X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com X-PolluStop-Diagnostic: #\eX-PolluStop-Score: 0.15\eX-PolluStop: Scanned with Niversoft PolluStop 2.1 RC1, http://www.niversoft.com/pollustop Return-Path: Received: from misav10.sasknet.sk.ca ([142.165.20.174] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.3c4) with ESMTP id 866216 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Tue, 12 Apr 2005 12:19:52 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=142.165.20.174; envelope-from=hjjohnson@sasktel.net Received: from thyme.sasktel.net ([142.165.20.198]) by misav10 with InterScan Messaging Security Suite; Tue, 12 Apr 2005 10:18:59 -0600 Received: from qlo.com (blitzen.qlo.com [142.165.150.52]) by thyme.sasktel.net (SaskTel eMessaging Service) with ESMTP id <0IEU002UGDBM9M@thyme.sasktel.net> for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Tue, 12 Apr 2005 10:18:58 -0600 (CST) Received: from [24.72.101.251] by mail.qlo.com (mshttpd); Tue, 12 Apr 2005 10:18:58 -0600 Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 10:18:58 -0600 From: Heidi Johnson Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: CAD instruction ...[3-d is easier than 2-d] To: Rotary motors in aircraft Message-id: <2a3bfbb2a3bf36.2a3bf362a3bfbb@qlo.com> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: iPlanet Messenger Express 5.2 HotFix 1.25 (built Mar 3 2004) Content-type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Boundary_(ID_VlpM8L2t8ZQ2YgnLg64KpA)" Content-language: en X-Accept-Language: en Priority: normal This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_VlpM8L2t8ZQ2YgnLg64KpA) Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: inline I'd agree w/ that. I've worked as a draftsman and self taught mech-tech for 6 yrs, the first 4.5 of which we used AutoCad. In the last 1.5 yrs we've moved more to solidworks, and I can say after understanding the simple basics of sketch driven modeling, it became very easy. It was also said at my courses that a person w/out AutoCad experiance learns S-works that much faster, as you don't have 2-D thinking holding you back. One of the beauties of Parametric solids is the fact that you can go back through a list of 'features' [ things that you've added to the model to creat it's features ie: a bolt pattern on a flange, etc] and change the model instead of erasing it and re-drawing it. Without understanding 3-d modeling its hard to understand its capabilites. I'd be glad to dicuss them w/ others if some have questions or if your curious as to the possiblities of what 3-d can do for you.[Offline most likely as this is getting off topic] Go to www.solidworks.com and then look at the webcasts [ you'll have to create a login ID and password] you can watch archived video's of this software and see what it's capable of, and how simple it is. Now Climbing down off my soap box Jarrett Johnson --Boundary_(ID_VlpM8L2t8ZQ2YgnLg64KpA) Content-type: message/rfc822 Return-path: Received: from misav09.sasknet.sk.ca ([142.165.20.173]) by mail.qlo.com (SaskTel eMessaging Service) with ESMTP id <0IEU00L1C8DK2J@mail.qlo.com>; Tue, 12 Apr 2005 08:32:08 -0600 (CST) Received: from psmtp.com ([64.18.2.109]) by misav09 with InterScan Messaging Security Suite; Tue, 12 Apr 2005 08:32:07 -0600 Received: from source ([216.130.7.107]) (using SSLv3) by exprod7mx59.postini.com ([64.18.6.10]) with SMTP; Tue, 12 Apr 2005 07:32:05 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 08:31:05 -0600 From: Bill Dube Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: CAD instruction ... Sender: Rotary motors in aircraft To: Rotary motors in aircraft Reply-to: Rotary motors in aircraft Message-id: MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Precedence: list X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com X-Original-Message-Id: <6.2.1.2.0.20050412082933.03350780@mailsrvr.al.noaa.gov> X-pstn-levels: (S: 7.52132/99.67421 R:95.9108 P:95.9108 M:97.0232 C:98.7678 ) List-Unsubscribe: List-Archive: List-Id: X-Listserver: CommuniGate Pro LIST 4.3c4         The solid modeling programs (like SolidWorks, Inventor, ProEngineer) are much easier to learn than AutoCAD.


At 08:22 AM 4/12/2005, you wrote:
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.


        

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