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!

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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

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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.

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

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Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN dont argue with the yanks nutter, they know best!

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.

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

LIES!

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Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN dont argue with the yanks nutter, they know best!

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.