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From: "Jack Ford" <jackoford@theofficenet.com>
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
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Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: CAD instruction ...
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 07:50:12 -0700
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Mastering AutoCAD by George Omura / Sybex. 'bout $50.00.

Hot ticket for productivity is to have command aliases for your most-used 
commands under your left hand and your mouse in your right hand. It goes 
MUCH faster from the command line than from the toolbar menus. Never have to 
use more than two keystrokes for a command, never have to look down from the 
monitor. More often than not, you need to get creative with the commands and 
use something out of the middle of the word (I use EA for lEAder for 
example-you could also use AD). Just edit the ACAD.pgp file in a text 
editor.

I can give anyone interested a few ideas if desired, off list.

Jack Ford
jackoford@theofficenet.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marvin Kaye" <marv@lancaironline.net>
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 7:22 AM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: CAD instruction ...


> I've been using AutoCAD in one configuration or another for the last 15 
> years or so.  I agree wholeheartedly that it's a bitch coming out of the 
> gate, but once you're rolling you wonder how you ever got along without 
> it.  Learning the keystroke shortcuts is paramount (IMHO) to getting 
> efficient with it... having come through the pre-DOS days into the current 
> point & click universe had to help a lot with that aspect of it for me.  I 
> don't remember the name of the book or author that helped me climb the 
> ladder to Acad 6 or 7, but it utilized a specific project to step you 
> through the learning curve by starting out with fundamentals and working 
> up to the completed drawing.  I have to believe that there are still 
> self-help books out there that take a similar approach and are worth their 
> weight in gold.  Good luck with it.
>
>  <marv>
>
>
> <canarder@frontiernet.net> wrote:
>
>  Sounds intimidating.  I'm not trying to design an automatic transmission 
> or
> anything.  Just some of the bulkheads, small parts and hardware, and my 
> wiring
> diagrams.  Mostly I think it's something like welding.  You want to do one
> little thing, but as you acquire the skill, you find hundreds of things to 
> do
> with it.  I'll try and find the book and see where it leads me.
>  Thanks ... Jim S.
>  kevin lane wrote:
>
>> I will add that I am currently in my third qtr of community college 
>> taking AutoDesk, after 2 qtrs of AutoCAD.  These are not trivial 
>> programs, and not designed for quick and easy solutions.  Dimensioning, 
>> for example, has some 70 variables that control sizing, scales, text 
>> placement, height, style, etc....  I have a complete copy of AutoDesk 
>> which will run for 180 days and cost $33 and was included with a 
>> textbook.  Installation ran 1 hr. with 2 auto reboots!
>
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