It has come a LONG way since then. It is so fucking easy now.

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