Penn Foster Oleson Village

[cosme017]

Tests are done, now i have to complete the project to finish the course. The timing conflicts with my tuition reimbursement. My company is a multi-billion dollar company that just keeps taking from customers and their employees. I am in the very beginning. Table 2. I think i skipped the plot size, and a couple of other things. I hope it works out. I didn't even figure out the scaling. Anyways, i am new to this and i am a truly hands on learner, so if there are no video lessons then i am screwed. Lol

[ReMark]

Table 1 is setting up the layers and Table 2 is for setting up the Text Styles. That's as far as you have gone (page 4 out of 21)? Not much progress being made. You have the entire drawing to do which is setting out the street lines, lots, existing and proposed trees, and all the labeling not to mention the title block and border. I'd get a move on if I were you.

There are no videos for the Penn-Foster projects that I am aware of.

[cosme017]

So I am trying to figure out the Tree block part, I already messed up the drawing parameters but I hoped to fix that later. Am I suppose to actually draw a tree or is there an object I can select from the menu?

[progman]

You actually draw the tree and save it as a block. Then insert the trees at the coordinates they give you.

[cosme017]

wow, you would think having a bachelor's degree (justice and law) at a state school would help me understand autocad easier. I just don't get it. I am trying to draw the lines from page 4 and 5, and I still can't get it right. I have literally spent about 6 hours trying to get through the basics. I need a tutor fast. It has hard to understand exactly what am I suppose to type, especially when everything is from text. There was no classroom time for this, and I have become very desperate to get this project done. Can anyone help? I type @113.66<N5D27'23"W.....then what? the line is not staying where it is suppose to. I then have four more points to draw. I cant even figure out how to get the ribbons on top of my autocad page. This is crazy. I have two jobs, three kids, and a nagging wife. I am losing my cool.

[cosme017]

Remark, how much for your time? I can't pm you for some reason.

[ReMark]

If you have a command line you can try typing the word RIBBON then press ENTER.

Re: drawing property lines using direct distance entry. Start the line command. Pick your first point (probably the endpoint of a previously drawn line) then type in the angle and distance just as you have done. AutoCAD should draw the line correctly. Then draw the next line the same way.

I'm assuming you have properly set your angle input to surveyor's units via the UNITS dialog box. Precision should be set to N0d00'00"E.

[cosme017]

When I input the numbers and hit enter, I move my mouse and the whole lines just moves around. The line is not staying exactly where I inputted the property line points according to page 6.

[cosme017]

No tabs or panels are loaded. any suggestions on which ones I should load? sorry about this. I'm glad you have the patience for these things, because I have run out of steam. lol

[cosme017]

are we able to chat via a im? or is that a lot to ask? yahoo? or something?